Pharmaceutical Law

[Rutgers2015]

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What opportunities are there for Pharm D's who go on to earn a law degree? Are they guaranteed a job? What's the average salary/benefits? Is it true not all of them have to go to court? What do they actually do? Is it worth the time/money investment? Can you end up working part time instead of fulltime if you chose to? How would a pharmacy student know if they should follow this path?

Thanks for the help and also please post any helpful resources! 🙂

 

[WhiteSnows]

Nothing is guaranteed job. You need to sell yourself for things that you want to have. With Law degree, you can work for gov, private law company, patent lawsuit. For me, it is not worth the money because you can work with Law degree without pharm.D for the very same job. My law professor is a Pharm.D/JD. He does some pharmacy inspection, but I am not sure who he is working for that besides being a professor.

 

[Zoupa]

Nothing is guaranteed job. You need to sell yourself for things that you want to have. With Law degree, you can work for gov, private law company, patent lawsuit. For me, it is not worth the money because you can work with Law degree without pharm.D for the very same job. My law professor is a Pharm.D/JD. He does some pharmacy inspection, but I am not sure who he is working for that besides being a professor.

That's not really true. Patent law firms will trash your resume unless you have BSc in mechanical/electrical/computer engineering or a PhD in bio/chem. Maybe a PharmD would work for biotech patents as well.

 

[Theta16]

What opportunities are there for Pharm D's who go on to earn a law degree? Are they guaranteed a job? What's the average salary/benefits? Is it true not all of them have to go to court? What do they actually do? Is it worth the time/money investment? Can you end up working part time instead of fulltime if you chose to? How would a pharmacy student know if they should follow this path?

Thanks for the help and also please post any helpful resources! 🙂

You could teach if you have experience. My law professor is both a J.D./PharmD.

 

[psychoandy]

What opportunities are there for Pharm D's who go on to earn a law degree? Are they guaranteed a job? What's the average salary/benefits? Is it true not all of them have to go to court? What do they actually do? Is it worth the time/money investment? Can you end up working part time instead of fulltime if you chose to? How would a pharmacy student know if they should follow this path?

Thanks for the help and also please post any helpful resources! 🙂

1.) attorney for pharmacists, pharmacy law professor, general counsel at CVS/wags/other big chains, possibly a lobbyist if you know the right people, maybe a consultant for new pharmacies
2.) no
3.) variable...i believe its mostly independent practice, depends on how much they bill clients. obviously if you are a corporate lawyer/general counsel for CVS or something you will probably be salaried. but if you are anywhere near remotely busy i assume you make pretty decent money...as a lawyer, you know pharmacists can afford to pay.
4.) depends...board of pharmacy isn't really a court, but i assume almost all lawyers attend state board meetings and hearings, either representing someone or observing.
5.) they are usually experts on state/federal regulations as well as case law, and represent anyone with pharmacy-related issues
6.) maybe. on one hand, the cost of pharmd/JD is ridiculous. on the other hand, there's not many out there.
7.) sure, you can do anything if you're self employed.
8.) go on google, email a pharmacy lawyer/professor...? every rph/jd i have met (n=3) LOVES their job and are pretty friendly, i don't think it'd go as bad as cold calling/emailing normally does.

 

[Rutgers2015]

thanks! I guess that's something to think about...

 

[lorain]

all the pharmd/jd i know work as consultants to companies on lawsuits, and then they teach in schools

but you can do alot of things with that combo