Health Law: Career Opportunities in a Fast-Changing Environment (21st Century Legal Career Series) - Softcover

Hermann, Richard L

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ISBN 10: 1946228044 ISBN 13: 9781946228048

Publisher: H Watson LLC, 2017

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Build a legal career in one of the hottest 21st century practice areas! In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 3, Health Law: Career Opportunities in a Fast-Changing Environment investigates the rapidly growing opportunities for attorneys in both mainstream and “JD-Advantage” arenas. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed the health law equation dramatically. As both the U.S. and state governments continue to attempt to respond to public pressure to do something about a healthcare system deemed much too expensive, broken, and still in need of massive overhaul—the number of legal jobs is growing rapidly, both in the private and public sectors, in response to new laws and regulations, technological innovation, and globalization. This booklet examines the near-term and future viability of health law jobs and careers in a variety of different settings. Highlights include: · What Makes Health Law So “Hot?” · Prospects and Trends · Emerging Issues in Health Law · Who Hires? “Mainstream” Legal Careers · Who Hires? “JD-Advantage” Health Law Careers · Breaking into Health Law · What Does It Pay? · How to Get Advance Notice of Health Law Job Opportunities · Follow Up The healthcare industry is immense, accounting for 20 percent of U.S. GDP and demand for health lawyers continues to be high because of the following factors: Demographics. The U.S. population is “aging up” to age 65 at the mind-boggling rate of 10,000 Baby Boomers every day. Technology. Virtually every new technological innovation in healthcare creates legal issues that must be resolved. Legislation. Major laws such as HIPAA and the ACA turned healthcare inside out and are still causing considerable legal turmoil years after enactment. Hermann focuses on what law students and lawyers need to know about this hot practice area as well as the diverse law-related healthcare careers open to and frequently favoring JDs.

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Richard L. Hermann graduated from Yale, the New School University, and Cornell Law School (following a stint in the U.S. Army, where he handled nuclear weapons and jumped out of airplanes). His first job out of law school was as an attorney at the Pentagon. He went on to work for the Government Accountability Office and Department of Energy. During his brief government career, he counseled friends and acquaintances on finding government law jobs, which evolved into launching Federal Reports Inc. The company became the leading provider of legal career information in the U.S. Among its many products were AttorneyJobs.com, LawStudentJobsOnline.com, and many other legal career publications and web products (all now the property of Thomson Reuters).He also founded and led Nationwide Career Counseling for Attorneys and Sutherland Hermann Associates, an attorney outplacement and disability insurance consulting firm. Later he developed and taught the first law school course in Legal Career Management for online Concord Law School. He is also a regular columnist for National Jurist. Hermann is the author of many books on legal careers including for the American Bar Association (ABA). LegalCareerView.com and the 21st Century Legal Careers Series are Hermann's latest additions to his body of work on legal careers (both traditional and non-mainstream [a.k.a. "JD-Advantage]. Both resources help connect the dots between today's news and tomorrow's jobs and provide strategies for securing a rewarding career in--and around--the law.

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