Teaching Health Law What We in Law Can Learn from Our Colleagues in Medicine about Teaching Students How to Practice Their Chosen Profession

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There are several law schools which require either participation in a clinic, like the University of New Mexico, or a co-op system such as Northeastern University and Drexel University in which students alternate between classroom and real world legal settings

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An exception would be someone with considerable experience in a specific, relatively technical area like tax or health law or banking.

While some law professors have lucrative consulting practices, the hours that can be devoted to this are limited, and the profits go directly to the law professor — not the institution.

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