Health Care Reform

WSJ on Health Law Jobs

By Christopher Robertson The Wall Street Journal has a new article this week celebrating the flood of new jobs for lawyers created by the Affordable Care Act.  The WSJ article rattles off a dozen or so examples of legal questions that arise from the new legislation and litigation, providing lots of fodder for a health…

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By Christopher Robertson

The Wall Street Journal has a new article this week celebrating the flood of new jobs for lawyers created by the Affordable Care Act.  The WSJ article rattles off a dozen or so examples of legal questions that arise from the new legislation and litigation, providing lots of fodder for a health law class.  This comes after a provocative session at ASLME’s health law professors conference last week, discussing an effort by the American Health Lawyer’s Association to create a model law school curriculum, starting with a survey course and broadening into a range of courses that could constitute a “certificate program.”

 

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  • Christopher Robertson

    Christopher Robertson is a tenured professor and N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law. He is also a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management in the BU School of Public Health.