National Jurist - February 2008 - (Page 38) Healthy career move Alisha Kahn didn’t have to travel far in 2007 for her summer program, but she will no doubt get a lot of mileage out of the experience. The third-year law school student at Hamline University School of Law stayed in St. Paul, Minn., to take advantage of the school’s health law program. “You learn a specialty that you don’t really get in traditional classes,” said Kahn. “I thought it was very beneficial to get those specialties that you’re not normally going to get throughout the year because a lot of these [teaching] professionals aren’t willing to commit to a whole semester. They’re more willing to do a month or a week-long class.” Kahn took three summer classes — Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Fraud & Abuse and Patient’s Rights — at Hamline University, which established its Health Law Institute in 2006 to boost the number of learning opportunities for students, scholars and healthcare professionals. According to the 26-year-old, the experience was “amazing.” Kahn’s professors brought a vast range Innsbruck St. Mary’s University Institute on World Legal Problems Distinguished Visiting Jurist: HON. JOHN ROBERTS Chief Justice of the United States Travel Europe and study law at the University of Innsbruck July 7 to August 8, 2008 in the heart of the Austrian Alps Classes scheduled to allow long weekends for travel In the center of Europe! Travel to Prague, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Budapest, Berlin, Florence, Switzerland, Venice and the French Riviera Gala receptions and field trips to legal institutions ABA accredited Five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and students from more than 130 American law schools have participated in the St. Mary’s Innsbruck program of legal expertise to the classroom, whether it was working as a U.S. district attorney in Minneapolis, many years in the healthcare field or a combination of academic and industry experience. Kahn said a class on healthcare compliance was the most positive and influential one of the summer programs. “It helped me decide that that’s the kind of law I want to go into,” she said. In it, Kahn and her classmates were required to each make a presentation on an Office of Inspector General advisory opinion. The approximately 15 presentations, the professor’s many examples and the guest speakers’ unique contributions amounted to a very thorough lesson that would be hard to find in a law school’s core curriculum. Kahn had great familiarity with the location of her summer program, but obviously that’s not the case with every law student. “I would think you’d really want to research the school to make sure the classes offered they actually specialize in and that the people they’re getting to teach them are well-experienced, have good connections and not just there to receive a paycheck,” she said. Of the people, for the people Be a people person. James Curcio of Denver has learned that this applies just as much, if not more, to the legal profession as it does to other careers. “A summer program is a waste of money if you use it just to broaden your knowledge base,” said the 31-year-old attorney. “Go to a library instead if that’s your aim. Use the summer program to develop your people base.” Curcio benefited greatly from the diversity of backgrounds, beliefs and experiences he encountered in his summer program at Pepperdine University School of Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in 2006. He took courses in Interviewing, Counseling and Planning; Co Communication an Conflict; and and Negotiation an Settlement and Ad Advocacy. Just as rewarding to th Georgetown the U University Law C Center gradu- In addition to The Supreme Court in Historical Perspective, taught by Chief Justice Roberts, choose from eight other 1 and 2 credit courses emphasizing current issues in private and public international law. “The highlight of my law school career…” “Do whatever it takes, but go ” —Comments from prior students For a brochure and application, please contact: Innsbruck Program St. Mary’s University School of Law One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, Texas 78228-8603 Email: Innsbruck@law.stmarytx.edu 1-800-INTL-LAW or (210) 436-3544 Apply online! For detailed information, photos, and to apply, go to www.stmarytx.edu/law 38 THE NATIONAL JURIST February 2008 http://www.stmarytx.edu/law http://www.stmarytx.edu/law
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