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Public Health Law as a Way to Explore and Develop Professional Identity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jennifer L. Herbst
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Abstract

Lawyers are most often portrayed and understood to be zealous advocates for individual clients in adversarial litigation or zero-sum transactions. Law schools provide excellent preparation for this type of lawyer role, but lawyers' unique understanding of the law is also needed for systemic advocacy, policymaking, and legal education to solve the most difficult societal problems. An interdisciplinary public health law class is one way for law schools to provide students an opportunity to explore and develop these other professional identities.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 44 , Issue S1: Transforming the Future of Public Health Law Education through a Faculty Fellowship Program , Spring 2016 , pp. 45 - 50
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2016

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