The remarkable growth and transformation of the healthcare industry translates into a growing number of jobs for lawyers.<br><br>At the same time, meeting the challenge of educating today's practice-ready health lawyers is a new and unique enterprise. Navigating complex health law issues increasingly requires a sophisticated understanding of the confluence of science, technology and social science, something not usually taught in a more traditional, finite health law program.<br><br>Recognizing these new dynamics, UA's Health Law Certificate Program takes a 'boots on the ground' approach, providing skills training and externships to meet the one to two year experience prerequisite to employment. This skills training and externship experience will allow graduates to hit the ground running in their first years of practice in multiple areas, such as regulatory compliance and risk management, while encouraging continuous reflection on the relationship between law, science and technology.<br><br>To complete the certificate, students must complete four health law courses from a variety of class offerings and complete a semester-long externship.<br><br>Students have an opportunity at Akron Law that few law schools offer of completing both the Health Law Certificate and a Litigation Certificateor both a Health Law Certificate and a Certificate in IP. There is a significant amount of overlap among these three fields, and combining certificate programs allows our graduates to enter the legal profession with a highly relevant and marketable skill set.