National Health Law Transactional Competition
Loyola Hosts Health Law Transactional Competition for Law Students
As practicing healthcare attorneys work to navigate the nuances of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Beazley Institute
for Health Law and Policy at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law
has rolled out a new initiative to educate the health law leaders of
tomorrow.
On March 25, 2011, the Beazley Institute hosted the inaugural
National Health Law Transactional Competition. Styled after moot court,
this cutting-edge competition involves teams of law students preparing
legal memos that discuss the legal and business issues associated with a
hypothetical healthcare transaction. Students then appeared before an
"executive management team" in a boardroom environment to present their
analysis. “The establishment of the Transactional Competition is
representative of a shift in the way law firms expect our students to be
educated,” said Larry Singer, Director of the Beazley Institute at
Loyola. “Young attorneys with corporate and regulatory healthcare
knowledge are in demand.”
Mike Anthony (McDermott, Will, & Emery), Rachel Dvorken (Mt.
Sinai Health System), Elizabeth Weeks Leonard (University of Kansas
School of Law), Jeff Mathis (Provena Health), Joan Polacheck (McDermott,
Will, & Emery), and Richard Prebil (Gallitano & O’Connor)
served as the competition’s executive management team. Janice Anderson
(Polsinelli Shughart), Stephanie Genuardi (Rush Medical Center), and
Kathleen Pankau (Illinois Hospital Association) graded the written
memoranda. Tom Fahey (Ungaretti & Harris) and Mark Rust (Barnes
& Thornburg) contributed to the development of the hypothetical
healthcare transaction.
Loyola students (pictured left to right) Joseph Van Leer, Laura
Morgan, and Briar Siljander were given the award for best Oral
Presentation and named Champions of the competition. The team from St. Louis University School of Law won the Best Memorandum Award. Wayne State University Law School and Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis also competed in the competition. Loyola plans to expand the number of schools invited to the competition in future years.
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