Each year beginning in 2007, Hofstra Law School will award fellowships to members of its entering class. Each fellow will be awarded a tuition scholarship of up to $10,000 per year, and up to two $5,000 summer extern stipends to cover living expenses. The fellowships will be renewed annually to fellows who maintain a 3.25 grade point average, and participate in designated activities and externships.

The Fellowships are awarded for one year, but are renewed annually subject to satisfactory academic performance and full participation in program activities and externships. Students must maintain a satisfactory average in their law school work; the present requirement is 3.25 GPA.

Students are required to complete two 10-week summer externships, approved by the director, after their first and second years. Each externship is supported by a fellowship stipend to cover living expenses, and enables students to integrate the practical experience of full-time work with their formal legal training. At the end of the summer, students are required to submit to the director written reports on their externships.

Fellows are required to attend various program functions and to meet regularly with the director.

A student's academic program in the second and third years is subject to approval by the director.

Fellows are selected on the basis of academic ability, leadership potential, professional experience as demonstrated through the applicant’s resume, the applicant’s fellowship personal statement and letter of recommendation, and, most importantly, demonstrated commitment to using their legal training in health law.

• Hofstra Law to Host Health Law Information Panel
  Panel of Eight Professionals to Address Students About Careers
  and Externships in the Field of Health Law
  

  Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY:  Hofstra Law School will host a panel discussion titled “Career and Externship Opportunities in Health Law” on Tuesday, February 27 at 5:00 pm in Room 303. The event is being hosted by the Health Law Society as well as the Office of Career Services and the Office of the Dean for Skills Programs.

  “This evening will provide our students with an insiders look at the field of Health Law,” said Hofstra Law Professor and Co-Director of the Health Law Institute Janet Dolgin, who will be moderating the panel discussion. “It is rare to have so many outstanding professionals in the same field in one place to talk to law students. I am thrilled to be a part of this event.”

  The panel discussion is scheduled to last for an hour, with an informal reception following. The panel consists of: 
  Andrew Deal, Deputy General Counsel at Henry Schein;
  Joel Greenberg, Senior Partner and Co-Director of Health Law Practice Group at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP;
  Ellen Kessler ’86, Partner, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek;
  Margaret D. Kranz ’82, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Cabrini Medical Center;
  Nancy Levitin, Director of Health Care Collection Reimbursement Recovery Practice Group at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP;
  Roshni Persaud ’04, Staff Attorney for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation;
  Gregg D. Reisman, Partner at Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.

• Conferences
  Hofstra Law School maintains an active schedule of conferences and symposia. In October 2006, the University and the Law School hosted a “Biomedical Research and the Law” conference that focused on links between the pharmaceutical industry and government, academia, physicians, and consumers. A conference scheduled for March 2008 will examine the social and legal parameters of the debate about embryonic stem cell research. Fellows will assist the health law faculty in developing future conferences.
  
  • Biomedical Research and the Law Conference