Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Health Law Institute

Careers in Health Law

The Mitchell Hamline Health Law Institute Certificates have given our graduates a proven competitive edge nationally and in Minnesota’s highly evolved health care marketplace.

Compliance Careers: J.D.s wanted, National Jurist, Spring 2017

Health law: Hot and getting hotter, National Jurist, Back to School 2016

Most lucrative practice areas, National Jurist, Back to School 2016

6 fastest-changing practice areas, National Jurist, Back to School 2016

Job Placement and Career Success

Alumni continue to find meaningful positions and advance in their careers, even in a difficult job market.

Alumni Success

  • Sep 13

    Rob Tungseth, J.D. ’13

  • Sep 6

    Amanda West, J.D. ’14

  • Aug 29

    Rebecca Stepan, J.D. ’18

Employment statistics of those known to be seeking employment, for the Class of 2014, show an employment rate in Bar Passage, JD Advantage and Other Professional jobs of 94.4%. Indeed, recent graduates have secured competitive positions across all part of the health care industry, including:

Our alumni have been employed by organizations in the following areas

  • Law Firms

    Bassford Remele; Geraghty, O’Loughlin, & Kenney; Halleland Habicht; Jackson Lewis; Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi; Stinson Leonard Street; Moga Law Group; Nilan Johnson Lewis

  • Government

    Hennepin County; Metropolitan Health Plan; Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District; Minnesota Attorney General’s Office; Minnesota Board of Nursing; Minnesota Department of Health; Minnesota Department of Education; Minnesota Department of Human Services; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; New York Senate; and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Community Service

    Association for Nonsmokers Minnesota; Connect for Health Colorado; Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services; Legal Assistance of Western New York; National Marrow Donor Program; The Gateway Foundation

  • Manufacturers

    Abbott Laboratories; ActivStyle; Boston Scientific, DeRoyal Industries; Ecolab; GE Healthcare; Grifols; Hill-Rom; Medtronic; St. Jude Medical, Wolters Kluwer

  • Hospitals and Clinics

    Allina Health; Broward Health; Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota; Essentia Health; Gundersen Health System; HealthPartners; Hospice of St. Francis, Mayo Clinic; Mental Health Resources; Osceola Medical Center; Park Nicollet Health Services; Planned Parenthood; Regions Hospital; Sanford Health; St. Jude Medical; Sutter Health; University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

  • Insurers

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield; HealthPartners; Medica; Meritain Health; Prime Therapeutics; UCare; United Healthcare

  • Trade Associations and Consulting

    Central California Alliance for Health; Health Care Compliance Association; Optum; Thomson Reuters

Graduates are finding their HLI education a clear advantage as they begin their careers. Several recent graduates and students have already passed the CHC exam and are now Certified in Healthcare Compliance: Tyler Cowart, Lindsey Hennings, Kathleen (Swertfeger) McNaughton, Tescia Veldhouse, Ma Xiong, and Alicia Young.