Membership in Health Lawyers is individual rather than organizational. Your membership is personal and fully portable should you change employment.
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Membership Dues
Dues for attorney members are based on the date of admission to the Bar. Other dues categories are available for government attorneys, academicians (full-time faculty), paralegals, health professionals, and full-time law or graduate students. Get a complete listing of dues and membership types here.
Benefits of Membership
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- Sixteen Practice Groups to serve the needs of Health Lawyers' diverse membership. To learn more about Practice Groups—what they do and how you can benefit from enrollment—download this resource that reviews the projects and activities undertaken by the Association's groups.
- Health and Life Sciences Law Daily—a daily digest of the most important health and legal news culled from thousands of sources and delivered, as a benefit, to members' email inboxes.
- Online Health Law Digest, an extensive monthly synopsis of the most current state and federal court decisions in the field of health law organized by topic.
- AHLA Connections (formerly Health Lawyers News) is a monthly magazine devoted to health-related legislative and regulatory activities. It includes feature articles and in-depth analysis. In addition, it highlights news about members and lists legal and executive job opportunities in health law. Regular members receive the magazine in print. Members eligible to receive their benefits electronically (E-government, E-academician, E-paralegal, students) and international members are able to access the magazine online.
- Health Lawyers Weekly, a comprehensive online news and analysis service providing in-depth reporting on the latest developments affecting health law. Each Friday, all AHLA members are emailed the latest issue, which includes top news stories, important case law, and federal and state legislative and regulatory developments, as well as regular articles and analyses on issues relevant to your health law practice.
- Discounts on Publications: Members are entitled to significant discounts on Health Lawyers publications.
- Membership Directory, a comprehensive index of the Association's membership that lets members network with their colleagues from across the country.
- Career Center, published monthly in the magazine and continuously on the Website, listing available legal and executive job openings. Members receive a special discount when placing a Position Wanted advertisement.
- Find a Member quickly—search by last name, firm, city or state to find a member. Locate peers having similar practice areas of interest or who are enrolled in a specific Practice Group.
- Health Lawyers is an approved sponsor of continuing legal education and continuing professional education credits in most states that require them. We also apply for various other types of professional education credit when appropriate.
- The Alternative Dispute Resolution Service provides experienced mediators, arbitrators, and hearing officers to resolve disputes in the healthcare industry.