# Would a M.P.H. help in breaking into health care law? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-m-p-h-help-in-breaking-into-health-care-law/218827 "2003-12-13T21:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-m-p-h-help-in-breaking-into-health-care-law/218827/1 "2003-12-13T21:53:39Z")
Thanks in advance for any advice from all the lawyers here-I don’t post much but I’ve received some great tips from some of you from the admissions process onwards. Okay, so anyhoo-I’m doing pretty well in lawschool, and I’m doing especially well in my health care law class (we had a midterm, that’s how I know) + I truly love the subject and I’m leaning towards either working for a firm or directly for a hospital to build and modify compliance plans for federal health law statutes. To that end, would another degree in healthcare like a master’s in Public Health (that is NOT an M.D., hee hee) help towards maximising opportunities in the field? Or should I just try to slink in to a firm that either specialises in or has a good department in health care law? Any opinions would be appreciated-except for those that I’m a retard and my grammar is bad. I know that stuff already. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-m-p-h-help-in-breaking-into-health-care-law/218827/2 "2003-12-14T00:25:57Z")
I am not a lawyer, but I do work in healthcare with lawyers. If you are truly interested in the field of health care law, having an MPH would probably be an asset. The one lawyer I know at work who is specializing in that area happens to be an RN/JD, but we have other folks who are PhD/MPH, MD/MPH, and various other combinations. I think the only way it could \*hurt/i] you is in the pocket book. If you can afford it, go for it.