There is certainly a law exist for those who fell victims of medical negligence in one way or another. It is the right of every patient to get professional medical treatment and appropriate medication on behalf of the medical staff, but often patients are not treated as they should be by the medical attendants or staff and patients' condition further deteriorate due to negligence and other medical mistakes.
A medical negligence lawyer specializes in dealing with the cases of such medical negligence and offer legal advice and guidance regarding the legal options available to the clients to bring the medical staff and management to the court of law. A medical negligence lawyer not only has a good legal knowledge but also medical knowledge. He also has good communication skills as he often has to talk with the friends, family and medical staff to note down their statements.
1. The very first step involve in becoming a lawyer is to earn your Bachelor's degree. You will not be able to apply in law school unless you earn your four years undergraduate degree.
2. After getting an undergraduate degree, you need to take a LSAT test. LSAT test is designed to test your reasoning, verbal and analytical skills. Normally, you need to do extremely good in LSAT test in order to take admission in a top law school. You can get information about the test and preparation material on the website of LSAC, i.e. http://www.lsac.org/.
3. Different law schools have different admission criteria. Most prestigious law schools required good academic record, work experience and so on. So, you have to evaluate yourself first and apply in the law schools accordingly. Never aim too high with average educational background and average LSAT score. Aim at getting into a law school and you can make the difference with your over all hard work.
4. Studying law is never been easy. You have to spend a lot of work in reading, studying cases and spending time in the library. Your hard work and independent studies is the only a key to pass the exams with good grades. Also gain some independent knowledge about the medical malpractice law during your law school.
5. Being a medical negligence lawyer, you need to have a reasonable of knowledge of the legal as well as medical aspects of the cases. For this, you may need to learn about medical terminologies and other medical aspects. You can read medical journals and take help from internet to gain some knowledge.
6. Once you have your Juris Doctor degree, you should gather some information about the bar exam which is necessary to pass in order to start law practice as a medical negligence lawyer. It is better to take your time in preparing for the exam as many lawyers find it hard to pass.
7. After clearing the bar exam, advertise yourself. Talk to American Bar Association and ask them to include your name in its online database as medical negligence lawyer.
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