As students approach graduation, the specter of actually going into practice looms. This course explores the variety of possible entry points into practice, identifying benefits, liabilities, areas of potential trouble of all. This course will also describe the landscape of how to evaluate the quality of any of the possible entry points into practice, be it associateship as an employee or independent contractor or as a practice owner via buy-out of an existing practice or starting de novo. Examples of good and bad employment agreements, leases, practice valuation assessments and other details will be discussed. This course will ensure an informed decision when considering a particular starting point into practice.
- Instructor: Christopher Cooper