Medical Malpractice

Do you have to go to law school to be a medical examiner?

I read online that you have to take law school in order to be a medical examiner, is that true? If it is..why? What does law school have to do with determining the cause of death? How many years of law school would I have to take? I live in Florida, if that helps. Sorry, if the spelling is off.

Public Comments

1. Not so sure about the law school per se but I'd think you'd need to go into forensic analysis, no? I can't imagine that to do things like autopsy's you would need more schooling than a medical doctor but I could be totally wrong.
2. a lets see.....a M.E. is a DOCTOR... and law relates to courts and evidence, by the book.
3. No, you do not have to go to law school to be a medical examiner. You have to go through the 7 years of schooling and serve an internship. And you will have to take classes about law, but you will not have to go to law school.
4. Don't know about other countries, but in the US medical examiners are pathologists, which are MDs. You go through college (4 yrs), med school (4 yrs), pathology residency (4 yrs), and a forensics fellowship (1 yr). Then you generally have to work your way up to be a medical examiner. But you don't have to be a lawyer.