Legal Nurse Consultant Training Programs

Are you a nurse looking to leverage your medical expertise in the legal field? Attorneys need your skills! But to stand out, you need the right training from someone who has been on both sides – a nurse and an attorney. Our course is not only taught by a practicing Nurse Attorney but also by an experienced LNC/Expert Witness, ensuring you get current, real-life information from experts in both fields.

LNCs can practice as independent consultants, in-house consultants, or as expert witnesses. LNCs are employed by law firms, insurance companies, government agencies, legal departments, other LNCs and more. We’ll explain all your options.

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Legal Nurse Consulting is a Great Career for Nurses!

  • You Already Have the Expertise – Your clinical experience, critical thinking, and ability to analyze medical records make you invaluable to attorneys.
  • Minimal Start-Up Costs: No office or expensive equipment required. With a computer and our legal training, you will be ready to begin.
  • Flexible Work & Independence: Work from anywhere, set your own schedule, and choose your workload. Be your own boss.
  • Strong Demand – Attorneys need your skills to interpret medical records in malpractice, personal injury, and other legal cases.
  • Continue Your Nursing Career – Stay connected to nursing by reviewing nursing care for compliance with evidence-based standards of nursing care and advocating for justice in healthcare cases. Each case presents new challenges based on current practices, keeping your career engaging and dynamic.

Lastly, our course is one of the most affordable LNC programs available (half the price of some) and prepares you to take the certification exam should you choose to do so.

You already have the medical knowledge you need, let us teach you the legal knowledge you need!

Our LNC Training Program includes:

Nurses who have taken our LNC course say:

💬 "Just 1 day of this course was worth more than the 5 days I spent taking another nurse attorney's LNC program and her program cost 5x more than this course, ... and we weren't even allowed to ask any questions during her course.” - RN 2017

 

💬 "I've been a LNC and expert on wound care and infection control for over 10 years. During that time I have developed my own formats, timelines, etc. over the years.  I sure wish I'd known about you and this course, … it would have made my life a lot easier! Though I already have a source for case referrals, I wanted to improve my skills with this course, and I did. Thanks!" - Mary W. RN

 

💬 "I love the videos for this course! ... I'm already working on my first legal case!"
- Eva R. RN, MSN

 

💬 "Laurie is a very good teacher and provided everything needed to start an LNC business. Rita Kae is a wonderful role model and mentor to other nurses. This class was great!"
- Candy B. RN 2017

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“I just finished your 3-day Online LNC course and your resume workshop. I love your courses! Thank you so much for caring enough to provide this information to us. I enjoyed Rita Kae's lectures also. Both of you brought so much knowledge and valuable experience to the course.

I have reviewed several cases for merit for attorneys and testified as an expert witness. But I wish I had been able to take your course beforehand because now I feel so much more equipped to take on the task.

I also just completed … University’s LNC program, but your course adds many more tools to use in becoming an LNC. Thank you again for your time."

Carla Bryant APRN, RN, LNC 2025

1. Guide to Legal Nurse Consulting - 28-page overview of this nursing specialty.

2. Legal Terminology Guide - all the key legal terms explained.

3. 3 Days of Online Training Video Modules - start anytime and work at your own pace. These modules cover the entire 2020 LNC textbook by AALNC, so you are prepared to take the LNCC certification exam; and a lot more that is not in the textbook.

4. 300+ Page LNC Practice Resource Notebook containing all the templates and tools you will need to begin your own legal nurse consulting business. It includes over 35 documents that will save you hundreds of hours of work trying to draft these documents on your own from scratch, including letters of introduction, screening checklists, sample chronologies, medical summaries for both medical malpractice and personal injury cases, timelines, various types of case reports, medical and legal internet sites to use for research, writing tips, marketing, and information on running a business. Click here to see the Resource Notebook Index.

5. Your choice of 8 Advanced LNC Workshops. Each 2-hour training Workshop includes approx. 40-50 pages of step-by-step instructions and sample reports and agreements - including chronologies, personal injury reports, pain and suffering reports, IME reports and more. These Workshops contain current law and information - recorded in 2024.

6. Business Resources – The Workshop on Fee Schedules and Retainer Agreements includes the specific contract language you need to have in your fee and retainer agreements to ensure you get paid. It also includes multiple examples of each type of these documents and explains them paragraph by paragraph (approx. 50 pages).

7. Marketing Resources – There are two Marketing Workshops (approx. 50 pages each ) that show you how to develop: a marketing plan with key action steps, create an online presence with content emails and blogs, market on LinkedIn, and much more. We also cover exhibiting at legal conferences, how to network with attorneys, how to create a simple website, and how nurse expert witnesses should market – it’s different from LNCs.

8. Monthly Q&A Mentoring Sessions with Nurse Attorney Laurie Elston to answer your individual questions, discuss the legal concepts in the materials, and help you plan the best path for your individual career. Highly interactive Live Zoom mentoring sessions each month.

9. 10% discount on all our Online Courses.

10. Last, but not least, you'll receive 60 CE credits and your Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate!

Video Topics:

Day 1:

1. Essentials of Legal Nurse Consulting
2. The Law and Negligence

Day 2: 

a. The Nurse Expert Witness and How to Analyze Nursing Negligence Cases
b. Case Analysis in Select Nursing Practice Areas
c. Case Analysis in Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Torts, ERISA/HMO
d. The Litigation Process: Discovery, Mediation/Arbitration, and Trial

Day 3:

1. Medical Record Organization and Other Legal Nurse Consultant Skills
2. Other Legal Nurse Consultant Practice Areas
3. Report Writing, Business Concepts, and Marketing

You Choose Your Advanced LNC Workshops!

You get to choose which LNC Workshops you want as part of your customized LNC Program. Each Workshop includes a two hour video training module and 30-55 pages of step-by-step instructions and sample reports and documents. Just click on the title of each Workshop for a detailed list of the topics covered and the extensive documents included. (You can also purchase the Workshops separately. Click here to go to the Workshop page.)

1.Write and Polish Your LNC Resume - One of the most important documents you'll write.

2. How to Write Your Fee Schedule and Retainer Agreement - How to make sure you get paid.

3. How to Write Your Cover Letter / Email - How to highlight your experience.

4.Malpractice Case Deep Dives- Improve Your Analysis Skills.

5.How to Write Your LNC and Expert Witness Reports.- We provide you with over 7 real reports.

6. How to Create Chronologies, Graphs, and Timelines for Your LNC and Expert Reports. - We teach you how to enhance your reports by making graphs and timelines.

7. Mastering Current LNC Marketing Strategies – Part 1. - How to market on LinkedIn, create your elevator speech, and blog.

8.Mastering Current LNC Marketing Strategies – Part 2. - How to exhibit at legal conferences, develop a website, and much more!

Why Choose Our Program?

Whether you are new to the field of legal nurse consulting or an experienced LNC, you can fast-track your LNC career with expert training from a nurse attorney.

✅ Taught by a Nurse Attorney – Learn directly from a dual-expert who understands both nursing and law, giving you an unmatched advantage over other LNC programs that are taught by nurses. Nurses don’t always understand the complexities of law. Even some nurse attorneys have not litigated medical malpractice cases.

✅ Customizable LNC Program – Choose from 8 Advanced LNC Workshops (2-hours recorded in 2024 and 40-55 pages of material each) that teach you how to write each of the key legal documents needed by LNCs and Expert Witnesses, including fee agreements, case reports, chronologies, pain and suffering reports, affidavit reports, and more. Other programs use old lectures that are not up-to-date.

✅ Master Legal Case Analysis – Learn how to review medical records like an attorney does. Identify case strengths and weaknesses and write compelling reports that attorneys can rely on to win cases – this ensures they will want to hire you time and again. This kind of knowledge is only possessed by an experienced medical malpractice attorney. Additionally, Attorney Elston has been an expert witness so she knows exactly what attorneys are looking for in an LNC and expert witness.

✅ Exclusive Insider Strategies – Get first-hand knowledge of legal procedures, depositions, trial preparation, and how to make yourself indispensable to attorneys.

✅ Step-by-Step Business & Marketing Training – Learn how to start and grow a profitable LNC practice, attract attorney clients, and position yourself as a go-to expert in the field with our business and marketing Workshops.

✅ Personal Mentoring & Support – Receive personal guidance, expert feedback, and insider tips during our Monthly Q&A Mentoring Sessions.

✅ Fast-Track Your Success – Avoid common mistakes, save time, and gain the confidence to launch your LNC career faster than trying to figure it all out alone.

Get the training, insights, and mentorship you need to thrive as a legal nurse consultant or expert witness!

💡Don't Just Be Another LNC – Become a Legal Nurse Consultant that attorneys trust and hire time after time!

🔥 LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE – Attorney Elston only takes 5 LNC Students at a time so she can provide personalized feedback. 

🚀 Take the first step toward a rewarding, high-paying career in legal consulting. ENROLL NOW!

Get It All!

 

  • Guide to Legal Nurse Consulting – 28-page overview of this nursing specialty.
  • Legal Terminology Guide – all the key legal terms explained.
  • 3 Days of Online Training Video Modules – start anytime and work at your own pace. These modules cover the entire 2020 LNC textbook by AALNC, so you are prepared to take the LNCC certification exam; and a lot more that is not in the textbook.
  • 300+ Page LNC Resource Notebook – with 35+ essential templates and tools to launch your legal nurse consulting business. Save hours with ready-made documents, including introduction letters, checklists, case reports, medical summaries, timelines, research sites, writing tips, marketing strategies, and business guidance.
  • All 8 Advanced LNC Training Workshops – 2-hour video with 40-50 pages each of step-by-step instructions, sample reports, and agreements, including chronologies, personal injury reports, IME reports, and more—featuring updated 2024 legal insights.
  • 12 Monthly Group Mentoring Sessions with Nurse Attorney Laurie Elston – to answer your individual questions, discuss the legal concepts in the materials, and help you plan the best path for your individual career.
  • 10% discount on all our Online Courses.
  • Last, but not least, you'll receive 60 CE credits and your Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate!

Monthly Mentoring Q&A

 

  • Guide to Legal Nurse Consulting – 28-page overview of this nursing specialty.
  • Legal Terminology Guide – all the key legal terms explained.
  • 3 Days of Online Training Video Modules - start anytime and work at your own pace. These modules cover the entire 2020 LNC textbook by AALNC, so you are prepared to take the LNCC certification exam; and a lot more that is not in the textbook.
  • 300+ Page LNC Resource Notebook – with 35+ essential templates and tools to launch your legal nurse consulting business. Save hours with ready-made documents, including introduction letters, checklists, case reports, medical summaries, timelines, research sites, writing tips, marketing strategies, and business guidance.
  • Four Advanced LNC Training Workshops – 2-hour video with 40-50 pages each of step-by-step instructions, sample reports, and agreements, including chronologies, personal injury reports, IME reports, and more—featuring updated 2024 legal insights.
  • 6 Monthly Group Mentoring Sessions with Nurse Attorney Laurie Elston – to answer your individual questions, discuss the legal concepts in the materials, and help you plan the best path for your individual career.
  • 10% discount on all our Online Courses.
  • Last, but not least, you'll receive 60 CE credits and your Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate!

Self-Study

 

  • Guide to Legal Nurse Consulting – 28-page overview of this nursing specialty.
  • Legal Terminology Guide – all the key legal terms explained.
  • 3 Days of Online Training Video Modules - start anytime and work at your own pace. These modules cover the entire 2020 LNC textbook by AALNC, so you are prepared to take the LNCC certification exam; and a lot more that is not in the textbook.
  • 300+ Page LNC Resource Notebook with 35+ essential templates and tools to launch your legal nurse consulting business. Save hours with ready-made documents, including introduction letters, checklists, case reports, medical summaries, timelines, research sites, writing tips, marketing strategies, and business guidance.
  • 10% discount on all our Online Courses.
  • Last, but not least, you'll receive 60 CE credits and your Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate!

🚀 Take the Leap Now!

Legal nurse consulting is an exciting opportunity to use your nursing skills in a new and rewarding way. With expert training by a nurse attorney and a strong demand for LNCs and nurse expert witnesses, now is the perfect time to start. The hardest part is taking the first step—let’s take it together! Are you ready? Choose the program you want and let's get started!

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“Very good presentations – not a single boring moment! I highly recommend this class to nurses contemplating a career as a LNC. Update: After taking this LNC course and doing an internship they arranged, I am now practicing full-time with the Mitchell Law Firm in California.” 

Z.C. RN CA

"Amazing speakers with nursing and law experience, and specific case examples that are invaluable for learning. GREAT JOB!"

Christina L. RN 2015

"Very informative course with a wide variety of information. This class kept my attention throughout the 3 full days of teaching! I started excited and finished more excited to be a legal nurse consultant."

Victoria Sewell RN

"Update: After taking this course and going through mentoring with Mitzi Wortman and others, I have a highly successful practice as a nurse expert witness, with all the cases I can handle."

Karen T. RN, MSN, CA

"Is class was wonderful! The structure and flow of the class made it extremely useful to me. The small class size allowed all of us to actively participate and get the information we needed to ensure our continued success. Thank you so much!"

Karen L. RN CA

"Update: .... I am now working with an attorney on an interesting emergency department case and have found the information and resources from your course most beneficial. I thoroughly enjoyed your class and working on the cases you gave us. Thank you for everything!"

Karen L. RN, California 2013

"Good teaching, informative, dynamic, comprehensive. The combination of a Nurse Attorney and a LNC teaching was a real strength. I also liked all the ideas for starting my own business."

Eileen T. RN CA

"This legal nurse consulting course was perfect. I learned so much. You really gave me a picture of what a LNC does, and it makes sense. Mitzi's instructions on what to do and how to do it was so important.... Laurie is amazing and I found myself wonderfully surprised to learn as much as I did....it was a real eye opener. Thank you.

Update: Susie wrote: "While I was on vacation I was reading the LNC notebook from the course and practicing the introduction we learned in the class, when an attorney overheard me and asked me to screen a case he is working on (laser burns from hair removal). Networking works, and sometimes when you least expect it!"

Susie S. RN

"I learned so much from this course.... The topics related to the principles and practice of legal nurse consulting (LNC) were well discussed. Attorney Elston being a nurse attorney was able to integrate nursing concepts and legal concepts...."

Jennifer Ty D. RN, MSN, FNP

"One of the strengths of this course was having both an attorney and a LNC teaching together. We were given several career options for LNCs, which was also very helpful."

Christie D. RN CA

"I've been a nurse consultant and expert on wound care and infection control for over 10 years. During that time I have developed my own formats, timelines, etc. over the years. I sure wish I'd known about you and this course... it would have made my life a lot easier! Though I already have a source for case referrals, I wanted to improve my skills with this course, and I did. Thanks!
Update: 2013 Treasurer of the Bay Area Chapter of AALNC."

Mary W., RN, California

"Laurie is an excellent teacher: knowledgeable, direct, concise, and easy to follow. The small class size made for easy access to instructors during and after the course. It also made for good role playing during the class. I really liked the class interactions, and the combination of lecture, examples, and discussion. I also liked the course split into 3 days of live lecture and then a home study portion, which made this course very flexible."

Stacey R. RN CA

"The varied and numerous course handouts and forms/templates will be invaluable for references in the future. It is very obvious both of you put in many hours of preparation to assist all of us...
Update: Currently working full time as an LNC with a Hospice Attorney."

Maggie E. RN

"I am already involved in legal work and needed a better understanding. I liked the way this course brought all the information together in a clear and concise manner.
Update: 2013 President of Bay Area Chapter of AALNC"

Jill Aggersbury, RN, CCM, CNLCP, MSCC

"It was beneficial to have both view points - from the Nurse Attorney and the practicing LNC. It was a great setting to ask questions in and get to know the legal system by seeing actual pleadings, exhibits, etc. I highly recommend this course!"

Danielle L. RN

"The pragmatic, clean approach to presenting very complicated information and processes made learning about legal nurse consulting accessible and very palatable.
Update: Now practicing full-time with Elder Abuse/Negligence Attorney."

Mary M. RN

"The limited number of participants was very conducive to learning and interacting with other participants and the lecturer, as well as for networking."

Eva M. RN, CA

"Dynamic, articulate, complete... Once again, Laurie, you have provided a great learning experience. Thank you."

Paulette B. RN

"Excellent LNC course - the instructor was very knowledgeable and organized. I loved the small class size which allowed for quality time with the instructor. I also loved the case scenarios and guest speakers."

Christine A. RN

"You are a wonderful public speaker and I like the LNC textbook you use. I would highly recommend this course....!"

Karen D. RN

"Will recommend this class to anyone considering legal nurse consulting, or just wanting to gain more legal knowledge for their career."

RN 2015

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Proven Program Success - Our Legal Nurse Consultant students are working with law firms, as case managers, life care planners and other types of consultants. 

  • "This course was fantastic! The instructors were well informed, experienced, witty and fun. Laurie Elston is a gifted, brilliant, organized and personable attorney; a real joy to learn from. She and LNCC Mitzi were such a dynamic duo. Their presentations were very effective, and the time they took to field questions during the course was really helpful.” Ann Paulson RN, LNC

 

  • "Laurie your course is by far one of the most professionally awesome experiences I have ever had! You are a bright light and ray of hope to me and the future RNs of the world. You were perfect in every aspect of  what you taught and how you taught it. I love, love, LOVE your rich background on both professional areas. Real life examples from the professional viewpoints of a Nurse Attorney and a LNCC was the best of both worlds!"  Kari B. RN, CCM

 

  • "The expertise of the presenter and the quality of the material that was provided in the LNC Manual was outstanding! Laurie made the class interesting and provided excellent materials." RN 2017

“Laurie is an excellent teacher: knowledgeable, direct, concise, and easy to follow. The small class size made for easy access during and after the course. It also made for good role playing during the class. I really liked the class interactions, and the combination of lecture, examples, and discussion. I also liked the course split into 3 days of live lecture and then a home study portion, which made this course very flexible.”

Stacey R. RN CA

"Laurie is a very good teacher and provided everything needed to start an LNC business. Rita Kae is a wonderful role model and mentor to other nurses. This class was great!

Candy B. RN 2017

"At the end of Attorney Elston's course I had a clear picture of the role of an LNC. The course bought clarity to my dream of becoming a LNC. It also gave me the confidence I needed to know that I can do this business and be successful."

Kim Browne RN, BSN

"This 3 day course offered a number of wonderful advantages, including: (1) having a small group so we could ask questions, (2) having an instructor who is both a nurse and an attorney, (3) having a co-instructor who was  a practicing nursing expert witness, and (4) being unbiased regarding other LNC programs. I wanted to learn how to become a better LNC, and after taking this course, I now also want to work as an expert witness."

Denise G. RN, MN, FNP 2017

"5-Stars - This was a very informative course with dynamic instructors. I feel excited and confident to start my new nursing venture as an expert witness!"

Carol Ingall RN, Expert Witness 2019

This was an incredibly helpful course from both speakers. The ability to ask questions in class was invaluable."

Shirley O'Donnell RN 2019

"The varied and numerous course handouts and forms/templates will be invaluable for references in the future. It is very obvious both of you put in many hours of preparation to assist all of us..."

Maggie E. RN, Update:Currently working full time as an LNC with a Hospice Attorney.

"Just 1 day of this course was worth more than the 5 days I spent taking another nurse attorney's LNC program and her program cost 5x more than this course, .... and we weren't even allowed to ask any questions during her course!"

RN 2017

"This class included easy to follow directions and examples of all avenues of legal nurse consulting."

Robert Dryden RN

"Attorney Elston, these last 3 days have been one of the best days in my entire nursing education.  I have learned so much in your live LNC Course!  Both you and Ms. Rita Kae Restrepo did a great job."

Sandra T. RN, BSN

“Very good presentations – not a single boring moment!  I highly recommend this class to nurses contemplating a career as a LNC.”

Z.C. RN CA

"I really enjoyed both speakers, the class was very interesting. The examples provided kept my attention and the information I learned will help me start an exciting new career."

Katherine Lanting RN

"The presenters had a lot of great information. They were both very enthusiastic about all the subjects taught!"

Kristen Abasi RN

 "Laurie and Mitzi make a great team. They answered all my questions and  helped me gain the confidence I need to proceed with my desire to begin  starting my own LNC business. This course was a great value for the price paid."

Pat K. RN

"I am already involved in legal work and needed a better understanding. I liked the way this course brought all the information together in a clear and concise manner."

Jill Aggersbury, RN, CCM, CNLCP, MSCC, Update: 2013 President of Bay Area Chapter of AALNC

"I was very inspired by your Legal Nurse Consulting Course. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and insights into this fascinating career opportunity....I have joined several of the organizations you recommended, and am now networking with fellow LNCs as you suggested.  I am optimistic about starting a new career...."

Margaret B. RNC, Labor and Delivery

"I  took another LNC course. While it was useful and some  of the elements of that course were relevant to the material in this  course, the _______________course was dry and did not have the personal  interaction. What made this course invaluable was the ability to ask questions and have them answered by a practicing Attorney and a LNCC!"

Sarah S. RN, CA 2012

"One of the strengths of this course is Laurie's ability to simplify the law down to our level of understanding. Having a live person to ask questions of, who is both knowledgeable and approachable, was invaluable."

Michael Longshore RN, CA 2015

"5 Stars - The speakers in this course were very knowledgeable and dynamic...very skilled in their fields."

Christine Bethell RN 2019

"5 Stars -This course gave me the knowledge to understand this lucrative nursing career. I am excited to utilize and apply all my nursing expertise from 40 years as a nurse."

Linda Robles RN

"Will recommend this class to anyone considering legal nurse consulting, or just wanting to gain more legal knowledge for their career."

RN 2015