
Co-Director, Health Justice Alliance; Professor of Law, Legal Practice
Vicki W. Girard
B.A., Drew University; J.D., Georgetown
Areas of Expertise:
Scholarship
Vicki W. Girard, Deborah F. Perry, Lisa P. Kessler, Yael Cannon, Prashasti Bhatnagar & Jessica Roth, The Academic Medical-Legal Partnership: Training the Next Generation of Health & Legal Professionals to Work Together to Advance Health Justice (Wash., D.C.: Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance, National Center for Medical Legal Partnership 2022) [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
Edward B. Healton, William M. Treanor, John J. DeGioia & Vicki W. Girard, Training Future Health Justice Leaders — A Role for Medical–Legal Partnerships, 384 New Eng. J. Med. 1879-1881 (2021).
In The News
"Some Medical Clinics Are Hiring Lawyers To Improve Patients' Health," coverage by NPR, August 31, 2020, featuring Professor Vicki W. Girard.
"Training Future Health Justice Leaders — A Role for Medical–Legal Partnerships," and opinion piece by Dean Edward B. Healton, Dean William M. Treanor, President John J. Degioia, and Professor Vicki W. Girard, in The New England Journal of Medicine, May 15, 2021.
"Seeking Social Justice for Patients, Medical Students Turn to the Law," coverage by Georgetown University Medical Center, January 11, 2019, mentioning Professor Vicki Girard and Associate Professor Yael Cannon.