Our Academic Medical-Legal Partnership is training the next generation of health, law, and policy leaders to work together in pursuit of health justice as they serve some of the most vulnerable members of our D.C. community.
Why? Because in America, your zip code is more relevant than your genetic code in predicting the length and quality of your life.
Daily challenges like food insecurity, poor housing conditions, lack of insurance, family instability, problems with education or employment, and other issues can become “health-harming legal needs” that require legal advocacy partnered with medical care to overcome.
HJA’s efforts to respond to the eviction crisis, as part of an effort by law schools nationally to prevent evictions and its harmful consequences are highlighted at the White House and Department of Justice Convening of Law Schools
Georgetown University’s president and law and medical center deans join HJA’s co-founder and faculty director Vicki Girard in issuing a call-to-action in The New England Journal Of Medicine to other universities and institutions responsible for training the next generation of health and legal professionals.
A featured story in Georgetown Law’s magazine about how Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance Clinic unites law and medical school students in learning and service
