Health Justice Alliance

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.

Video: the Health Justice Alliance in Action

Solving problems doctors can’t fix: How Georgetown’s medical-legal partnership saves lives by including lawyers on cancer care teams. Why every cancer center needs a Cancer LAW Project

August 2, 2024

The Cancer LAW Project's innovative approach to addressing cancer patients' health harming legal needs is featured in the August edition of The Cancer Letter, the leading source for information on the issues that shape oncology.