Letter from the Editors
We are thrilled to present the first issue in the 32nd volume of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy. GJPLP was the first law journal in the nation […]
Hidden Until the End: The Need to Inform Medicaid Enrollees of Estate Recovery Costs Before Their Death
Medicaid provides health care coverage to approximately one in every five individuals living in the United States. The program insures some of the country’s most economically disadvantaged populations, including low-income […]
Distance Learning: New Tech, Old Problems
In the 1800s, American academic leaders vehemently opposed distance edu- cation-where the student and teacher are separated by distance-arguing that it eliminated the social aspects of college life and undermined […]
An Application of Equality Theories to Commercial-to-Residential Adaptive Reuse Projects
Low-income U.S. renters currently face a severe housing shortage: approximately eight million too few affordable units exist for households earning less than their area’s average median income. At the same […]
Climate Gentrification: Addressing Displacement from Sea Level Rise
Climate change poses an immediate threat to coastal communities, reshaping housing markets and exacerbating existing inequities. Sea level rise disproportionately affects marginalized populations who have long faced the brunt of […]
Born of Necessity: The Rationale Behind International Humanitarian Efforts to Meaningfully Increase Access to Family Planning Services
Family planning (“FP”) services are essential to women planning their reproductive futures around the world. Women in lower- and middle-income countries (“LMIC”) have not always had access to the FP […]
Retirement in America: A Luxury Not All Can Afford
This piece is adapted from a paper written for a legal philosophy course taught by Professor Heidi Li Feldman. The piece examines state-sponsored social security benefits available to retirees in […]