In alignment with GW Law's strategic plan, GW Law's Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics will launch 5 brand-new clinics in the Fall 2023. These clinics will expand the Program’s practice areas, draw in a wider range of faculty, and enlarge the number of seats in the Clinical Program. For more information on GW Law's Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics, click here.
Health Equity Policy & Advocacy Clinic
Professor Emily Benfer, an expert in medical legal partnerships and one of GW Law’s newest tenured faculty members, will launch the Health Equity Policy & Advocacy Clinic. A medical-legal partnership and community-based program, this clinic will focus on fundamental lawyering skills and interprofessional collaboration taught through direct client representation, policy advocacy, and community collaboration. As members of the healthcare team at a Federally Qualified Health Center, students will represent patients who are experiencing health-harming legal issues, such as substandard conditions in housing. Students will be responsible for every aspect of the case, including interviewing, fact investigation, legal research and drafting, client counseling, negotiation, and court representation. In addition, students will collaborate with medical and public health practitioners, students, and community groups to engage in policy advocacy that addresses barriers to health in low-income and historically marginalized communities. This clinic will expand the Program’s...
STERLING, Ill. (Rockford News First/KWQC) - Following uproar over a decision to euthanize a dog, attorneys for Whiteside County Animal Control Director James Garcia launch an investigation for a p...