7307. Clinic: Health Equity

The Medical-Legal Partnership Health Equity Clinic (MLPHEC) addresses issues of health in the broader context of people’s lives and seeks to remedy the health inequities and disparities of the region’s most vulnerable populations through joint medical-legal advocacy and interdisciplinary interventions. The MLPHEC will be operated as a partnership with Hartford Hospital, a division of Hartford HealthCare. Students will learn about the complex intersection of poverty, health and law, the concept of health equity and its impact on health outcomes, how the law may be used to improve health, and how healthcare providers and lawyers can work together to create innovative and measurable interventions and remedies for patients and clients. Law students, working individually or in teams, will work in the hospital primary care clinics with medical staff to see patients and conduct intakes and interviews of clients. Additionally, students will identify and address systemic policy issue that affect the core population seen by the MLPHEC. Suggested preparation: At least one of the following: LAW7314 – Healthcare Legal Operations; LAW7315 – Disparities to Access in Health Care; LAW7587 – Ethics of Public Health; LAW7592 – Health and Human Rights; LAW7763 – Mental Health Law; LAW7865 – Health Law.