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- Title
ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE THROUGH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACADEMIC MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS.
- Authors
CANNON, YAEL ZAKAI; JOHNSON, VIDA
- Abstract
The medical-legal partnership (MLP) model, which brings attorneys and healthcare partners together to remove legal barriers to health, is a growing approach to addressing unmet civil legal needs. But M LPs are less prevalent in criminal defense settings, where they also have the potential to advance both health and legal justice. In fact, grave racial health inequities are deeply intertwined with both civil and criminal injustice. In both spheres, health justice is racial justice. Building on the experiences of the authors in their respective civil and criminal law school clinics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., this Article argues that academic medical-legal partnerships provide a unique vehicle for advancing racial justice by training future leaders in law and healthcare to understand, address, and dismantle intertwined health inequities and injustice across both civil and criminal legal systems.
- Subjects
CIVIL rights; HEALTH equity; CIVIL law; CRIMINAL law education; LEGAL education
- Publication
Clinical Law Review, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1079-1159
- Publication type
Article