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SLU Legal Clinics Receive “For the Common Good” Award
Rachel Taylon, Division of Antitrust at the Department of Justice. The four will be paired with School of Law alumni mentors who work in Washington D.C. and will provide individual support throughout the semester and after the program concludes. Along with practical experience in health care The Saint Louis Univer- law, students will complete a course on health law agency practice and have the sity Legal Clinics, Assistant opportunity to network within the federal government. Clinical Professor Patricia Harrison and Professor Jesse Goldner were awarded the Ashley Award by LSEM for Center for Health Law Studies WelcomeS Health Law Scholars their work with the Child The Center for Health Law Studies, in conjunction with the American SoHealth Advocacy Project ciety of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME), welcomed four new Health Law (CHAP). The Ashley Award was one of a series of “For The Common Good” Scholars for 2010. The new scholars include (pictured left to right): Katrice Bridges Copeland, awards presented by LSEM at its annual awards reception. Harrison (left) assistant professor of law at Pennsylvania State University School of Law; Jefand Goldner (right) are pictured here with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri frey B. Hammond, associate profes(LSEM) Executive Director Daniel Glazer (center). sor of law at the Faulkner University CHAP aims to improve health outcomes for low-income children by ensuring School of Law; Stacy B. Lee, assistant the basic needs of the child and family are met. The program provides training professor at Johns Hopkins Univerto health care providers in identifying legal barriers to health and assists patients sity Carey Business School; and Jesand families with legal issues including medical benefits, housing, education, sica L. Roberts, assistant professor guardianship, domestic violence and immigration. of law at the University of Houston Goldner formed CHAP in 2008 as a partnership between SLU LAW LeLaw Center. gal Clinics, LSEM, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, St. Louis The 2010 scholars participated in Children’s Hospital and Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers. Harrison is the Health Law Scholars Workshop currently director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at SLU LAW and a consultant in October. The workshop is a forum for new entrants to health law to receive for the CHAP program. advice and critique from more experienced scholars in the growing fields of LSEM is an independent, non-profit organization that has provided legal health law and bioethics. Recent scholars attending the SLU program have had assistance in civil cases to the low-income community for more than 50 years. papers published in pre-eminent legal journals. The annual awards recognize individuals who work to ensure that the underThe Health Law Scholars Workshop encourages health and bioethics scholserved in St. Louis receive equal access to justice. arship, fosters the professional development of new scholars and furthers a sense of community among academics.
Center for Health Law Studies Kicks Off Inaugural Semester in D.C. The Center for Health Law Studies has launched its first Health Law Semester in Washington, D.C. program. During the 2011 spring semester, four law stu- Law Students Begin the Academic Year With Service dents are clerking in health-related government agencies and working on cases More than 300 first-year law students began the academic year by participating with licensed practitioners deal- in days of service Aug. 13 and 14. The service program is part of orientation ing with health care regulations. week for incoming law students and introduces them to the Jesuit mission at Saint Louis University. “Health care law is complex Implemented in 2009, this is an and fast-paced, and we’re comimportant foundation of the SLU mitted to giving our students evLAW experience, which strives to edery opportunity to succeed in this ucate and train compassionate, comfield,” said Professor of Law and munity-minded lawyers. While nearly Co-Director for the Center for 100 percent of first-year students took Health Law Studies Rob Gatter. part in the service days, many return“The semester in D.C. provides ing law school students, faculty and our students a hands-on opporstaff also helped out at nearly 30 comtunity to work on real cases at the federal level and learn from practicing attorneys.” munity service projects in several St. To be eligible for the program, law students must have completed coursework Louis communities. in health care and administrative law in addition to their general J.D. require“It was such a positive experience to ments. Students with placements in the 2011 Health Law Semester in D.C. are help the community and see how just (pictured left to right): Bethany Meuret, Office of General Counsel and the Ofa little paint could brighten someone’s fice of Risk Management at the Veterans Administration; Helen White, Office day,” said Tony Mitchell, first-year law of General Counsel for the Office of the Inspector General; Donna Tran, Office student. “The service project was also of General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services; and 4 SAINT LOUIS BRIEF VOLUME 12 ISSUE 1