Advancing Health Law & Social Justice in the Clinic, the Classroom and the Community

Publication Title

Annals of Health Law

Authors

Emily A. Benfer, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
John J. Ammann, Saint Louis University School of Law
Lisa Radtke Bliss, Georgia State University College of LawFollow
Sylvia B. Caley, Georgia State University College of LawFollow
Liz Tobin Tyler, Brown University - Alpert Medical School
Robert Pettignano, Children's Healthcare of AtlantaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

Law school clinics are paramount to developing law school graduates who embrace their "special responsibility for the quality of justice," as well as their role in ensuring equal access to justice for marginalized, impoverished and underserved members of society.' This responsibility permeates every aspect of lawyering, especially the practice of health law. This article explores, first, how clinics and social justice fit into the practice of health law and into the training of future health law attorneys and policymakers. Second, it defines social justice in the context of health and, finally, it provides examples that demonstrate how we can, and why we should, integrate social justice teaching into every law school, every classroom and the practice of health law.

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Recommended Citation

Emily A. Benfer, John J. Ammann, Lisa Bliss, Sylvia Caley, Liz Tobin Tyler, & Robert Pettignano, Advancing Health Law & Social Justice in the Clinic, the Classroom and the Community, 21 Annals Health L. 237 (2012).

Institutional Repository Citation

Emily A. Benfer, John J. Ammann, Lisa R. Bliss, Sylvia B. Caley, Liz T. Tyler & Robert Pettignano, Advancing Health Law & Social Justice in the Clinic, the Classroom and the Community, Faculty Publications By Year 121 (2012)
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/faculty_pub/121

Volume

21

Issue

1

First Page

237

Last Page

257