Posts Categorized: News from the National Center

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Three partnerships are coordinating health care, legal, and social services to meet the unique challenges faced by older adults

As the American population continues to age, health care, social service, community, and family resources should be deployed with person-centered goals that...Read More

Monday, September 10, 2018

How an Austin clinic is using the law to inform empowered patient care

The same year that People’s Community Clinic in Austin became a Federally Qualified Health Center in 2012, it began offering on-site legal...Read More

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Several MLP leaders appointed to Legal Services Corporation’s Opioid Task Force

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the federal funder of civil legal services in the United States, has convened an Opioid Task Force...Read More

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

New article promotes law as a lens through which to view health promotion, disease prevention, and well-being

A new article in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, traces the roots of the medical-legal partnership approach to...Read More