Course Description
The Community Health Law Partnership will partner with health care professionals to tackle a variety of legal needs that impact patients, including immigration, disability rights, benefits, and family law. Students will have direct responsibility for all aspects of client representation in cases undertaken by the clinic.
Athena Title
Comm Health Law Partnership
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in JURI 5628
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the projects(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 50-75% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• Experiential learning through direct representation of numerous clients • Experience in multiple administrative and judicial forums • Exposure to multiple areas of substantive law, including immigration, health, benefits, employment, disability rights, and family law • Inter-disciplinary collaboration with medical professionals to solve patient-client problems • Appreciation for the rewards and challenges of poverty law
Topical Outline
Topics covered in the seminar include: 1) case rounds, designed to reinforce collaborative problem solving and explore real-world professional responsibility issues. 2) substantive and skill-based components of the clinic's core practice areas. 3) simulation-based practice.
Syllabus