The Academic Medical-Legal Partnership
Description
This report is the result of the combined experience of the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance team and their 2019-2020 mixed methods survey of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) operating with at least one academic partner. Using the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership’s original eight core elements of MLP as a backdrop to their study, the team defines how the academic medical-legal partnership (A-MLP) adheres to and deviates from these elements and formally recognizes three components unique to A-MLP. Specifically, the team finds that A-MLPs focus on 1) educating pre-professional learners; 2) intentionally creating interprofessional learning environments; and 3) contributing to the evidence base for the MLP model as a health equity intervention.
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Authors
Vicki W. Girard, JD, Faculty Director, Health Justice Alliance; Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center & Adjunct Professor in Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
Deborah F. Perry, PhD. Director of Research and Evaluation, Health Justice Alliance & Research Professor in Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center
Lisa P. Kessler, MBA, Director of Operations, Health Justice Alliance & Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Yael Cannon, JD, Director, Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic & Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Prashasti Bhatnagar, Research Associate, Health Justice Alliance
Jessica Roth, Project Researcher, Health Justice Alliance
This report was published by the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership.