MLP Sessions at Recent National Conferences

Medical-legal partnership sites presented at the recent conferences listed below.  Presentations from some of these sessions are available below (click on the blue links).

Equal Justice Conference – sponsored by ABA and NLADA

Minneapolis, MN

May 7 - 9, 2008

"Strengthening Medical-Legal Partnership Through Dynamic Pro Bono Involvement and Effective Program Evaluation"

Julie Brandfield, JD LegalHealth

Sylvia Caley, JD. Atlanta HeLP

Susan McLaren, JD, Atlanta HeLP

Samantha Morton, JD, Deputy Director, MLPC | Boston

Dawn Jones, JD, King & Spaulding LLP

2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting

Honolulu, Hawaii

May 3 - 5, 2008

"Poverty Simulations and Other Tools to Teach Advocacy"
JoseAlberto Betances, MD, MLPC | Boston Medical Director

Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, MLPC National Medical Director

Ellen Lawton, JD, MLPC Executive Director

 

“3173 Advocacy Training: APA Special Interest Group”

Megan Sandel, MD, MPH (MLPC National Center)

Anda Kuo, MD

Alison Brindle, MD

David Keller, MD, Medical Director, Family Advocates of Central Massachusetts

Jeffrey Kaczoeowski, MD 

Society for the Teachers of Family Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

May 2008

“Is There a Lawyer in the House?  Expanding the Patient-Centered Medical Home Team.”

Anne Ryan, JD, Legal Director, Tucson Family Advocacy Program

Patricia Lebensohn, MD, Tucson Family Advocacy Program

Hope Tipton, JD, Legal Director, Project HEAL, Baltimore

GrantMakers in Health Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy

Los Angeles, CA

February 27 - 29, 2008

"Strange Bedfellows: Medical-Legal Partnership to Reduce Health Risks"

Ellen Lawton, JD, MLPC Executive Director

Barry Zuckerman, MD, MLPC Founding Director

Mallory Curran, JD, Community Advocacy Program Director

Anne Sowell, ACSW, LISW-S