Getting HeLP for People in Need:
Funding MLP Legal Services as Health Care 

Thursday, November 7, 2024 / 12-1 p.m. ET

In Person or Virtual

Georgia State University College of Law
Conference Center Salons
85 Park Place NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Description
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a medical-legal partnership (MLP) among Georgia State College of Law, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. In MLPs, clinicians, lawyers, and allied professionals work together to address structural, health-harming conditions to improve the health and well-being of patients. For example, the pattern of a child whose asthma is aggravated by mold in the home, resulting in multiple medical visits, will not improve without resolving the mold exposure. Legal services can achieve this outcome. Despite research demonstrating the positive impacts of MLP services on health, as well as health care costs, MLP services are not routinely paid for as part of health care. This panel will consider the role and impact of MLPs in caring for patients, explore promising models for funding MLP services, and identify strategies for expanding MLPs in Georgia and nationally to realize the full benefits MLPs offer. 

Speakers

Stan Sonu
HeLP Medical Director
Medical Director, Child Advocacy
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Christina Scott
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Director
HeLP Legal Services Clinic
Georgia State University College of Law 

Keegan Warren
Executive Director
Institute for Healthcare Access
Texas A&M University

Registration
This luncheon is free and open to the public; registration is required.

CLE
1 hour of GA CLE has been requested for attorneys. 

Web Link

For attendees participating remotely, the virtual link will be provided in advance of the event. 
 

Directions and Parking
For directions to Georgia State Law, click here. Parking for attendees is available in T deck or additional public parking is nearby.

Contact
Email lawandhealth@gsu.edu with any questions.

Additional Resources Related to this Event

About HeLP and HeLP research (selected)

• The Health Law Partnership
• Medical-Legal Partnership: Impact on Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
• Interprofessional Medical–Legal Education of Medical Students: Assessing the Benefits for Addressing Social Determinants of Health
• Applying a Social Ecological Model to Medical Legal Partnerships Practice and Research

About MLPs (selected)

• National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
• Medical-Legal Partnership in Primary Care: Moving Upstream in the Clinic
• Medical-Legal Partnership Effects on Mental Health, Health Care Use, and Quality of Life in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial
• A Financial Case for a Medical-Legal Partnership: Reducing Lengths of Stay for Inpatient Care
• Symposium: Medical-Legal Partnerships: Equity, Evaluation, and Evolution

About Funding MLPs

• Swimming Together Upstream: How to Align MLP Services with U.S. Healthcare Delivery
• Why MLP Legal Care Should be Financed as Health Care
• Financing Medical-Legal Partnerships: View from the Field
• A First Look at North Carolina's Section 1115 Medical Waiver's Healthy Opportunities Pilots