The Yale Law Journal

Dina Shek

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Bind Us Together: Coalitional Public Policy Advocacy in Medical-Legal Partnerships

James Bhandary-Alexander & Dina Shek

The Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) model promotes direct services and public policy advocacy by lawyers incorporated into medical teams. Drawing on personal experiences, this Essay proposes that to accomplish policy change, MLP practitioners organize and be organized into community coalitions built…