School of Law, Health Justice Clinical Fellow/Supe

at Loyola University Of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Position Details

Position Details
Job Title 
 School of Law, Health Justice Clinical Fellow/Supervising Attorney, Non-Tenure Track
Position Title 
 School of Law, Health Justice Clinical Fellow/Supervising Attorney, Non-Tenure Track
Position Number
Job Category 
 University Faculty
Job Type 
 Full-Time
FLSA Status 
 Exempt
Campus 
 Chicago-Water Tower Campus
Location Code 
 SCHOOL OF LAW INST HEALTH LAW (02700D)
Department Name 
 LAW SCHOOL
Is this split and/or fully grant funded?  
 No
Duties and Responsibilities 
 The Health Justice Project (HJP) is medical-legal clinic housed in the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The HJP partners with health care providers to address the health harming legal needs of vulnerable patients in the Chicago area while educating law students in legal practice and interprofessional collaboration. The HJP's Maywood Legal Clinic, launched in February 2021, partners with Loyola Medicine and Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine to address the health harming legal needs of vulnerable patients in the near western suburbs of Cook County. The HJP and Maywood Medical Legal Clinic provide direct client representation and engage in policy advocacy to improve access to health care and healthy housing and to support people living with disabilities. The HJP is an interprofessional clinic which collaborates with faculty and students from social work, public health, medicine, nursing, and other university programs.

The Clinical Fellow/Supervising attorney will work within the HJP to assist in managing the Maywood Medical Legal Clinic and case load of the HJP, engage in direct representation of clients and systemic advocacy, and supervise other staff and students. The clinical fellow/supervising attorney will develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the Loyola Medicine Community Health & Well-Being staff, health science faculty, and health care providers at the Maywood Family Health Center and other Loyola Medicine outpatient clinics in western Cook County; engage in outreach and training for health care providers, students, and patients; develop internal and external resources and materials; manage referral and information exchange protocols; and provide direct service representation and policy advocacy to low-income patients and their community. The supervising attorney will also work in collaboration with faculty from law, social work, medicine, nursing, and public health to develop opportunities for students to engage in interprofessional advocacy.

The ideal applicant has 2 or more years of legal practice experience in an MLP or other public interest law setting, has experience supervising other staff and students, has experience collaborating across professions, is an excellent public speaker and writer, is licensed in Illinois (or bar eligible) and has experience in one or more of the following areas of law: public benefits, health care access, disability, housing, advance care planning, guardianship, immigration, and/or family law. Clinical Teaching fellows may be eligible for renewal beyond the three year term, contingent on approval.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

1. Engage in direct legal representation, research, and policy work to improve access to health care, access to healthy housing, and to advocate on behalf of patients with disabilities and chronic health challenges in civil legal matters impacting health and well-being.

2. Develop and provide training and resource development for health care providers, patients, community, and students;

3. Engage in outreach in Maywood, Illinois and surrounding communities and maintain office hours at the Maywood Family Medicine Clinic and other Loyola Medicine clinic sites in western Cook County;

4. Maintain referral, filing, and case management system, and monitor cases for the HJP and its Maywood Medical Legal Clinic project;

5. Draft reports to funders, partners, and the broader community as needed,

6. Collaborate with University and Loyola Medicine development and advancement teams to seek future funding for the Maywood Medical Legal Clinic and HJP;

7. Supervise and mentor staff, volunteers, and students; and

8. Maintain relationships with health care, university, and other... For full info follow application link.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by law.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer.