About Us
Kate Mitchell
Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Health Justice Project
kmitchell9@luc.edu
Kate Mitchell joined the Health Justice Project in August 2017 after more than 16 years practicing and teaching in the areas of poverty law, children’s rights and health law. Professor Mitchell has extensive experience representing children and families in poverty in access to health care and public benefits matters, special education matters, housing and family law, juvenile delinquency and prison condition cases, and other general civil law matters. She has also been involved in local, state, and national policy work in the areas of access to healthcare, education, and juvenile justice.
Alice Setrini
Clinical Teaching Fellow
asetrini@luc.edu
Alice Setrini is a clinical fellow in the Health Justice Project teaching civil litigation skills in an experiential learning environment. She was previously the executive director of the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law, where she consistently centered racial and health equity in the institute programming, curriculum, and scholarship. She came to DePaul from a career in legal services, starting as a staff attorney on Chicago’s Westside, and then as the manager of Legal Aid Chicago’s Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLP) Project beginning in 2015. Setrini is a first-generation Latinx American who chose a career in the law in order to give back to her community, and live up to the sacrifices made on her behalf. Setrini’s experience collaborating in multidisciplinary settings to maximize both health system efficiency and improvement in health outcomes for individuals through legal interventions informs her work advocating for health equity as a mechanism for alleviating poverty and dismantling the systems that create health disparities.
Martha Laura Garcia-Izaguirre
Supervising Attorney and Clinical Fellow
mgarcia15@luc.edu
Martha Laura Garcia-Izaguirre (Laura) joins Loyola’s Health Justice Project as a Supervising Attorney and Clinical Fellow. Laura comes to Loyola with several years of experience providing direct immigration legal services to underserved immigrant populations across New Mexico and Illinois. As an immigrant herself, the experiences that many of her clients share resonate with her and her family’s own experiences and her main goal as an attorney and advocate is to uplift their stories and give back to the communities that supported her. Similarly, if anything has become clear to Laura in her years of practice, it’s that people seeking services often need more than one type of assistance and that when wraparound services are provided, people are able to find more long term stability. As a member of the Health Justice Project, Laura is able to put her skills to use by adopting a holistic approach and collaborating with medical and social work professionals.
Meghan Carter
Adjunct Professor
Mcarter12@luc.edu
Meghan P. Carter co-teaches the Health Justice Policy Practicum. Meghan is a Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Council for Health Justice, were she works to advance health rights through advocacy and litigation. Meghan joined Legal Council in 2018 after practicing at Legal Aid Chicago and the Illinois Attorney General’s Disability Rights Bureau.
Meghan was the first in her family to graduate college, earning a B.A. from Brandeis University cum laude in English and American literature and philosophy. Meghan graduated cum laude from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and was awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship upon graduation. Meghan received the Loitman Barron Scholarship in Legal Studies at Brandeis, and was recognized in 2015 by Northwestern Law for her commitment to public interest law.
Carrie Chapman
Adjunct Professor
cchapman@legalcouncil.org
As the Senior Director of Litigation and Advocacy, Carrie oversees litigation, legislation, and administrative advocacy at Legal Council for Health Justice. Carrie has extensive experience serving low-income people through litigation. She has litigated complex cases on the Medicaid program, education access for children with disabilities, immigrant access to benefits, and hospital charity care.
Kate Mitchell
Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Health Justice Project
kmitchell9@luc.edu
Kate Mitchell joined the Health Justice Project in August 2017 after more than 16 years practicing and teaching in the areas of poverty law, children’s rights and health law. Professor Mitchell has extensive experience representing children and families in poverty in access to health care and public benefits matters, special education matters, housing and family law, juvenile delinquency and prison condition cases, and other general civil law matters. She has also been involved in local, state, and national policy work in the areas of access to healthcare, education, and juvenile justice.
Alice Setrini
Clinical Teaching Fellow
asetrini@luc.edu
Alice Setrini is a clinical fellow in the Health Justice Project teaching civil litigation skills in an experiential learning environment. She was previously the executive director of the Jaharis Health Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law, where she consistently centered racial and health equity in the institute programming, curriculum, and scholarship. She came to DePaul from a career in legal services, starting as a staff attorney on Chicago’s Westside, and then as the manager of Legal Aid Chicago’s Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLP) Project beginning in 2015. Setrini is a first-generation Latinx American who chose a career in the law in order to give back to her community, and live up to the sacrifices made on her behalf. Setrini’s experience collaborating in multidisciplinary settings to maximize both health system efficiency and improvement in health outcomes for individuals through legal interventions informs her work advocating for health equity as a mechanism for alleviating poverty and dismantling the systems that create health disparities.
Martha Laura Garcia-Izaguirre
Supervising Attorney and Clinical Fellow
mgarcia15@luc.edu
Martha Laura Garcia-Izaguirre (Laura) joins Loyola’s Health Justice Project as a Supervising Attorney and Clinical Fellow. Laura comes to Loyola with several years of experience providing direct immigration legal services to underserved immigrant populations across New Mexico and Illinois. As an immigrant herself, the experiences that many of her clients share resonate with her and her family’s own experiences and her main goal as an attorney and advocate is to uplift their stories and give back to the communities that supported her. Similarly, if anything has become clear to Laura in her years of practice, it’s that people seeking services often need more than one type of assistance and that when wraparound services are provided, people are able to find more long term stability. As a member of the Health Justice Project, Laura is able to put her skills to use by adopting a holistic approach and collaborating with medical and social work professionals.
Meghan Carter
Adjunct Professor
Mcarter12@luc.edu
Meghan P. Carter co-teaches the Health Justice Policy Practicum. Meghan is a Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Council for Health Justice, were she works to advance health rights through advocacy and litigation. Meghan joined Legal Council in 2018 after practicing at Legal Aid Chicago and the Illinois Attorney General’s Disability Rights Bureau.
Meghan was the first in her family to graduate college, earning a B.A. from Brandeis University cum laude in English and American literature and philosophy. Meghan graduated cum laude from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and was awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship upon graduation. Meghan received the Loitman Barron Scholarship in Legal Studies at Brandeis, and was recognized in 2015 by Northwestern Law for her commitment to public interest law.
Carrie Chapman
Adjunct Professor
cchapman@legalcouncil.org
As the Senior Director of Litigation and Advocacy, Carrie oversees litigation, legislation, and administrative advocacy at Legal Council for Health Justice. Carrie has extensive experience serving low-income people through litigation. She has litigated complex cases on the Medicaid program, education access for children with disabilities, immigrant access to benefits, and hospital charity care.