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Health Justice Project Summer Law Clerk
The Health Justice Project Clinic (HJP) is seeking full-time paid summer law clerks to support HJP clients and faculty. The HJP is a medical-legal partnership clinic collaborating with Loyola Medicine and Loyola’s Stritch School of Medicine. The HJP works with health care partners to address the health-harming legal needs of vulnerable patients by providing free civil legal services to improve access to health care and other public benefits, access to stable healthy housing, and to improve access and services for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions. The HJP utilizes a holistic approach, addressing a wide variety of civil legal needs for clients and engaging in upstream strategies to achieve systemic change through impact and policy work. The work of the HJP is general poverty law work at the intersection of health justice.
HJP summer law clerks will be responsible for monitoring HJP cases, communicating and corresponding with clients, following up on records requests, negotiating with opposing parties, preparing court pleadings, attending court (if 711 licensed) and administrative hearings as necessary, and engaging in every aspect of legal representation under the supervision of HJP faculty. This position is a great opportunity to engage in client-centered holistic advocacy for vulnerable patients in Chicago and the near Western suburbs and will allow for opportunities to experience every aspect of client representation. Current HJP cases include public benefits, family law, disability benefits, immigration, and special education cases. The student fellow may also have opportunities to support HJP faculty in research, provider training, outreach in Maywood, Illinois, and surrounding communities, and engage in systemic projects.
These are full-time paid positions for ten-twelve weeks over the summer. Eligibility for a 711 license (rising 3L), fluency in Spanish, and previous civil legal services experience are preferred but not required. Students of color and students from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have any questions, please contact HJP Director, Kate Mitchell at kmitchell9@Luc.edu or HJP Supervising Attorney, Laura Garcia-Izaguirre at mgarcia15@luc.edu. If interested, please submit a cover letter, unofficial transcript, and resume to Laura (mgarcia15@luc.edu). Applications will be considered beginning on February 1, 2025, and until the positions are filled.
