Opportunities

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School is no longer accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellows program. We will begin accepting application for the 2026-2027 Fellows program in May 2026. 

All areas of interest and points of view are welcome – no expertise is needed, just your interest in health law and/or policy. Over the past few years, Solomon fellows have published numerous articles and op-eds, helped advise Congress and state governments on legislation, assisted with government testimony, submitted comments on proposed federal regulations, worked with state AG offices on health related issues, represented clients with health-harming legal needs in New Haven, written SAWs, collaborated with physicians on academic projects, helped defend the ACA, led panel discussions and convened national experts for our events, and so much more. 

In 2025–26, we will be continuing work on regulatory action and litigation in the healthcare space, elder law and aging including long-term care, AI in healthcare, reproductive health and access to abortion, LGBTQI+ health, palliative care, and more; as well as our work in our medical-legal partnerships.  We hope there will also be many opportunities for dinners, teas, and lunches with the terrific and diverse speakers and alums the Solomon Center brings to campus for intellectual engagement and career mentoring.

Students from the law school and/or all Yale graduate degree programs can apply to be a 1) Student Fellow or 2) Student Research Fellow.   

Student Fellows

Student Fellows are required to, at a minimum:

• Attend one Center (or YHeLPs) event per semester;
• Write one event summary (three paragraphs max) a semester (due within 72 hours of event);
• Help plan at least one event during the academic year (which can be an event we support at your home school).

Student Research Fellows 

In addition to the above requirements, student research fellows are also required to:

Pursue a research project of their own, whether a short article, legal or policy advocacy, or any other research project of their choosing. 

Throughout the year, we will email all fellows with opportunities to join Center projects. Should you decide to join a Center project, you can convert to a Research Fellow role at any time. We will continue to hold several fellows workshops a year, so fellows can get to know one another and share their work.

All YLS rising 2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs, or PhD in Law students are welcome to apply. We also invite students from other Yale graduate programs to apply. Our goal is to support your academic, policy, and professional goals and build a supportive and fun health law community. 

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, in collaboration with Yale New Haven Hospital, seeks applications for a two-year fellowship working closely with our Medical-Legal Partnership Legal Director to provide direct legal services and build and expand the Yale Medical-Legal Partnership (“MLP”) program to new populations. MLPs embed legal services into the healthcare setting, allowing patients to address health-harming civil legal needs in a trusted environment. The Fellow will be an integral part of our interdisciplinary team at Yale, including Yale New Haven Hospital, the Yale School of Medicine and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law school, working with diverse the patient population our MLPs serve, including immigrants, people leaving incarceration, youth, veterans, palliative care patients, and low-income geriatric patients.

This opportunity is designed for people interested in gaining clinical teaching experience both in the classroom and in the field. The MLP Fellow will support the mission of the MLPs in key areas: (1) providing direct client representation to low-income patients; (2) conducting education and training sessions for care team members; (3) advocating for reform to address systemic policy and legal issues impacting the health of patient/client populations; and (4) working hand-in-hand with MLP Legal Director James Bhandary-Alexander supervising law students to provide MLP services, conduct MLP-related research, and produce MLP-related scholarship.

This position is based in New Haven, CT and carries a competitive salary commensurate with experience and Yale University benefits. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Qualifications

Education & Experience 
1.    Graduate of an accredited law school; 
2.    Admitted to practice in Connecticut or willing to gain admission; 
3.    0-5 years legal experience; 
4.    The ideal candidate will have some experience in the areas of immigration, public benefits, employment, and/or housing; 
5.    Prior work or interest in public interest or poverty law is preferred; 
6.    Demonstrated interest in clinical teaching is a plus.

Skills 
1.    Strong legal (written and oral) skills including exceptional interviewing skills; 
2.    Ability to navigate complex organizations with multiple stakeholders, communicate effectively, and build alliances throughout and across multiple organizations; 
3.    Ability to multi-task and handle multiple client matters, supervisory responsibilities, advocacy projects, and strategic relationships at the same time; and 
4.    Disciplined record keeping.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send resume/CV, law school transcript, and cover letter to James Bhandary-Alexander, Legal Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Program at the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School at james.bhandary-alexander@yale.edu.

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School is seeking to hire a recent J.D. to serve as a Senior Academic Fellow for the center beginning in summer 2025. Please submit an application by February 15, 2025. The fellow will assist in all aspects of the center’s substantive work and will work closely with the center’s staff (Faculty Director Professor Abbe Gluck; Executive Director; Senior Director; as well as administrative staff and visiting and adjunct health faculty). Fellows will have time to pursue their own scholarship and clinical or policy projects. All previous fellows who have entered the legal academia job market have obtained tenure-track positions following their Solomon fellowship.

The fellowship is available for one or two years, and both full-time and part-time applications will be considered.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Remote options may be considered for exceptional candidates. Interested applicants should send their resume/CV, three references, and a statement of interest including areas of health law in which they have particular interest to the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School at Health.Law@Yale.edu. As we currently have multiple positions for which we are seeking applications, please include the name of the position of interest in the subject line of the email.