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Katherine Kraschel Joins Solomon Center as New Executive Director
Katherine L. Kraschel has joined the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School as the new Executive Director.
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Kaplan Speaks on Ethical, Legal, & Social Issues in Cyberspace
Yale Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy affiliate Bonnie Kaplan, PhD, FACMI, of the Yale Center for Medical Informatics, was the only American invited to present a main paper a conference at the Brocher Foundation in Switzerland in June.
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Finding a Cure Through Law
With one of the most diverse Medical-Legal Partnerships programs in the country, lawyers, doctors, and Yale Law students are working to identify the social determinants of health.
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Breakfast on Health Reform, Law and Policy under the Trump Administration
On June 1, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School hosted a Boston-Area Alumni Breakfast on “Health Reform, Law and Policy under the Trump Administration” at the office of Ropes & Gray.
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Sharon Pope Receives Hartford County Bar Association President’s Award for Excellence
Attorney Sharon Pope, the legal supervisor at the Palliative Care Medical-Legal Partnership at Yale Law School, received the 2017 Hartford County Bar Association President’s Award for Excellence.
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Ongoing Dilemma of Health Insurance
On April 10, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy and the Yale Health Law & Policy Society hosted Brian Sullivan ’74, former Vice President and General Counsel of Capital Blue Cross, for a lunch talk on health insurance and the Affordable Care Act.
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CDO and Solomon Center Hold Alumni Career Panel
On April 20, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, along with the Yale Health Law & Policy Society and the Career Development Office hosted the annual Alumni Careers in Health Law Event.
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Broad Leib Shares Work on Tackling the Food Waste Crisis
On April 18, 2017, Professor Emily Broad Leib (Harvard Law School) delivered a presentation on Reducing Food Waste: Strategies for People, Planet, and Profit.
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Tim Wu Discussed Book on Attention
On Tuesday, April 18, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy welcomed Professor Tim Wu of Columbia Law School for a discussion of his book, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.
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Symposium on Building Academic Agenda for MLPs
On March 3, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School held a one-day symposium on building an academic agenda to enhance the practice of Medical Legal-Partnerships (MLPs).