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YLS-Cornell Med Collaboration Publishes on Brain Injury Rights
Joseph J. Fins, Michael Ulrich, and students authored an articles published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics entitled “Whither the ‘Improvement Standard’? Coverage for Severe Brain Injury after Jimmo v. Sebelius.
Gregory Curfman appointed as Senior Advisor, Physician-Scholar in Residence
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy is excited to announce the appointment of a leading voice on health policy, Gregory Curfman, M.D., as Senior Advisor and Physician-Scholar in Residence at the Center, beginning July 1, 2016.
No Contraception? No Equality—A Commentary by Elizabeth Deutsch ’16
Elizabeth Deutsch’s ’16 commentary about the second challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate at the Supreme Court in The New York Times.
Two Solomon Center Visiting Faculty Release New Books
Dr. Joseph J. Fins has published Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness and Dr. Aaron Kesselheim was co-editor, along with Christopher Robertson, of the book Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law.
Professor Huang Delivers Talk on China’s Healthcare Challenges
Professor Yanzhong Huang delivered a lecture on “China’s Healthcare Challenges” at Yale Law School on March 7, 2016. The event was organized by the China Center and co-sponsored by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy.
Expert Panelists Discuss Poverty, Health & Food Policy
The Yale Food Law Society, Yale Health Law & Policy Society, and the Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy at Yale Law School hosted a high-profile lineup of panelists and moderators to discuss poverty, health, and food policy in the U.S. on January 27, 2016.
Students Collaborate on Comments to HHS
On November 8, in collaboration with Professors Elizabeth Sepper from the Washington University School of Law and Jessica Roberts from the University of Houston Law Center, Yale Law School students Elizabeth Dervan ’17 and Elizabeth Deutsch ’16 submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on a new provision.
Harvard Law Review Publishes Comment by Abbe Gluck
The Harvard Law Review published its annual Supreme Court issue, featuring discussion and analysis of the Court’s 2014–15 Term. Professor of Law Abbe Gluck’s commentary on how the latest Obamacare case might mark a new era in statutory interpretation was one of three faculty comments on the major cases on the Term. Read more.
The Architecture of Medical-Legal Partnerships
Every Friday I help provide legal aid to veterans struggling with mental illness, homelessness,and poverty. The Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) in West Haven, where I volunteer, shares a large partitioned space with a VA outpatient clinic.
Abbe Gluck ’00 Elected to ALI, Appointed to ULC
Professor Abbe R. Gluck ’00 was elected a member of the American Law Institute in October 2015 and appointed to the Connecticut Commission on Uniform Legislation in May 2015.