Third Annual Connecticut Medical Legal Partnership Conference
Presented by Center for Children’s Advocacy, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, and Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School
Connecticut Medical-Legal Partnerships in the COVID-19 Era
Addressing the Health Equity Divide
Zoom: January 28, 2021 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Introductions and Welcome – 9:30 am
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Center for Children's Advocacy
Keynote – 9:45 am
How Medical-Legal Partnerships Are Poised to Address a Post-COVID-19 World
Bethany Hamilton, Co-Director, National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
Breakout Sessions: Part I – 10:30 am
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Era on a Day to Day Basis: How Partnerships Have Adapted
Session 1: Starting Up and Integrating a MLP in the Age of COVID
Session 2: Screenings and Data Collection – What We Have Learned
Breakout Sessions: Part II – 11:15 am
Systemic Intervention: How MLPs are Addressing Systemic Inequities
Session 1: Telehealth, Tele-law and Addressing the Technology Gap – Exploring the Great Divide
Session 2: A Utility Case Study
Concluding Session - 12:00 pm
Legislation and Policy Initiatives for 2021: What’s on the MLP Agenda?