The Yale Law Journal

Jesselyn Friley

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The “M” in MLP: A Proposal for Expanding the Roles of Clinicians in Medical-Legal Partnerships

Jesselyn Friley

Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are a promising innovation in the delivery of legal services. Usually located in health care facilities, MLPs connect medical patients with lawyers in order to “detect, address and prevent health-harming social conditions” that medicine alone …