Past Events
Time: 11 am - 2 pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Zoom
The two-day Indiana Health Law Review virtual Symposium, "The Intersection of Health Equity and Housing Law", will explore the intersection of Health law and Housing law with a focus on using the law to achieve equity in these areas. The first day of the Symposium will address the characteristics of a healthy home through the scope of affordability and stability in housing. The second day of the Symposium will address the characteristics of a healthy neighborhood by examining both the impact of environmental elements and the impact of racial segregation on health and housing.
Recordings:
Student Note Competition:
During the two day event, registrants were invited to view and rank student note presentations and posters.
View Winners & All Student Note Presentations and Posters
Agenda:
View Day 1 Breakout/MediaDAY 1:
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| 11:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks by Dean Bravo and Professor Terry (10 mins) |
| 11:10 p.m. | Introduction by Abraham Gutman, M.A., Staff Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer (5 mins) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Housing Justice in America: A Framework for the Elimination of Discrimination, Eviction, and Health Disparities in communities of Color Emily Benfer, J.D., LL.M., Visiting Professor of Law, Wake Forest School of Law Emily A. Benfer is a visiting professor of law and the director of the Health Justice Clinic at Wake Forest School of Law. As an authority in the field of health and housing justice, Benfer is recognized for a myriad of accomplishments, and a commitment to preparing the next generation of advocates. Her clinic practice and research focus on the intersection of social determinants of health, racial inequity, and poverty with an emphasis on housing, as well as community-based approaches to access to justice and health equity. Currently, Professor Benfer is the Chair of the American Bar Association's COVID-19 Task Force Committee on Eviction and co-creator of the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Benfer earned her LLM from Georgetown Law Center and JD from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She received a Certificate in Social Justice and a Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Development from Loyola University Chicago. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Break (10 mins) |
| 12:25 p.m. | Panel 1: Affordability in Housing (45 mins)
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| 1:10 p.m. | Panel 2: Stability in Housing (45 mins)
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| 1:55 p.m. | Closing Remarks & Look ahead to Day 2 (5 mins) |
View Day 2 Breakout/MediaDAY 2:
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| 11:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks by Brittany Kelly and Abraham Gutman |
| 11:10 a.m. | Surviving Gentrification and Segregation Courtney Anderson, J.D., LL.M., Associate Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law Courtney Anderson is currently a law professor at Georgia State University College of Law and is affiliated faculty at the Georgia State University School of Public Health. She previously practiced real estate law at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago before beginning a two-year clinical fellowship at GULC in affordable housing and community development. Her position at Georgia State Law supports the university's Next Generation Initiative, which focuses on interdisciplinary research into how law and policy might impact the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health, particularly among minority, low-income and vulnerable populations, and working with communities for favorable health outcomes. Anderson received an LL.M. with distinction from Georgetown University Law Center in 2012. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2006, and summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. |
| 12:10 p.m. | Break (10 mins) |
| 12:20 p.m. | Panel 1: Impact of Environmental Elements on Health & Housing (45 mins)
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| 1:05 p.m. | Panel 2: Impact of Racial Segregation on Health & Housing (45 mins)
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| 1:50 p.m. | Closing Symposium Remarks (10 mins) |
