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An impressive lineup of national experts on health and housing law will headline a two-day virtual Indiana Health Law Review Symposium on October 15-16.

"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. A total of five Indiana distance education CLE credits are available to attendees.

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.

The event will be moderated by Abraham Gutman, an opinion and editorial writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and includes:

Day One

• Keynote speaker and IU McKinney Law alumna Emily Benfer, ’05, (above, right) Visiting Professor of Law, Wake Forrest School of Law, on the topic “Housing Justice in America: A Framework for the Elimination of Discrimination, Eviction, and Health Disparities in communities of Color.” Professor Benfer is an authority in the field of health and housing justice. 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.
• Affordability in Housing,” a panel with Peggy Bailey, M.P.A., Vice President for Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Jamila Michener, J.D., M.A., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University;  and Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, J.D., M.A., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Medical Science at the Alpert Medical School and of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health.
• Stability in Housing,” a panel with Anne Kat Alexander, COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard Project Lead; Kathi Hoke, J.D., Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law and Director, Network for Public Health Law, Eastern Region; and Victoria Suarez-Palomo, Senior Advisor, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Senior Advisor, COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project

Day Two

• Keynote speaker Courtney Anderson, J.D., LL.M., (above, left) Associate Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law, speaking on the topic of “Surviving Gentrification and Segregation.” Professor 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 and the university's Next Generation Initiative, which focuses on interdisciplinary research into how law and policy might impact social, economic, and environmental determinants of health.
• “Impact of Environmental Elements on Health & Housing,” a panel with Emily Coffey, J.D., Housing Justice Staff Attorney, Shriver Center on Poverty Law; Janet McCabe, J.D., IU McKinney Professor of Practice and Director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute; Carlton Waterhouse, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law and Director Environmental Justice Center, Howard University School of Law
• “Impact of Racial Segregation on Health & Housing,” a panel with Doneisha Posey, J.D., Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Belonging, Ivy Tech Community College; Florence Wagman Roisman, LL.B., William F. Harvey Professor Law and Chancellor’s Professor at IU McKinney Law; and Marie Claire Tran-Leung, J.D., Director of Legal Impact Network, Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Registration is required for each day of the event.

• DAY One: October 15 (2.5 hours Indiana DE CLE): https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rj9XMIU6SnSpkBYCaESyyA
• DAY Two: October 16  (2.5 hours Indiana DE CLE): https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oKKhNuI1SDOa7jOZd4svUg

About the Indiana Health Law Review

The Indiana Health Law Review (IHLR) focuses on health care law and policy and provides informative articles on important health law topics and issues. The Indiana Health Law Review complements the school’s existing health law program.

This specialty journal was established by IU McKinney School of Law in 2003 and is published twice a year, covering bioethics, malpractice liability, managed care, antitrust, health care organizations, medical-legal research, legal medicine, food and drug, and other current health-related topics. Learn more about how to subscribe.