AIDS Legal Project
AIDS Legal Project Director Carolyn McAllaster talks about the practical skills students learn working in the clinic, which has been providing free legal assistance to low-income HIV-infected clients for 14 years.
The Duke AIDS Legal Project has been providing free legal assistance to low-income HIV-infected clients since 1996. The AIDS Legal Project offers law students the opportunity to develop practical lawyering skills through direct representation of clients under close attorney supervision. Each
semester ten students are enrolled in this clinical law course, delivering over 100 hours of direct client services each. The students receive practical skills training, specialized training in the law relating to HIV/AIDS, and academic credit. Through their work, the AIDS Legal Project fills a critical need for legal representation of some of the neediest clients in North Carolina.
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Clinic News
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Clinic Faculty publishes Confidentiality Guidelines for Providers
Carolyn McAllaster's piece highlights the legal importance of protecting HIV patients' right to privacy » HIV, Stigma & Confidentiality -
Duke AIDS Policy Clinic Meets with State Health Officials
On December 2, 2012, Professors and students, Bethany Lilly and Lauren Haertlein, in the Duke AIDS Policy Clinic met with John Dervin in Governor Perdue’s office, Jacquelyn Clymore, State AIDS Director, and officials with the state Medicaid program to present their analysis of cost-savings to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) that could be realized by purchasing federal high risk insurance for ADAP clients. -
Duke AIDS Legal Project receives two new grants
The AIDS Legal Project received a $3000 grant from the Crape Myrtle Foundation in support of its work representing clients living with HIV in North Carolina and AIDS United selected the Duke AIDS Legal Project as a Southern REACH grantee for 2012. -
The Law and Ethics of Representing Clients with HIV/AIDS
Carolyn McAllaster, Director of the AIDS Legal Project, and clinic student Lauren Haertlein ’12 presented a training session for attorneys with the Mississippi Center for Justice and local attorneys interested in representing clients living with HIV. » View the gallery
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