I am confident our new Fellows will continue this effort. “During our first year of operation, we witnessed how vital it is to make legal services available and affordable to the community. “We are thrilled to welcome our five new Fellows,” said Jennifer Friedman, PCLP executive director. Fees are set on a sliding scale basis to ensure everyone has access to legal representation. They also represented clients in cases dealing with employment law, family law, guardianship, and special education.
During its first year of operation, Fellows handled immigration cases such as naturalization and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) cases. Launched in 2012, the PCLP counsels clients on a range of issues. “These experiences opened my eyes to the plight of the disenfranchised and initiated my desire to fight for the rights of those without a voice in our community." “Before coming to law school, I participated in a number of internships working with victims and survivors of domestic violence,” says Elizabeth Mastropolo, one of the 2013 Fellows. Their nascent legal experiences build upon a shared passion for social justice.
Making the most of the practical opportunities available to them as law students, they have already gained valuable legal skills working as student attorneys at John Jay Legal Services, interns for legal services agencies, and clerks at local law firms.
The PCLP Fellows bring with them considerable experience for those just beginning their legal careers. As the second group selected for these highly-competitive, one-year “legal residencies,” they provide high-quality, affordable legal services under the supervision of an experienced attorney while also learning the skills that will allow them to open their solo practices. We hope to ignite these students’ passion for a future career in medically underserved communities,” said Bob Corcoran, vice president, GE Corporate Citizenship and president and chair, GE Foundation.Five recent law school graduates will continue the work of the Pace Community Law Practice (PCLP) as the new team of Legal Fellows comprising the practice’s legal staff. “With an alarming shortage of primary care professionals anticipated in the years to come, PCLP enlists talented and motivated students to be part of the solution. They will gain hands-on experience at the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center and the Robert Smith Community Health Center. The six students are Kristie Alvarez, Hal Flowers, and Carolita Heritage from UMMC, Tiffany Jackson from Mercer University School of Medicine-Macon, Ga., Caroline Price of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Jaleen Sims of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine-Carbondale. David Norris, assistant professor of family medicine, will mentor six medical students as they complete 200 service learning hours combined with leadership development. They will get to experience it early, which will help to maintain their interests,” she said. “The people who work in these clinics have an interest in primary care. Often by the time students reach their third-year of medical school, they are swayed by mounting student debt and advice to specialize in a particular field of medicine. Thais Tonore, associate professor of family medicine, said programs like this help to encourage medical students who want to return to their communities as family doctors. The program is funded through a $2.3 million grant from the GE Foundation.ĭr. The four pilot sites for the program are Los Angeles, Phoenix, Nashville and Jackson, and 38 fellows from medical, nursing and physician assistant programs from across the country have been assigned to community health centers in these cities because of the shortage of primary care in these areas. The program’s goal is to provide future health-care professionals the opportunity to experience primary care practice in community health centers across the country with the hope of drawing them into primary care. – Two faculty members and three medical students of the University of Mississippi Medical Center have been selected to participate in the first year of the GE-National Medical Fellowships’ Primary Care Leadership Program (PCLP).
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