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Who We Are
At the Public Health Law Center, we believe everyone deserves to be healthy. We are law and policy experts who work with advocates and professionals around the country to protect health through policy change. Our skilled team of attorneys and policy analysts helps local, state, national, and Tribal partners develop, implement, and defend evidence-based laws and policies that reduce health disparities and improve public health.
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What We Do
We provide legal technical assistance, which is a mix of services that include legal research and analysis, educational resource development, policy drafting assistance, litigation support, and training. We have a national reputation for timely and informed legal acumen, quality research, collaboration, accessibility, and a passionate commitment to health equity. We do not lobby or provide direct representation.
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Health Equity
The Public Health Law Center is committed to co-creating healthier, more equitable communities with our partners and allies. Laws and policies have contributed to significant disparities by failing to protect, and often actively harming, groups who are socially and economically marginalized. As professionals working with law and policy, we strive to center equity across our work in support of policy change that leads towards a more just and equitable world.
For more about health equity at the Center, click here
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We have a warm, long-standing relationship with the Public Health Law Center working to reduce health disparities. This kind of community-informed, inclusive partnership is exactly what we need more of in public health. The Center has been a beacon of equity and a valued partner, instrumental in laying the solid foundation that we stand on today.
Carol McGruder
African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council
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Our Partners
Improving health through the power of law and policy requires leadership and contributions from community-led organizations, public health practitioners, researchers, and funders. Over the past 24 years, we have partnered with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center for Black Health and Equity, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Climate Imperative, Energy Foundation, many state and local governments, Tribes and Tribal organizations, academic institutions, and research organizations.
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Issues We Address
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Our Structure
We are a nonprofit affiliate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Our Executive Director is Joelle Lester.
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Contact Us
875 Summit Avenue | Saint Paul, MN 55105
Phone: (651) 290-7506 | Fax: (651) 290-7515
publichealthlawcenter@mitchellhamline.eduThe Public Health Law Center is located at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Land Acknowledgment (Developed by the Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute and used on our website with permission)