Loyola University Chicago

Law Scholarship Recipients

Morgan, Laura

 

 

Laura Morgan
Judge William J. Campbell Public Interest Scholarship


Expected year of graduation: 2012
Any other scholarships received while here at Loyola Honors-at-Entrance Scholarship
Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy Health Law Fellowship
Undergraduate Institution/Degree/Major Bethel University
Biblical & Theological Studies
Hometown Apple Valley, Minnesota

 

What attracted you to Loyola:
I was attracted to Loyola because of the law school's excellent health law program, emphasis on public service in the Jesuit tradition, and its great location in Chicago.

What is the greatest learning experience you have had at Loyola:
My greatest learning experience at Loyola was working as a student attorney for the Health Justice Project Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. As a student attorney, I learned firsthand that the knowledge I have gained in law school can be used in a direct and powerful way to impact clients' lives for the better. I also learned that an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of disparities in health care-through law, medicine, and social work-can produce more positive change than any of those fields could on their own.

Who inspires you and Why:
Emily Benfer, Clinical Professor of Law at Loyola and Director of the Health Justice Project, inspires me because of her relentless passion to combat the legal problems underlying health care disparities in the Chicago area.

Extracurricular Activities Hobbies and Interests:
Editor-at-Large, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal; Student Attorney with the Health Justice Project Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic; Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy Health Law Fellow; Health Law Society Co-President; Team Member of the National Health Law Transactional Competition; Legal Extern at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Office of General Counsel; half-marathon runner

Community service or other volunteer activities:
Volunteer with Health Justice Project Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic

Area of legal interest and or your intended practice area upon graduation:
Health Law