At Loyola’s Business Law Clinic, students sharpen transactional skills while serving clients who are reshaping their communities

NATRINA KENNEDY ONCE DREAMED of becoming a neonatologist. During her early college years, she took a job at a medical office that treated primarily affluent women.

“I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, and I realized that my family and friends did not have access to quality care or resources like the women I came across every day in my work,” she recalls. “I quickly learned there were other ways to help improve health outcomes in my community beyond being a physician.”

Kennedy started the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), a501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to decreasing health disparities while empowering women through education and supportive services. She is one of 120-plus clients per year who receive high-quality pro bono legal services from students participating in Loyola’s Business Law Clinic (BLC).