Symposium Program

Time

Details

Presenter

9am

Welcome                                 

Fiona McLeay

9:20am

What is the connection between health and legal needs?

Pascoe Pleasence and

Christine Coumarelos

9:50am

What is the medical legal partnership model? 

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Liz Tobin Tyler and

Dr. Edward Paul

10:45am

Morning Tea

11:10am

Panel - Legal Services in health settings

Featuring:

• Acting on the Warning Signs,
• Baker & McKenzie Cancer Patients' Legal Clinic at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute,
• NSW Cancer Council Legal Referral Service,
• Scott Burris,
• The First Step Program,
• Victorian Legal Aid Disability and Advocacy Team, and;
• Banyule Community Health.

Facilitated by Jane Fenton

12:30pm

Facilitated Discussion

What are the benefits of further expansion of this model in Australia?

Facilitated by Jane Fenton

1:00pm

Lunch

1:45pm

What are the issues and challenges? 

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Introduction from Mary Anne Noone

Mary Anne Noone

1:55pm

Liz Tobin Tyler and Dr. Edward Paul on the issues and challenges in the US context 

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Liz Tobin Tyler and

Dr. Edward Paul

1:15pm

Facilitated Discussion

What do you see as the biggest issues and challenges, and how do you think they might be overcome?

Facilitated by Jane Fenton

2:40pm

Afternoon tea

3pm

National Centre for Medical Legal Partnerships In America

Liz Tobin Tyler and

Dr. Edward Paul

3:30pm

Recommendations from the 'Advocacy-Health Alliances, Better health through Medical-Legal Partnership' Report

Peter Noble

4:00pm

Facilitated Discussion

Who do you think needs to be supportive if Medical Legal Partnerships are to become an accepted model for Australia?

What do you believe the next steps should be to advance the model?

What could you do to advance the model in your own professional networks?

Facilitated by Jane Fenton

4:50pm

Thank you and wrap up

Fiona McLeay