Brietta R. Clark

Brietta R. Clark
Professor of Law

Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1494
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: brietta.clark@lls.edu

919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211


Educational and Professional Background

BA, University of Chicago
JD, University of Southern California, Order of the Coif

While in law school, Brietta Clark was a Legion Lex scholar and a member of the Southern California Law Review. She also served as a legal writing instructor in the USC Lawyering Skills Program and as an intern for the National Health Law Program. Prior to joining Loyola in 2001, Clark worked in the Los Angeles office of Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood as an associate specializing in health care transactions and fraud. She was also a post-graduate research fellow at the University of Southern California Law School. Her scholarly interests include health care access, discrimination in the area of reproductive health care, the role of civil rights law in remedying disparities in health care and medical research on human subjects.


Community Service & Professional Memberships

LACMA-LACBA Joint Committee on Biomedical Ethics, (January 2006 - present)

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Committee on Clinical Investigations (2007 - 2008)

California Hospital Medical Center, Institutional Review Board (2001 - 2006)

Health Law Section Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (2003 - present, past Chair)

Law School Admissions Council

  • Services and Programs Committee (member, October 2003 - 2005)
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues Subcommittee (Chair, 2007 - 2009; Member 2005 - 2007)

American Civil Liberties Union, Board Member

HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance, Board Member


Scholarship

"The Immigrant Health Care Narrative and What it Tells Us About the U.S. Health Care System," 17 Annals of Health Law 229 (2008)

"Hospital Flight from Minority Communities: How Our Existing Civil Rights Framework Fosters Racial Inequality in Healthcare," 9 DePaul Journal of Health Care Law 1023 (2006)

"Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co.: A Roadmap for Gender Equality in Reproductive Health Care or an Empty Promise?" 23 University of Minnesota Journal of Law and Inequality 299 (2005)

"The Continuing Battle for Gender Equality in Reproductive Health," Loyola Lawyer (Fall 2004)

"When Free Exercise Exemptions Undermine Religious Liberty and the Liberty of Conscience: A Case Study of The Catholic Hospital Conflict," 82 Oregon Law Review 625 (2003)

"Making Sense of Managed Care Quality Information," National Health Law Program, Inc. & Center for Health Care Rights (November 1998) (contributing author)


Commentary

A Rapidly Fraying Safety Net, dailyjournal.com (Sept. 10, 2008)

Rescissions:  A Scary Epidemic, dailyjournal.com (June 18, 2008)

South Carolina's Ultrasound Bill is Unconstitutional and Unethical, bioethicsforum.com (April 20, 2007)

Bush's Plan is Not the Answer, bioethicsforum. com (Feb. 2007)

The Hidden Costs of a Cruel and Unusual Prison Health Care System, bioethicsforum.com (Sept. 2006).


Courses Taught

Business Associations, Health Care Access, Health Care Organizations & Compliance, Medical Malpractice and the Public Regulation of Health Care Quality

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