![]() | Elizabeth Pendo Kellye Y. Testy Professor of Law - University of Washington School of Law |
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03.07.2023-28.07.2023
Reconceptualizing Health Law Toward Health Equity
Objective 1: Develop a clear, shared vision for the content and organization of the next edition and our individual contributions to that whole. The outcome will be a shared document that memorializes our discussion and decisions.
Objective 2: Identify themes and values that cut across our individual contributions and collaborate on a plan to address them. The outcome will be a shared document outlining specific steps to be taken by each author.
Objective 3: Complete a substantial amount of writing and revision on our individual contributions. The outcome will be submission of our manuscript to the publisher by the Sept. 5, 2021 deadline.
Elizabeth Pendo, J.D., is the Kellye Y. Testy Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration at the University of Washington School of Law. She is an expert in disability law and theory, health law and policy, and bioethics and the law. Her research uses a disability justice framework to study the impact of health care and antidiscrimination laws on outcomes and experiences of people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups in order to promote equity and inclusion in health care systems, workplaces, and communities. Professor Pendo has published over 50 law review articles, books, and other publications, and is one of the authors of a leading casebook, Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, 9th ed. (West). She received a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law, and a B.A. from UCLA.