The Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) is a joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola Law School. The CLRC provides free and confidential information and resources on cancer-related legal issues to cancer survivors, their families, friends, employers, health care professionals, and others coping with cancer.
A cancer diagnosis can carry with it a variety of legal issues, including insurance coverage, employment discrimination, access to health care, and estate planning. These legal issues can cause people unnecessary worry, confusion, and stress, and can be overwhelming. When these legal issues are not addressed, people may find that although they have survived the disease, they have lost their homes, jobs, insurance, or families.
The CLRC has a national, toll-free Telephone Assistance Line (866-THE-CLRC) where callers can receive information about relevant laws and resources for their particular situation. Members of the CLRC's Professional Panel of attorneys, insurance agents, and accountants provide more in-depth information and counsel to CLRC callers. The Center also trains law students, who work on the Telephone Assistance Line, to appreciate and understand the legal needs of cancer survivors.
As of January of 2009, the CLRC has received over 30,000 calls to its Telephone Assistance Line (866-THE-CLRC). Since its founding in 1997, the CLRC remains unique, providing invaluable cancer-related legal information and resources to callers from all 50 states. The success of the Center's work is reflected in the enormous need for the information they provide. Throughout its 12-year history, the CLRC has served over 90,000 people through the Telephone Assistance Line, conferences, seminars, workshops, and other community activities.
CLRC staff members also speak at seminars and outreach events in the cancer community throughout the nation, including trainings for health care professionals. If you would like CLRC staff to attend your next event, please call us at (213) 736-1331 or (866) 843-2572.
The Center is directed by Joanna Morales, who is a graduate of Loyola Law School, a recipient of the Loyola Law School Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Interest Law, and has worked at the Cancer Legal Resource Center for over six years. For more information, please call (213) 736-1455 or toll free (866) THE-CLRC (866-843-2572); write the Cancer Legal Resource Center, 919 Albany Street, Los Angeles, CA 90019-0015; or send an e-mail message.
Visit www.CancerLegalResourceCenter.org for more information about cancer-related legal issues and the services provided by the Cancer Legal Resource Center