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
Professor Clark teaches several health care law courses and business associations, and she remains active in the health law community through her service to legal, medical and consumer-based organizations and providers. Clark’s research focuses on the structural defects and biases that create inequity in our health care delivery and financing systems, and the important role that law and government regulators play in ensuring equitable access to health care resources. 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 a post-graduate research fellow at the University of Southern California Law School, and, while in law school, Clark interned at the National Health Law Program in Los Angeles.
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
"An Assessment of the Law School Climate for GLBT Students," 58 Journal of Legal Education 214 (June 2008) (with Kelly Strader, Robin Ingli, Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence Levine, and William Perez)
"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)
"Demanding Equality in Health Care Reform" American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (aslme.org) (Nov. 23, 2009)
""Clever, Unconstitutional Way to Curb Abortions," San Francisco Chronicle, (sfgate.com) (with Karl Manheim, Nov. 13, 2009)
"The Missing Piece of Healthcare Reform," Los Angeles Daily Journal (Oct. 23, 2009)
"A Painful Lesson," Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 22, 2009)
"What a Difference a Name Makes," Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 29, 2009)
"Nonsense for Nonprofits," Los Angeles Daily Journal (Feb. 18, 2009)
"Insurance Doesn't Equal Access," Los Angeles Daily Journal (Nov. 5, 2008)
Rapidly Fraying Safety Net, Los Angeles Daily Journal (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).
Business Associations, Health Care Access, Health Care Organizations & Compliance, Medical Malpractice and the Public Regulation of Health Care Quality