Our Law & Policy
Our Law & Policy Consultant, Rebecca Kislak, recently attended Rhode Island’s Economic Progress Institute’s Annual Policy & Budget Conference.
Elsewhere in Rhode Island, Law & Policy Director, Jeannine Casselman, presented to a Health Law class at Roger Williams University School of Law. She talked about the medical-legal partnership model and the importance of the intersection between health and law.
Our Executive Director, Amy Copperman, attended the Camden Coalition’s Putting Care at the Center 2025 conference in Portland, OR. This annual conference brings together stakeholders in the complex care field. For the first time, the conference included a medical-legal partnership track and a visit from Prince the llama!
“The Lawyers Aren’t Coming”
While at Putting Care at the Center, Amy was invited to give a “Buzz,” a 2-minute TED Talk-like presentation. Amy’s topic was “The Lawyers Aren’t Coming,” and you can read more about the talk and her experience in our latest blog post.
Legal Key knows that laws are changing rapidly, and updated and accurate legal information is more important than ever. Our interactive trainings provide education and resources about laws and legal rights that impact health and well-being, building the capacity of care teams to know and use the law confidently and appropriately to benefit families. Recent trainings topics include: housing stability, evictions, identification documents, utility protections, nutrition benefits, and more. Legal Key offers single trainings, training series, or office hours on a number of health-harming legal issues. Reach out to our Partnership & Project Manager, Jeff Gilbert, for more information.
Important Dates for Health Insurance Enrollment
| Massachusetts In Massachusetts, open enrollment for the Massachusetts Health Connector is November 1, 2025-January 23, 2026. Medicare open enrollment is October 15-December 7, 2025. |
| Rhode Island In Rhode Island, open enrollment for health coverage is November 1, 2025-January 31, 2026. Changes in federal law have impacted rates and coverage for 2026. Learn more about rates, and federal changes impacting premiums and coverage options. |
At Legal Key, we believe in the legal system and its potential to protect the most vulnerable in our communities. Your contribution helps us to realize our vision of a society where information about legal rights and systems is widely accessible and used to help people thrive.
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Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice envisions a society where information about legal rights and systems is widely accessible and used to help people to thrive. To realize this vision, Legal Key’s mission is to create access to legal knowledge for health and social service sectors and empowers those communities to use legal problem-solving to improve wellbeing. Through legal education, workforce support and social care program design, Legal Key impacts systems, care professionals, and the individuals they serve.
Legal Key is a fiscally sponsored organization of Third Sector New England.
Information contained in this newsletter is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establish an attorney-client relationship.
