Mona Elgindy
Adjunct Professor, Supervisory Attorney, Medical Legal Partnerships, Legal Aid Chicago
Mona Elgindy (she/her) is a Supervisory Attorney in the Medical Legal Partnership Group at Legal Aid Chicago. She supervises their “Health Forward/Salud Adelante” partnership with Cook County Health System and oversees a team of 2 attorneys and 2 paralegals who represent clients referred for assistance to address health harming legal needs. Mona has been committed to serving vulnerable communities for over 10 years in the context of poverty law and health equity. Prior to joining Legal Aid Chicago, she worked at Prairie State Legal Services where her practice focused on protecting seniors from abuse and financial exploitation, public benefits, housing, consumer law, probate law and preventing nursing home involuntary discharges. She teaches at 黑料门University School of Law’s Health Justice Project as an adjunct clinical professor in their weekend JD program. The Health Justice Project brings together law, medical, and social work students to provide students with the tools needed to collaborate and be effective advocates and health justice leaders where poverty, health and the law intersect. She also has offered numerous trainings to both lawyers and health care providers on best practices to protect the autonomy of older adults and critically ill individuals.
Professional/Community Affiliations
Legal Aid Chicago