HLPC Welcomes Clinical Instructor Erika Hanson

Erika Hanson (She/Her)

Clinical Instructor, Health Law and Policy Clinic
ehanson@law.harvard.edu, 617-496-1372

Erika joined the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School in 2022 as a Clinical Instructor in the Health Law and Policy Clinic.  Prior to joining HLPC, she was a Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society in New York City for nearly five years, where she represented clients, conducted class action litigation, and led policy advocacy on a wide range of issues including access to benefits, medical service denials, discrimination in health care, and the reduction and elimination of medical debt and Medicaid overpayments.  Prior to working at The Legal Aid Society, Erika was a Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow and a Reproductive Rights & Health Legal Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C.  She has published scholarly articles in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and the St. Louis University Law Journal.  She is a licensed member of the New York State bar.