Join Wasserstein Fellow Sapna Khatri to le arn how to view reproductive justice through a wide-angle lens\, recognizin g that issues such as economic justice\, racial equity\, and environmental justice are all interconnected in the pursuit of reproductive justice. Usin g her own career as an example\, Sapna hopes to provide students with insig ht navigating legal pathways and developing skills that can enhance one’s a bility to advocate effectively for reproductive justice\, regardless of whe re they practice. This session will both provide an overview of integrating reproductive justice into various aspects of legal practice\, while also o ffering practical advice to aspiring advocates on identifying and pursuing opportunities that make a meaningful impact in the field.
Lunch provi ded. RSVP below. Open to the HLS community.
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Sapna K hatri is the Director of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Reproductive Justice Unit. She leads the new unit as it focuses on ensuring that Massach usetts remains a national leader on reproductive justice matters. Sapna’s w ork includes protecting and expanding access to reproductive and gender-aff irming care\, addressing disparities in maternal health\, championing vital tools like protections on data privacy\, and working across state lines to respond to national attacks on reproductive and sexual health care. She ut ilizes a suite of tools including litigation\, investigation\, policy advan cement\, and public education in pursuit of her Unit’s goals.
Prior t o joining the AGO\, Sapna worked as a Sears Clinical Law Teaching Fellow at the University of California Los Angeles Law School. She launched the scho ol’s inaugural Reproductive Justice Externship Program and led efforts to e stablish the nation’s first Medical-Legal Partnership at a Planned Parentho od clinic\, in partnership with the Black Health Initiative at Planned Pare nthood Inglewood and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Preceding her time at UCLA\, Sapna served as a law fellow in the Women and Reproductive Rights Project at the ACLU of Illinois and later as the organization’s Advo cacy & Policy Counsel for privacy\, technology\, and surveillance matters. Sapna earned her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis\, where she was honored as the Public Service Student of the Year for her graduati ng class\, and her bachelor’s degrees from the University of Missouri-Colum bia.
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