Danielle Pelfrey Duryea

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Medical Legal Partnership at Saint Louis University School of Law. She previously directed the Health Justice Practicum and Compliance Policy Clinic at Boston University School of Law. Her work focuses on MLP innovation, healthcare inequities, and clinic design.

• Education: LL.M. & J.D. (Georgetown University Law Center), M.A. English (University of Virginia), B.A. (Yale University)

Research interests include housing policy, mindfulness applications in law, and systemic barriers to health equity. She co-founded Ropes & Gray LLP’s nationally recognized MLP pro bono program and launched three other MLP initiatives.

Prior to academia, she practiced in government enforcement at Ropes & Gray LLP. Her SSRN publications address healthcare access, legal clinic methodologies, and interdisciplinary health justice strategies.