Jennifer Mezey

Jennifer Mezey joined Children’s Law Center in 2025 as the Deputy Director of the Healthy Together medical legal partnership, through which Children’s Law Center lawyers work with pediatricians to address the root causes of children’s health problems, including poor housing conditions, lack of access to health care and insufficient educational supports for children with disabilities.

Jennifer has spent her entire career advocating for the health and economic stability of low-income children, adults and families through individual representation and systemic reform.  Prior to joining Children’s Law Center, Jennifer worked at Legal Aid DC for two decades as a Supervising Attorney for Public Benefits and, most recently, as the Legal Director for Legal Operations and Client Services.  She also advocated for children and families at the National Women’s Law Center, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and (in law school) the Michigan Poverty Law Program.

In 2015, Jennifer was named one of sixteen Where Health Meets Justice Fellows, a fellowship funded jointly by the National Center for Medical Legal Partnerships and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association to build health care expertise and leadership in the legal services community. That year, she also received the 2015 Champion of Change award from the District of Columbia Primary Care Association in recognition of work to improve the health care delivery system for District residents.

Education:
University of Michigan Law School, JD
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, MPP
Oberlin College, BA