Loyola's Community Law Center not only provides legal representation to large numbers of indigent persons who cannot afford a lawyer but, in the same process, it trains Loyola students to work competently on behalf of the poor in matters involving family life, government benefits, and landlord-tenant disputes. Furthermore, Loyola's Childlaw Clinic, an outgrowth of the Community Law Center, provides Loyola students with the opportunity to know first-hand the world of poor children and to represent and defend their interests. Through a variety of service opportunities, medical students are trained to bring primary health services to underserved sectors of the community. An excellent example of this is the recently launched pediatric mobile clinic that provides physical examination, immunizations, hearing and vision tests, etc. to children who otherwise would not benefit from the proper health care. Loyola's Nursing center and Home Care Service was established over 15 years ago to provide primary health care to those who could not otherwise afford it.
Care is provided by nursing students themselves under the supervision of faculty.
Home care is provided for the elderly, chronically ill, medically unstable and also for new mothers and babies. Recently, the Nursing School established a health clinic at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago's Hispanic Community. All courses in the School of Social Work contain content on social and economic justice. But this concept becomes a lived reality as students are gradually immersed in their field placements where they begin to experience and identify real situations of injustice. The School of Social Work is closely linked to the community and works with both public and private agencies to improve the quality of life for those most in need.