Meighan Parker

Biography

Meighan Parker is a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Meighan is a health law scholar focused on the legal implications of novel telehealth and digital health technologies designed to democratize healthcare. More specifically, she studies the impact of these new technologies on the practice of medicine and access to care, especially in marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Meighan's article, tentatively titled, "Come As You Are?: Democratizing Healthcare through Black Church-Telehealth Initiatives" (job talk paper) is forthcoming in the Columbia Science and Technology Review.

Prior to joining the Law School, Meighan was a managing associate at Sidley Austin LLP and an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP. Her practice focused on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues encountered by pharmaceutical and medical device companies regulated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and related laws.

Meighan received her BS in biology from Spelman College and JD from the University of Alabama School of Law, where she was the captain of the 2018 Health Law Transactional Moot Court team and an extern in the Special Litigation Section of the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. Meighan also earned a Master’s of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, where she studied religion, ethics and politics and currently serves as a member of the Alumni/Alumnae Council.

Education and Experience

Education

The University of Alabama School of Law

JD, cum laude
Honors: Judge Virgil Pittman and Nina Miglionico Endowed Scholarships; John England Award 2018 (awarded to the Black law school student with the highest academic standing); Captain, 2018 Health Law Transactional Moot Court Team; Best Paper, Survey of Australian Law, Summer 2016; and Best Oral Argument (total of 2 persons selected), Legal Research and Writing, Spring 2016

Harvard Divinity School

MTS, Religion, Ethics and Politics
Activities: Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute (HGSLI); Memorial Church of Harvard University, Grants Committee Co-chair

Spelman College

BS, cum laude, Biology, 2011
Honors: Miss Spelman College 2010-2011; Dean’s List; “Perfect” GPA Award; Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society; Golden Key International Honor Society; and Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Professional Honor Society

Professional Certificates

Columbia Business School Executive Education

Emerging Leader Development Program, May 2022

Experience

Sidley Austin LLP

Managing Associate, Food, Drug and Medical Device Compliance and Enforcement Group, Washington, DC, February 2021 - July 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks

Legal Secondment, Boston, MA, August 2020-January 2021

Ropes & Gray, LLP

Associate, Washington, DC, October 2018-Janurary 2021

Department of Justice

Spring Extern, Special Litigation Section (Civil Rights Division), Washington, DC, January-April 2017