LibGuides: Financial and Legal Assistance Recommended Resources: Legal Topics

Cancer Legal Resource Center
Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) provides information and education about cancer-related legal issues to the public through its national telephone assistance line.
Legal and Financial (Cancer and Careers)
Learn about your rights in the workplace, how to maximize job security and benefits and how to navigate health insurance.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (American Cancer Society)
ACS provides general background information on FMLA for cancer patients and their families.

Patient Legal Handbook by Cancer Legal Resource Center
Publication Date: 2018
This handbook highlights many of the common legal questions that patients and their families have when first diagnosed.
Working It Out, Your Employment Rights As A Cancer Survivor by National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Publication Date: 2012
This publication describes your legal rights relating to employment. It suggests ways to avoid cancer-related employment problems and describes steps to consider if you feel you have been treated differently because of your cancer experience.