National Disabled Law Students Association

Tune in on MONDAY, October 28, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. ET for our #free webinar with the ABA Commission on Disability Rights - Disability and Intersectionality: Lawyers Share Their Experience. Many people with disabilities are members of additional marginalized communities, living at the intersection of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion. These multiple identities shape their experiences and combine to create intersecting forms of oppression (e.g., ableism, sexism, racism), discrimination, and privilege. In this webinar, lawyers with disabilities with multiple identities share their experiences in the legal profession, addressing how their multiple identities have shaped their advocacy for justice and equality for all, benefited their lawyer-client relationships, created allyship with lawyers from other marginalized communities, and resulted in unique challenges and barriers in the profession. Speakers: - Elizabeth B. (Beth) Davis – Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP - GeWaden Dunkley – Staff Attorney, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid - Disability Law Center? - Salomon Chiquiar-Rabinovich – Chair, Attorneys with Disabilities and their Allies Section, Hispanic National Bar Association; Founder, Salomon Chiquiar- Rabinovich Esq LLC Moderator: - Katie Allee – Director of Law School Relations, National Disabled Law Students Association Register HERE: https://lnkd.in/gCv_2zKz?

Congratulations to Haley Miller! She was named a 2024 Law Student of the Year by The National Jurist for her disability rights leadership in service of her fellow law students and those who will come after her. Haley co-founded the Disability Justice Collective, the law school’s first disability-focused student organization, and has served as president since its inception. Since September of 2023, she has served as co-president of the National Disabled Law Students Association, working with law schools and students around the country to remove barriers and make legal studies more reachable for people with disabilities. This is the second year in a row that a Seattle U Law student has been named a National Jurist Law Student of the Year. Pick up a copy of The National Jurist in Sullivan Hall or read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gvb2yqEE

Join us?Thursday, April 11?at 2pm ET/11am PT for a Skadden Fellowship information session, featuring three former Skadden Fellows.?Kathleen?Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, will go over the basics of the application process, explain the process for requesting accommodations during the selection process, and will be available to answer any questions! This event is open and free to the public. ASL and CART captioning services will be provided. Registration link in bio. Additional information available at:?https://lnkd.in/esY-3bw5. Skadden Fellowship Info Session Registration Link:?https://lnkd.in/ej4wRrFG.

Join us WEDNESDAY March 6 at 3:00 pm ET for our upcoming webinar – LSAC’s First-Year Law Class Survey: Spotlight on Students with Disabilities! For the first time, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) conducted a survey of 2022 law school matriculants to begin understanding who they are, whether they disclosed their disability on law school applications, and what factors they considered in determining which law schools met their academic, professional, and personal needs. In this webinar, our esteemed panel of experts will discuss and share their insights on the survey findings and recommend what steps law schools can take to address the experiences, thoughts, and needs of these students, combat stigma surrounding disabilities, and remove existing barriers. Register HERE ?? https://bit.ly/3SWFh1N Speakers:? Andra Roy Chernack – Director of Disability Services and Senior Academic Advisor, The George Washington University Law School Haley Miller – Co-President, National Disabled Law Student Association (NDLSA) Angela Winfield – Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Moderator:? Robert Dinerstein – Chair, ABA Commission on Disability Rights; Co-Chair, Disability Rights Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Professor of Law Emeritus, American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL)?