Concurrent Session 3E. Doing Disability Justice: Advancing Disability Rights and Student Involvement in the Law School Environment

The study of disability law is often relegated to specialized courses and stigmatized places in legal education and the profession. Examines how we can do disability justice as part of a larger progressive legal agenda in teaching, research and practice. Presents strategies for making disability matter in legal education; provides experience of a person with a disability teaching disability law and the role of lawyers and legal institutions in providing access to justice for people with disabilities in the U.S. and internationally. Includes discussion of best practices for hiring, promoting and providing tenure to persons with disabilities. Participants will be encouraged to draw connections with minority communities