Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 29, 2011
Access to the Legal Profession
A recent 9th Circuit decision provides aspiring lawyers with disabilities better access to pursue their careers.
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
People with disabilities face many barriers to becoming lawyers. Applications to law school, which are primarily found online, may not be accessible to blind individuals. For law students with disabilities, a law school may disagree on what accommodations are required for law school exams. There are few clubs or support structures in law schools for these students, in part because their numbers are so few. This in turn, creates feelings of isolation and aloneness. After graduation, law stu...
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