Disability Law Section

The section serves as a resource for Tennessee lawyers practicing in the area of disability rights or who have an interest in building a disability rights practice. The section offers continuing legal education and a forum for advancing disability rights.

Disability Law Leadership

Chair
Beth Bates
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.
P. O. BOX 2066
Jackson, TN 38302
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beth@wtls.org
(731)423-0616

Disability Law News

ABA Promotes Equality Through Town Hall Series

By Brittany Sims on Fri, 12/21/2012 - 11:42am

The American Bar Association will hold a Town Hall Discussion “Advocating for Equality in the Next Generation – Disability Rights” at Vanderbilt University Law School on Jan. 25, 2013, in the Moore Room. The ABA Town Hall Series is designed to encourage dialogue among law students, young lawyers, experienced members of the bar, and others in the community about how the legal profession should address issues of inequality, intolerance and discrimination in the profession and in society. Paula Pearlman, executive director of the Disability Rights Legal Center will be the keynote speaker. Registration is free. Please RSVP by Jan. 23 to irr@americanbar.org

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DOJ Files Suit for LSAT Disability Discrimination

By Brittany Sims on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 2:26pm

According to the National Law Journal, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed suit against the Law School Admission Council on behalf of 22 students, alleging the council violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying  proper accommodations for taking the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Council administrators state that their process for granting accommodations is rigorous but fair, and does not violate anyone’s rights. 

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