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NEWS & INFORMATION

Welcome to The National Association of Law Students with Disabilities

The NALSWD is a coalition of law students dedicated to disability advocacy and the achievement of equal access, inclusion, diversity and non-discrimination in legal education and in the legal profession. The future success of NALSWD, which aims to support the growing number of law students with disabilities by providing mentors, studying and survival tips for law school and career advice for the legal profession, depends on the active participation by disabled law students.


The 2009 Conference is Open For Registration! Click here for to register and learn more about the Aug 7-9, 2009 conference. Also, don't forget to sign up for the Impact Career Fair for Law Students with Disabilities http://www.law.arizona.edu/impact/, held the day before the conference.

Coming Up...

Thank you to everyone who attended and all our sponsors for making the 2008 NALSWD conference in Washington D.C. a great success!

Sponsors include:

PRINCIPAL LEVEL ($5000-$7,499)

K&L Gates LLP

PARTNER LEVEL ($2500-$4,999)

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Bingham McCutchen
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

ASSOCIATE LEVEL ($1500-$2499)

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
Baker Botts
Andrews Kurth LLP
Dow Lohnes
Vinson & Elkins

GENERAL LEVEL ($500-$1,499)

Latham & Watkins LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Wiley Rein LLP
Alston & Bird LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop
Ropes & Gray LLP

SUPPORTERS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS INCLUDE:

Ms. Yoshiko Dart
American Bar Association
Bender Consulting
Ms. Andrea Oxman