Advocacy & Press
- Current NALSWD International Liaison Rahul Bajaj releases statement on Lawctopus.com announcing volunteer opportunities for law students across the globe to participate in NALSWD (December 2014). See http://www.lawctopus.com/volunteering-opportunity-national-association-of-law-students-with-disabilities/
- Current NALSWD President Angeli Rios speaks at University of Maryland Baltimore's Disability Awareness Month Student Panel, discussing the experience of being a student with a disability, issues currently impacting disabled students both inside & out of the classroom, and ways to promote acceptance and empowerment (October 30, 2014).
- Current NALSWD President Angeli Rios is interviewed in a US News & World Report article (July 2014). See http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2014/07/08/explore-law-school-options-for-nontraditional-applicants
- NALSWD 7th Annual Conference, in Washington DC (March 15, 2014).
- Current NALSWD Chief Information Officer Rebecca Wylie is featured by the ABA Commission on Disability Rights. See http://www.americanbar.org/groups/disabilityrights/initiatives_awards/spotlight_stu/wylie_r.html
- Past NALSWD President Patrick Dennis is featured by the ABA Commission on Disability Rights. See
- NALSWD's involvement as an amicus in LSAC v. State of California, Case No. 34-2013-00135574, is reported on in the National Law Journal. See http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/08/disability-groups.html
- NALSWD signs on to an amici brief with several organizations in LSAC v. State of California, Case No. 34-2013-00135574 (August 22, 2013), appealing the grant of a motion of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for a preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of section 99161.5 of the Education Code (added by Stats. 2012, ch. 583 (AB 2012)). The amici brief urges LSAC to end their practice of flagging LSAT scores of tests-takers who received extended time as an accommodations on the exam. See amici brief below:
| lsac_v_state_of_california_-_amici_brief_00348510.pdf |
- Past NALSWD Executive Director of Advocacy Kevin Fritz is featured by the ABA Commission on Disability Rights. See http://www.americanbar.org/groups/disabilityrights/initiatives_awards/spotlight_stu/fritz_k.html
- NALSWD 6th Annual Conference, in Chicago, Illinois (March 22-24, 2013).
- NALSWD signs on to an amici letter with several organizations in LSAC v. State of California, Case No. 34-2013-00135574 (January 24, 2013), opposing the motion of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for a preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of section 99161.5 of the Education Code (added by Stats. 2012, ch. 583 (AB 2012)). The amici letter urges LSAC to end their practice of flagging LSAT scores of tests-takers who received extended time as an accommodation on the exam. See amici letter below:
| lsac_v_state_of_california_-_amici_letter_00304023.pdf |
- NALSWD officially supports U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2013). See http://usicd.org/doc/Disability%20Community%20Support%202013%201031.pdf (updated list of official CRPD supporters can be found at http://usicd.org/doc/Disability%20Community%20August%202014.pdf
- Past NALSWD Executive Director of Advocacy Kevin Fritz joins the Executive Board of the National Youth Leadership Network (November 2012). See http://www.nyln.org/about-us/meet-the-governing-board/
- Past NALSWD Executive Director of Advocacy Kevin Fritz's guide written on taking the LSAT for students with disabilities is mentioned in a National Law Journal article about the LSAT (October 22, 2012). See http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202575623627#
- Past NALSWD Chief Information Officer Kathryn Carroll speaks at an ABA Commission on Disability Rights brown bag lunch panel celebrating the 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (2012).
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Past NALSWD Membership Director Patrick Dennis attends the ABA 3rd National Conference on Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities in Washington, DC (May 8, 2012).
- Past NALSWD President Elizabeth Kolbe is interviewed in an article for Student Lawyer, a publication of the ABA Law Student Division (April 2012). See http://www.americanbar.org/publications/student_lawyer/2011-12/april/disabled_law_students.html
- NALSWD teams up with representatives from the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) to work on higher education issues (March 13, 2012). See http://www.aapd.com/resources/power-grid-blog/aapd-and-nalswd-combat.html
- Past NALSWD Presidents Stephanie Enyart and Rebecca Williford speak at the Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities National Conference in Minneapolis, MN (2007).
- NALSWD founding President Stephanie Enyart is featured in the blog, Ms. J.D. See http://ms-jd.org/blog/article/meet-stephanie-enyart