To promote the ABA's commitment to justice and the rule of law for persons with mental, physical, and sensory disabilities and to promote their full and equal participation in the legal profession. Click here for more information.
The Second National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities will be held in Washington D.C. at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, on June 15-16, 2009. The Conference will be hosted by the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and 2008-2009 ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr.. It is co-sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel. This groundbreaking program aims to: encourage large legal employers, particularly corporations and law firms, to sign pledges to promote diversity and inclusion within the workplace with an emphasis on hiring and retaining lawyers with disabilities; develop best practices for promoting disability diversity and inclusion; and identify legal employers and work settings that are models for the legal profession. The Conference is part of the ABA’s commitment to open the legal profession to lawyers with disabilities.
The first Conference, in May 2006, was hosted by ABA President Michael S. Greco and sponsored by the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, the ABA Office of the President, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Law firms and other legal employers, federal agencies, law students and lawyers with disabilities, national disability organizations, and law school representatives joined President Greco in this two day event held in Washington D.C. Keynote speakers included former Attorney General, Richard L. Thornburgh, EEOC Chair, Cari M. Dominguez, and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David Tatel. Afterwards, a comprehensive Conference Report with specific recommendations was sent to bar leaders, law firms, other legal employers, law schools, and disability organizations. The second Conference plans on emulating the success of the 2006 conference.
Hotel Information The conference and its lodging will be at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park in Washington, DC. When reserving a room, use group code "ABAABAA" |
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EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS IN DIVERSITY:
The following law schools are recognized as an ABA Educational Partner in Diversity for the conference. They will commit funding to send at least one law student with a disability to the conference.
--- If you are a law student who is interested in coming to the Conference, and would like to look into the possibility of being sponsored by your school, please contact Bill Phelan at phelanw@staff.abanet.org or 202-662-1576. |
To be a sponsor, please contact Michael J. Stratton at 202-662-1571 or cmpdl@staff.abanet.org.
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