Creating a More Inclusive Legal Profession Requires Law Schools to Do More to Support Disabled Students

Authors

• Julie Orozco
• Caroline Wick, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Newsletter/Publication

Human Rights Magazine

Abstract

Summary

• Despite a federal mandate that disabled law students have equal access to legal education, the current landscape leaves them dedicating substantial time to negotiating for and obtaining accommodations.
• The process of requesting, negotiating, and implementing accommodations poses many challenges for these students.
• Providing accommodations does not help disabled students game a system but puts them on equal footing with their nondisabled peers.

External Links

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2025-july/creating-inclusive-legal-profession-law-schools-disabled-students/

Repository Citation

Julie Orozco & Caroline Wick, Creating a More Inclusive Legal Profession Requires Law Schools to Do More to Support Disabled Students, Human Rights Magazine (2025).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/fac_works_pubs/29