Many people with disabilities are members of additional marginalized communities, living at the intersection of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion. These multiple identities shape their experiences and combine to create intersecting forms of oppression (e.g., ableism, sexism, racism), discrimination, and privilege. In this webinar, lawyers with disabilities with multiple identities share their experiences in the legal profession, addressing how their multiple identities have shaped their advocacy for justice and equality for all, benefited their lawyer-client relationships, created allyship with lawyers from other marginalized communities, and resulted in unique challenges and barriers in the profession.
Resources
- ABA-Wide 21-Day Disability Equity Habit-Building Challenge
- Hispanic Executive: Neurodiversity Must be Part of your DEI Strategy
- Hispanic Executive: 3 Ways to Boost Neurodiverse Inclusion in the Legal Field
- ABA Pledge for Change: Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession (americanbar.org): We are asking legal employers—corporations, law firms, law schools, bar associations, judiciaries, and nonprofit organizations—to take action to address the underrepresentation of lawyers with disabilities. They can do this by signing the Pledge and affirming their commitment to the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of lawyers with disabilities.
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2024: We have created a new infographic for NDEAM that illustrates the underrepresentation of law students and lawyers in the legal profession and urges legal employers to take action by signing the Pledge.
- #BeCounted: Express Your Disability Pride: We invite lawyers with disabilities to express their disability pride by anonymously adding themselves to our U.S. map. We have collected more than 300 entries so far.
- HNBA Noticias: Fighting Stigma: Lawyering With Dyslexia
- NFB 2021 Symposium on Disabilities & DEI-Webinar: Connecting Disability Inclusion to Broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work
- ABA 17th Annual Section of Labor & Employment Law Conference