College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School (Williamsburg)
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The mission of SAS is to create access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities. We offer reasonable accommodations upon request on an individual and flexible basis. We strive to foster student independence, to encourage self-determination, to emphasize empowerment and accommodation over limitation, and to create a comprehensive, accessible environment to ensure that individuals are viewed on the basis of contribution, not deficit.
We offer a variety of services for William & Mary students. From the Watson Lab to housing accommodations, we are here to help you in any way we can. Check out the links to state agencies and Virginia's Wounded Warrior Program which provides services for veterans and their families. If you do not see what you need, please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected].
Clinics
Elder & Disability Law Clinic I (EDLC I) (Law 784)
The William & Mary Elder Law Clinic provides free legal services to individuals 55 years and older in the greater Williamsburg community. Through its students and staff attorneys, the Elder Law Clinic provides legal assistance on matters such as: basic estate planning (wills, powers of attorney, medical directives, and probate), guardianship/conservatorship actions, elder abuse and consumer protection cases, Medicare and Medicaid, and nursing home and senior housing issues. Clinic students will represent low- income clients in a variety of legal matters. They will interview clients, conduct the necessary factual investigation and legal research for cases, draft legal document and pleadings, prepare clients for hearings, and represent clients and hearings. Students will also make a community-based presentation on an elder law issue. Students will work in teams with each team member handling a caseload of four to five cases at a time. They will take primary responsibility for representing clients under the supervision of clinic faculty. Students will be expected to spend eight to ten hours per week in client representation. Three graded credits.
The Special Education Advocacy Clinic focuses on providing families and other caregivers with the legal and practical advice needed to navigate special education challenges, including:
- Assisting with eligibility, evaluation, and placement issues
- Helping resolve disputes through meetings, mediations, and where necessary, other means
- Working to develop appropriate IEP goals and objectives
- Facilitating behavioral assessments (FBAs) and plans (BIPs)
- Advising on obtaining appropriate services and accommodations, including therapies, assistive technology, and extended school year (ESY) services
- Addressing school discipline issues involving students with disabilities
- Providing advice about IDEA, 504 and ADA questions
- Counseling about “transition” services and decisions
Courses
Current Issues in Criminal Justice Litigation Seminar (Law 533)
Student OrganizationsThis seminar will explore current litigation issues involved in the American criminal justice system. They will transcend specific categories such as criminal procedure or substantive criminal law. Instead, the unifying features here will be problems that are encountered on a regular basis in criminal justice litigation. We will discussing consent searches, multiple defendant trials, the impact of race, treatment of the intellectually disabled in the criminal justice system, and jail house snitches, among other topics.
Employment Discrimination (Law 452)
This course surveys the laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. In particular, the course emphasizes case law under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (race, religion, sex, or national origin), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students will learn the basic doctrinal frameworks applicable to disparate treatment, disparate impact, and mixed-motives cases and trace their evolution through statutes and judicial decisions. The course also will include brief overviews of remedies for and economic theories of employment discrimination. Employment Law (LAW 456) is not a prerequisite.
Special Education Law Seminar (Law 649)
This one-credit course reviews the key case law, legislation, and regulations, tests and measurements in determining eligibility in special education, and in the preparation of Individualized Education Programs and Section 504 Plans. Among the topics to be considered are issues of behavior and discipline for students with disabilities; strategies for negotiating with schools and working with parents; dispute resolution procedures in special education; and preparing legal claims and remedies on behalf of students with disabilities who are denied an appropriate education. This course will be graded based on student participation and a paper no less than ten double-spaced pages.
Student Organizations
Disability Alliance
Disability Alliance (DA) is a chapter of the National Disabled Law Students Association (NDLSA). As such, DA seeks to advocate for people with disabilities, cultivate allyship within the law school community, and raise awareness of issues in disability law. DA aims to foster an environment and support where law students and lawyers are easily able to obtain the accommodations necessary to achieve career success. Additionally, the Disability Alliance aims to help eliminate the stigma associated with disabilities within the legal profession. Lastly, the Disability Alliance wants to educate the law school community about physical and mental disabilities so that W&M Law School students may become more disability-aware lawyers, ultimately enhancing the diversity of the legal profession.
Health Services and Wellness
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School (Arlington)
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Whether you are new to Mason or just new to our office, we are excited to work with you. Reach out to us at [email protected] or call 703.993.2474 if you have any questions, concerns, or would like to talk with a staff member.
Courses
Disability Law Seminar
This course surveys American law as it relates to people with disabilities. Primary focus is on discrimination in employment, education, government services, public accommodations run by private entities, and housing. The course will also cover issues involving the civil rights of institutionalized persons.
Employment Law
This course surveys the law governing the employment relationship in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement. The first section of the course will cover the agency law foundations of the employment relationship including the meaning of employee and the duties of loyalty and obedience. The course will then examine the special contract doctrines applicable to employment contracts, including employment at will and the public policy exception. Next, the course will cover tort law issues that arise in employment, including vicarious liability, worker's compensation, and tortious interference with contractual relations. The course will then examine some basic principles of discrimination law under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. We will conclude with a brief survey of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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Liberty University School of Law (Lynchburg)
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The Office of Disability Accommodation Support (ODAS) exists to provide equal access to students with documented disabilities and temporary medical conditions. We arrange reasonable accommodations upon request and make every effort to ensure that our campus is fully accessible to all students. Contact us at [email protected] or give us a call at (434) 592-4016. Visit us in DeMoss Hall 1264.
We are committed to offering all students with disabilities the same opportunities others have to succeed in the legal profession. We will work closely with you to both provide and coordinate support services that will give you the best possible learning environment. Contact us at (434) 592-5300.
Courses
Disability Law (LAW 779)
Disability Law takes a civil rights approach to studying laws relating to individuals with disabilities. The course examines American law that protects individuals with disabilities from irrational discrimination in the areas of employment, public accommodations (i.e., privately operated facilities open to the public), governmental services and programs, education (K-12), higher education, and housing. Students will study the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Fair Housing Act. This is not a course that takes a paternalistic approach to individuals with disabilities by studying programs that pay them benefits for their disabilities. Instead, the course focuses on how laws can unlock God-given potential by focusing on abilities and removing man-created barriers. You should challenge yourself to understand and critically analyze the nature of disability law by always asking and answering the appropriate questions—every legal conclusion is preceded by asking the appropriate question.
Health Law Survey (LAW 773)
This course is a survey of topics in the diverse body of law known as “health law.” Because of recent and ongoing changes in the way health care is delivered and paid for in the United States, health law is a rapidly evolving and burgeoning area of study. Health law principles governing the interaction of patients, health care providers, and insurance companies will be analyzed. These principles include the physician-patient relationship, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, the duty to treat, medical malpractice, regulation of the health professions and health facilities, health care financing (including Medicare, Medicaid, private medical insurance and the Affordable Care Act), fraud and abuse regulations, regulation of drugs and devices, mental health law, and public health law.
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Judge Advocate General's School (Charlottesville)
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Director, Command Support Directorate (CSD)
Mr. Michael Colburn
(434) 971-3321
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Regent University School of Law (Virginia Beach)
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Our students, faculty and staff are important to us. That is why we strive to make our facilities and courses as accessible as possible for those among us with disabilities. This site is designed to help our disabled Regent population learn of their rights and responsibilities with regard to disability services.
Students with questions or concerns this website does not address should contact the Disability Services Office at [email protected] or 757.352.4485. This will connect you with one of our two disability accommodations, Section 504, coordinators: Andrew Feltz or Elizabeth Fleischer. For in-person assistance, we are located in the Student Center, room 241.
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University of Richmond School of Law
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The mission of Disability Services is to ensure that those within our campus community who have disabilities are provided opportunity for full participation and equal access to campus resources. This mission reflects a commitment consistent and in compliance with federal standards and state regulations. It also underscores the importance of recognizing and promoting the student’s ability and independence.
The Refectory Suite 127
206 Richmond Way
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (804) 662-5001
Fax: (804) 289-8375
Courses
Study of federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability. The primary focus of the course will be on the theories of discrimination that have evolved under the various antidiscrimination laws. Also focuses on specific issues relating to particular types of discrimination such as sexual harassment, sexual orientation discrimination, retaliation and reasonable accommodation of religion and disability. Analyzes the policy underlying the laws and whether the laws are effectively achieving the statutory goal of eliminating workplace discrimination. Discusses the effective use of the federal rules of civil procedure in employment litigation. The grade will be based on a final examination and class participation.
Study of the law that impacts the elderly. Application of knowledge by giving legal advice to elderly clients through a medical-legal partnership with the VCU Health System. Topics include public benefit programs, the aging network, health care decision making, housing, guardianship, asset management, wills, planning for disability, and elder abuse. Client advising will include powers of attorney, living wills, simple estate planning, guardianship, long-term care, and grandparenting issues.
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University of Virginia Law School (Charlottesville)
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The Student Disability Access Center (SDAC) strives to promote a culture of access and inclusion for students with disabilities across all academic programs and University services. To ensure full participation in campus life for every student, SDAC provides academic accommodations, support services, and advocacy throughout the UVA community in line with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. Every year, many individuals with disabilities are served through our office, including those with learning disabilities, AD/HD, psychological conditions, chronic health conditions, Autism Spectrum Disorder, blind or low vision, Deaf or hard of hearing, and temporary injuries. SDAC also helps educate the UVA community through disability-related trainings.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (434) 243-5180
Fax: (434) 243-5188
Clinics
This yearlong clinical course is offered in partnership with the Legal Aid Justice Center, and course meetings are typically held onsite at the firm. LAJC’s clinics are designed to educate students about the range of strategies used by attorneys to identify, investigate and attack systemic injustices, encouraging holistic and community-partnered approaches to lawyering. Clients’ health needs include public benefits claims (including Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare and other benefits); insurance coverage; obtaining access to mental health or rehabilitative services; and seeking justice for the mistreatment of seniors and those with disabilities in various contexts. Representation may include appearing in legal proceedings, negotiations, administrative hearings and court proceedings (to the extent permitted by law). Students will also address systemic issues related to the provision of community-based services, the rights of the institutionalized, health care in jails and prisons, and the interface between the civil and criminal justice systems on health and mental health related matters.
Courses
The disability rights movement has, over the past half-century, brought about landmark legislation at local, state and federal levels. Unfortunately, a genuine opportunity to achieve fully self-actualizing, productive and dignified lives remains beyond the reach of many people with disabilities. This course will examine federal laws and judicial interpretations thereof in order to understand their theoretical and policy justifications, their impact and their limitations. Contexts examined will likely include lower and higher education, employment, government services, and public accommodations. The statutes that we will study will likely include the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
This course focuses on the principal federal statutes that prohibit discrimination in employment, especially Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The course also considers federal constitutional law as it affects judicial interpretations of the foregoing employment discrimination statutes.
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the role of mental illness, intellectual disability, and other psychological phenomena (e.g., trauma) among criminal defendants, and examines ways criminal law and policies allow (or prohibit) consideration of these conditions. Seminar sessions examine the prevalence of mental illness among defendants, and consider key issues such as adjudicative competency, waiver of rights, criminal responsibility (legal sanity), sexual offending, violence risk assessment, and the role of mental illness and other psychological phenomena in sentencing. Although the seminar will focus on adult defendants, it will also address some of these issues among justice-involved youth as well. The course relies on the UVA Forensic Clinic so students can observe court-ordered forensic mental health evaluations related to course topics.
This colloquium offers students the chance to engage with leading scholars exploring law’s relationship to inequality. In each session we will discuss a current work of legal scholarship on inequality, first as a class, then in the following session with the author as our guest. Interested UVA law faculty will also be invited to attend. Students will leave the class having grappled with the most up-to-date research on topics involving law’s role in reinforcing or challenging various forms of inequality, such as race, class, gender and sexuality, disability and their intersections.
This course will explore some of the major challenges in designing and implementing mental health law and policy in the 21st century. The subjects studied will include emergency mental health interventions and safe and effective responses to persons experiencing mental health crises; reducing access to firearms by people at elevated risk of suicide or violence; criteria for involuntary hospitalization and mandatory outpatient treatment; ethical and legal issues regarding psychiatric medications; assessment of decisional capacity; and use of advance directives in mental health care. To the extent possible, assigned materials and cases studies will focus on current legislative proposals in Virginia and other current policy developments in the United States.
Student Organizations
Advocates for Disability Rights (ADR)
Advocates for Disability Rights is an organization devoted to supporting disabled and chronically ill law students at UVA Law. We provide resources, representation, and a sense of community as well as promote ally-ship and awareness of disability within the law school as a whole.
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Washington and Lee University School of Law (Lexington)
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Washington and Lee University School of Law is committed to providing equal access to educational opportunities to qualified students with physical or mental disabilities, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
It is the responsibility of a student with a physical or mental disability who may require any type of accommodation to make the accommodation request in a timely manner. In order to allow sufficient time for the eligibility and accommodation decision process and to make arrangements for appropriate accommodations, a matriculated student should contact the Assistant Dean for Law Student Affairs [hereinafter "Assistant Dean"], Washington and Lee University School of Law, Sydney Lewis Hall 528, Lexington, Virginia 24450, (540) 458-8162, and submit the documents required for consideration of disability accommodations during the first month of the academic term. Requests submitted after the first month of the academic term, or requests submitted with incomplete documentation (including insufficient testing data), could result in a delay of consideration and action on the request until the following academic term. The student will need to complete a "Request for Accommodation of Disability" form, obtain a copy of the most recent medical or cognitive testing documentation, and schedule an interview with the Assistant Dean.
Courses
Disability Law Seminar (LAW 671)
This course will examine disability rights laws impacting all areas of community living, including public access, housing, employment, and education. An examination of the historic and cultural background of disability rights will provide a framework for understanding current laws and emerging trends in disability civil rights. Students will examine the impact of current and proposed laws on people with disabilities and learn about working effectively with clients and attorneys with disabilities.
Employment Anti-Discrimination (LAW 773)
This course surveys the major federal laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, including 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. It covers the various methods of establishing liability and defenses to liability and explores issues relating to various types of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin and religion; racial and sexual harassment; classifications based on pregnancy or childbirth; LGBTQI issues; language discrimination; and discrimination the basis of disability. Finally, it covers anti-retaliation protections as well as remedies and alternative dispute resolution in nonunion and union contexts. Throughout, it critically examines both the opportunities and limits of antidiscrimination law as a primary means of enforcing fairness in U.S. workplaces.
Labor and Employment Law Practicum (LAW 845)
This practicum is built around simulations in four important sub-fields in contemporary labor and employment law practice: (1) the contract of employment, both formal and informal, as a matter of state law, (2) federal employment discrimination law, covering race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability, (3) federal labor standards, such as minimum wage and overtime or family and medical leave regulation, and (4) collective bargaining and labor arbitration. There will be some introductory instruction to provide students an overview of the substantive fields. Students will acquire additional doctrinal understanding, develop practice skills and exercise professional judgment and responsibility through their work on the simulations.
Student Organizations
Disabled Law Students Association
The Disabled Law Students Association is an advocacy and social organization. Our mission is to offer institutional and social support to disabled law students, to build peer, alumni, and professional mentorship networks, to educate and raise awareness among the student body on topics in disability law and policy, and to combat ableism and the social stigma of disability. We are committed to public service and progressive policy advocacy, both within the law school and in our communities. We welcome the participation and support of everyone with an interest in these matters. We are committed to an intersectional approach to our advocacy and value diverse perspectives, recognizing that no social issue exists in isolation.
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