Bar News - January 5, 2007
Lawyers with Disabilities Report Available
The American Bar Association (ABA) held its first National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities; as a result, the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law has produced a report which may be obtained by going to http://www.abanet.org/disability/, the commission’s Web site. The report contains topics such as: The Importance of Disability Diversity in Major Corporations, Large Law Firms, and State Bars; Why It Pays to Hire Lawyers with Disabilities; Elimination of Bias; and What Can Be Done to Increase Employment Opportunities for Lawyers with Disabilities?
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