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Disability
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Mothers With Disabilities: At the Intersection of Family and Employment Law
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, Mothers with Disabilities, 33 Berkeley J. Gender, Law & Justice (2018) This paper explores the intersection of three marginalized groups: women, mothers, and individuals with disabilities. At the same…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Book Review: Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workplace
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, An Ambitious Approach: A Review of Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce, 22 Employee Rgts & Employment Policy J. (2018) In this review of Susan Bisom-Rapp’s and Malcom…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
More Challenges in Workers’ Compensation Teaching: Permanent Partial Disability
Nothing more quickly allows me as a teacher to reveal and explore the fault lines of workers’ compensation theory than the subject of permanent partial disability. I teach—both in my…
PrawfsBlawg
Oral Argument in Pyler v. Doe
Main Wednesday, February 06, 2019Oral Argument in Pyler v. DoeOne on-again, off-again project of mine is to listen to old Supreme Court arguments. The other day I listened to Plyler…
Maryland Alcoholic Beverage Law
Maryland Repeals Prohibition of Serving Person with a Disability
Maryland only this past year repealed provisions of law applicable in specified counties that made it a criminal offense to knowingly selling or providing an alcoholic beverage to an individual…
California Employment Law Update
January 2019 California Employment Law Notes
By Tony Oncidi
We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2019 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: School Teacher’s ADA…
Real Property Probate & Trust Law Blog | Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section
ABLE Accounts: Saving for Children with Disabilities
By Amy J. Krier
Many parents worry about how their children are going to be able to afford college. Therefore, it has become relatively common for parents to fund 529 plans in order to…
Healthcare Law Insights
Sexual Abuse of People with Disabilities
By Tom Godar
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (“RAINN”) reports that sexual assault and abuse of people with disabilities often goes unnoticed, and, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey, people…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Who Can Set Up the ABLE Account?
ABLE accounts were Congress via the passage of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act in 2014 and allow people with disabilities to save for disability-related expenses while maintaining…
Disability Insurance Claims Law Blog
Fighting For Cancer Survivors Who Are Still Disabled
By Gregory Dell, Rachel Alters
Until someone faces cancer themselves or has a close loved one who goes through it, many people have the mistaken belief that life returns to normal once they beat cancer…