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International Law Prof Blog
International Summer School decicated to The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The purpose of this six-day Summer School, which is jointly directed by the Centre for Disability Law & Policy, NUI Galway (Ireland) and the Harvard Project on Disability (USA), is…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Adapting to new or newly discovered disabilities
Each year I have a few law students who work with me as they adapt to disabilities that are either new or newly discovered. A new disability might occur when a student has lost an arm in a…
Health Law Prof Blog
Jody Schimmel & David C. Stapleton: “Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility”
Jody Schimmel and David C. Stapleton, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., posted "Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility" on…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Be Ever Vigilent to Avoid Disablity Discrimination Claims
By Aaron Morris
The calls to our office involving claims for disability discrimination seem to be rising exponentially, and a recent report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains why. The EEOC reports…
California Employment Law Update
Rehabilitated Drug Addict’s Disability Claims Were Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Lopez v. Pacific Maritime Ass’n, 636 F.3d 1197 (2011) When Santiago Lopez first applied to be a longshoreman in 1997, his application was rejected because he tested positive for marijuana.…
The Faculty Lounge
Family Law Gone Bad? Mom, Disabled At Childbirth, Is Kept From Her Children
The LA Times has a remarkable account of a woman, Abbie Dorn, who - during birth of her triplets - suffered medical errors that left her without the ability to…
The Faculty Lounge
Proposed ABA LSAT Changes And People With Disabilities
David Moss (Wayne State) shared some thoughts about the ABA's proposal to drop its requirement that law schools demand the LSAT (or its equivalent): One reason Standard 503 and its…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Split Decision on Terms of Dow Corning “Breast Implant” Bankruptcy Settlement
By Bruce Khula
On December 17, 2010, in In re Settlement Facility Dow Corning Trust (6th Cir., Case Nos. 09-1827/1830, Dec. 17, 2010) (PDF), a Sixth Circuit panel split over divergent arguments on…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Rosa’s Law: “Intellectual Disability” Replaces “Mental Retardation” in Federal Laws
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship: NKLR on the ADAAA
Northern Kentucky Law ReviewVolume 37 No. 4 (2010)ADA Amendments IssueArticlesPaul Harpur & Richard Bales, The Positive Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study…