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New! CMPDL National Law School Directory

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The Directory is the first of its kind in aiding potential law students interested in practicing disability law, or employers seeking to find law schools that offer training for students in certain disability-related fields. The Directory supplies information collected directly from ABA-accredited law schools, including contact information for the school office that assists law students with disabilities, student organizations for law students with disabilities or related to disability law/rights, clinical programs that deal with disability or mental health law, and other relevant programming and courses.

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New: Mental Health and Disability Law Databases

Two easy-to-use, searchable databases. The first contains summaries of federal and state court opinions, legislation, and regulations in 22 subject areas covering civil and criminal mental disability law and disability discrimination law that have appeared in the Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter (2003 to present). Subscribers can search by key word, subject area, jurisdiction, case name, date, and subject key number. The second database is an analysis of the current law in those same 22 subject areas—taken from the Mental & Physical Disability Law Digest—with links to court opinions, legislation, and regulations summarized in the Reporter. Order today!

Featured Publication for October

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Disability Discrimination Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Disability Professionals

Understand disability discrimination laws and minimize current problems to create better legal remedies. This book explains and analyzes key aspects of disability discrimination law from several different perspectives to help you through the myriad federal and state statutes, court cases, and regulations that may apply, in whole or in part, to each particular discrimination issue.
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50-State Directory of Lawyers Who Practice Disability Law

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National Conferences on Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities

ABA DISABILITY-RELATED EVENTS, PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

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