[blindlaw] FW: Implement Disability Diversity at Work with 3 Easy Steps from the American Bar Association

Nightingale, Noel Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov
Thu Nov 19 16:36:39 UTC 2009



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3 Easy Steps from the American Bar Association for Implementing Disability Diversity in Your Legal Workplace

Step 1: Make the pledge

Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession:
A Pledge for Change

The ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law is promoting "Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession: A Pledge for Change," a one-page pledge for legal employers to sign. The Pledge affirms the signatory's commitment to diversity, specifically, disability diversity, and recognizes that diversity is in the best interest of the profession, those the profession serves, as well as the organization making the commitment.

Please have your firm, company, agency, or organization sign the Pledge, and be recognized on the ABA Commission's "Diversity Honor Roll."

For details and instructions, visit:

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Step 2: Read the report
The Second National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities: A Report from the American Bar Association to the Legal Profession (Nov. 2009) - FREE!
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 *   How to make the transition from law school to the workplace with a disability
 *   Personal stories from lawyers with disabilities, including the first blind U.S. Supreme Court clerk, an associate General Counsel, and a White House official
 *   How and why you should recruit, hire, retain, and promote lawyers with disabilities
 *   Practical tips on how to make your place of employment both welcoming and legally compliant for those with disabilities
 *   ABA and state and local bar association programs and policies for lawyers with disabilities-the definitive source of disability information in the legal profession
 *   And much more!

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Step 3: Earn CLE credits
CLE credit is available on audio podcasts<http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=zpqri74vj_3-ba3cx3e516x1825&>. The conference presentations feature experts on employment and disability law.
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