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

[Dennis Clark]

Would this tepid approach be tolerated by women when it comes to promoting 
gender diversity in the workplace?

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


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> Subject: Implement Disability Diversity at Work with 3 Easy Steps from the 
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> 3 Easy Steps from the American Bar Association for Implementing Disability 
> Diversity in Your Legal Workplace
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> Step 1: Make the pledge
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> Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession:
> A Pledge for Change
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> 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.
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> Please have your firm, company, agency, or organization sign the Pledge, 
> and be recognized on the ABA Commission's "Diversity Honor Roll."
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> 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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> This groundbreaking report is intended for both legal employers and 
> lawyers/law students with disabilities. Topics include:
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> *   The status of lawyers and law students with disabilities, including 
> statistics and surveys, and why we need lawyers with disabilities in the 
> profession
> *   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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> Download your free copy of the 
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