[blindlaw] looking for articles for the Disability Rights Committee's second quarterly newsletter

[Deepa Goraya]

Hi,

I will send the first quarter newsletter from the fall when I get home.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 3, 2017, at 8:19 PM, Gerard Sadlier <gerard.sadlier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> 
> Could I check if the newsletter referred to is available online and if
> so, could someone please send me a link to the appropriate site?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Ger
> 
>> On 12/19/16, Deepa Goraya via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Additionally, we are always looking for 101/201 practice series
>> articles throughout the year. 101/201 Practice Series articles are
>> online resources for new lawyers covering basic training in both
>> substantive and practical aspects of law practice. So they would be
>> posted to our Committee website. These articles are typically longer
>> than the short articles contained in Newsletters—approximately 600
>> words. While Practice Series articles are longer, and tend to be more
>> substantive in nature, it is important to note that these are not “law
>> review” articles—they are simple, short articles that discuss
>> important substantive and/or practical aspects of law practice. They
>> can vary in terms of topic, but should have some nexus to the work of
>> the  Disability Rights Committee. Please see attached and here for
>> 101/201 examples:
>> http://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/publications/the_101_201_practice_series/women_minority_lawyers.html;
>> http://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/publications/the_101_201_practice_series.html.
>> 
>>> On 12/19/16, Deepa Goraya <deepa.goraya at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> The ABA Young Lawyers Division Disability Rights Committee,
>>> www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/committees/disability_rights.html,
>>> will be publishing our second quarterly newsletter on January 19. We
>>> are looking for more short articles and op-eds to include. The
>>> articles we received for our fall newsletter were great and we’d love
>>> more on a wide variety of interesting topics. If anyone would like to
>>> write something, please let me know and have your article to me by the
>>> first week of January. Again, the articles should be short, regarding
>>> recent legal developments or relevant tenets of law (approximately
>>> 200-300 words). Some suggestions for articles are: current relevant
>>> topics (such as discussing a recent significant court opinion or case
>>> in disability rights, upcoming significant Supreme Court decision, a
>>> legal event or cconference that just occurred), a discussion about
>>> being an attorney with a disability and your concerns/challenges in
>>> the legal profession, etc. Some examples of op-eds are: Lessons from
>>> One of America’s Best Advocates, Sexism in the Legal Field,
>>> Reflections of a Young Trial Attorney, etc. Note that if you want to
>>> publish an article in our newsletter, we must be your first place of
>>> publication. So please do not send an article that has already been
>>> published somewhere else, not even for another newsletter.
>>> 
>>> If interested, please email me at deepa_goraya at washlaw.org.
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Deepa
>>> 
>>> DEEPINDER K. GORAYA, ESQ. | STAFF ATTORNEY, DISABILITY RIGHTS PROJECT
>>> WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS
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