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

[Gerard Sadlier]

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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