[blindLaw] Historic Blind Moment!

[Paul Harpur]

Two of us when I started at an Aussie law school in 1998.  Although only I graduated.  Later we had 2 when I was doing my PhD, myself and my mentee.  My mentee went into private practice and now earns double this law professor. 


Professor Paul Harpur OAM   
BBus (HRm), LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD, FHEA, FQA, Ply, solicitor of the High Court of Australia (non-practicing).
The University of Queensland Law School
(TEQSA PRV12080)  
Director of the UQ Disability Collaboratory
Associate, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Member of the Higher Education Standards Panel 

“Universities train the disability leaders of tomorrow, employ the disability leaders of today, and produce research and innovation which can make the world more inclusive”.  Paul Harpur, ‘Universities as Disability Champions of Change’ TEDx.
 

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Unitt via BlindLaw
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There were three of us at U.C. Davis in 1980-1981.

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Thankfully, three is not a record. Still good to have more of us out there. 

> On Dec 11, 2025, at 3:44 PM, Daugherty,Richard A via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
>    Longtime listener, first time writer.  I am a law student at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, going into my last year next year.  We currently have 3 legally blind law students.  One with Rod-Cone Dystrophy, one with Retinitis Pigments, and one with a rare ocular nerve condition.  I believe this might be the highest concentration of law students who are legally blind in the U.S. currently.  But I also believe it might be the highest concentration of all time!  It might just be a historically significant moment for blind lawyers.  I just need some help, because I am not sure how to verify this and what to do once it is verified.  I think the honorific is up for grabs, since you’d have to have three blind law students break their HIPA rights to acknowledge it, and we are all willing to do that.  
> 
> If anyone has advice on this let me know!
> 
> Thank you all,
> 
> - Richard G. A. Daugherty
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