Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 1pm - 2pm Eastern

People with disabilities face significant barriers to pursuing careers in law. Despite the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) over three decades ago, which sought to expand opportunities for disabled Americans throughout the workforce, people with disabilities make up less than 2% of practicing lawyers, despite representing about 25% of the U.S. adult population. It’s proven that the legal profession has long struggled to hire and retain lawyers with disabilities. What are the key obstacles to achieving equality in the legal profession? What role can law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and law schools play in addressing these disparities? 

Speakers: 

• Chad Jerdee, Board Chair, Disability:IN 
• Constantin Nuernberger, Esq., Associate and Co-Chair of Beyond Barriers, White & Case
• Haley Miller, Executive Director, National Disabled Law Students Association
• Jill Houghton, President and CEO, Disability:IN
• Katherine Perez, Director of the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation, Loyola Marymount University 
• Robert Dinerstein, Chair, Commission on Disability Rights, American Bar Association, and Emeritus Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Ted Kennedy, Jr., Partner, Epstein Becker Green, Co-Chair of the Disability Equality Index, and Immediate Past Chair, American Association of People with Disabilities