Law Students for Disability Rights -- Dinner & Social Gathering
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInformation forthcoming.
A Conversation with Haben Girma
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHaben Girma, a Bay Area native and the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, has earned accolades for her work as a disability rights advocate and activist. She has been listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30, received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and was named a White House Champion of Change by […]
Lunch Panel: Criminal Law and Disability Rights
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDefending the Immigrant and Disability Communities: Lunchtime Action Hour
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw Students for Disability Rights and Stanford Advocates for Immigrants' Rights present a lunchtime action opportunity. We will work together to submit public comments on the Trump administration's proposed changes to the public charge regulations, which will prevent immigrants, especially those with disabilities, from accessing healthcare, food, and housing. We are hosting this action hour […]
Historical Justice for Sterilization Survivors: Redressing Eugenics in California
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor Alexandra Stern will discuss the current bill being considered in the California  legislature to compensate survivors of the state's 20th century eugenic sterilization program. She will explore the genesis of historical scholarship that informs this bill, which is based in her Sterilization and Social Justice Lab (at the University of Michigan) and encompasses qualitative and […]
Intersection of Disability and Reproductive Rights: Lunch Talk with Professor Rabia Belt
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMental Health & Legal Practice: A Round Table Discussion
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw Students for Disability Rights invites you to attend our first event of the academic year. It's no secret that law school, and legal practice generally, can greatly impact one's […]
Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAccording to the Dave Nee Foundation, while depression among law students is 8-9% prior to matriculation, it is 40% after three years. Lawyers are also found to be the most […]
Disability Law and Policy in the Trump Era
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability Rights as Stanford Law School Assistant Professor Rabia Belt discusses legal and policy challenges and opportunities facing the disability community in the Trump Era. Rabia Belt is a legal historian whose scholarship focuses on broad and diverse issues including 19th and 20th century U.S. History, Disability History, Legal History, […]
Accessible Justice: The Intersection of Disability and Law
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability Rights and Professor Rabia Belt for a conversation about disability and the law focusing on the history of the disability rights movement as well as specific legal challenges facing the disability community today. Â Lunch will be served!
Dance Me to My Song: A Film Dramatization About Community Living for Persons with Disabilities and In-Home Support
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPresented by SALSDR and ACS Please join us for a viewing and discussion of Dance Me to My Song, an Australian-made film depicting a fictionalized account of the relationship between a woman with a significant physical and communication disability and her struggle to live in the community. For a critique, see, Catherine Simpson & Nicole […]
Dance Me to My Song
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA Film Dramatization about Community Living for Persons with Disabilities and In-Home Support This Australian-made film is a fictionalized account of the relationship between a woman with a significant physical and communication disability and her struggle to live in the community. It is being shown in connection with DISABILITY RIGHTS (Law 644). LUNCH WILL BE […]