Expanding Access to Clinical Legal Education & Supporting Clinical Students with Disabilities

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Session Type: Community Gatherings

Session Capacity: N/A

Hotel: N/A

Room: Union Square 22

Floor: 4th Floor

This Community Gathering seeks to bring together faculty with a shared goal of increasing the accessibility of clinical legal education for students with disabilities. To do so, we will identify existing barriers in our clinics caused by inaccessible design, share resources to proactively remove these barriers, and reimagine our clinical environment using “universal design” to create a learning environment designed to be accessible for students with disabilities. We will support each other in reimaging what the clinic seminar, supervision, and case-handling or advocacy work may look like from the lens of “universal design,” as opposed to making changes only when students with disabilities seek accommodations. We will share resources and gauge interest in creating a new online space to continue to learn and provide accountability with one another.