Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care

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In Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923), the Supreme Court recognized that the concept of liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment encompasses the opportunity to pursue one’s occupation of choice and enjoy all rights protected by the common law.  This program will address how the Americans with Disabilities Act has furthered this concept of liberty and the areas in which it has the potential to further protect people with disabilities.  It will include, inter alia, discussion on the law’s impact on the professional licensing of individuals with mental illness and how advocates can use the ADA to further decision-making capacity of those individuals whom the law would otherwise subject to guardianship.  

Business meeting of Section on Disability Law at program conclusion.