Crip the Law f/k/a National Disabled Legal Professionals Association

07/21/2025

READY TO MARCH! The ADA35 National March & Rally in Washington, DC begins at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. Watch this space!

- National Council on Independent Living
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- National Center for Learning Disabilities: NCLD
- The Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- World Institute on Disability
- United Spinal Association
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Disability Belongs
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
- The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
- National Association of Statewide Independent Living Councils - NASILC
- The Arc of the United States
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Disability Rights International
- Little Lobbyists
- Justice In Aging
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Council on Disability
- National Women's Law Center
- National Disabled Legal Professionals Association
- Caring Across Generations

Image: March and Rally Sign. Logos for the organizations listed above surround the text “OUR LIVES. OUR HOMES. OUR COMMUNITIES. NATIONAL MARCH AND RALLY”. ADA 35 Anniversary graphic has a cyan (blue) accent and a ribbon.

07/09/2025

Roll Call!

Who's ready to join us for the ADA35 National March & Rally in Washington, DC?

Together, we will march to the Capitol to send a clear message: we are united and determined to preserve our freedom to live independently in our communities!

National Center for Learning Disabilities: NCLD
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network
National Partnership for Women & Families
World Institute on Disability
United Spinal Association
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Disability Belongs
National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
National Association of Statewide Independent Living Councils - NASILC
The Arc of the United States
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Disability Rights International
Little Lobbyists
Justice In Aging
National Federation of the Blind
National Council on Disability
National Women's Law Center
National Disabled Legal Professionals Association
Caring Across Generations

Image: March and Rally Logo. OUR LIVES. OUR HOMES. OUR COMMUNITIES. NATIONAL MARCH AND RALLY. Graphic features the number 35 with a cyan (blue) accent and a ribbon with the words, “ADA Anniversary”.

02/22/2025

DREDF believes that Section 504 protects transgender people with disabilities, including a gender dysphoria diagnosis. The disability community includes transgender people, and disability justice cannot be achieved without trans people. We are genuinely sorry that the webinar slides during the community briefing did not clearly communicate this. We have revised the materials on our website.

We’d also like to clarify that the organizations that helped prepare the plain language explainer were different from the people who presented and created the materials for the community briefing. Any misunderstanding created by the content in the community briefing should not be attributed to those organizations. We apologize for the harm caused.

We will keep fighting together so that this lawsuit is dismissed.

Community briefing recording: https://dredf.org/disability-community-briefing-what-you-can-do-to-stop-the-attack-on-section-504/
Plain language explainer:https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Plain-Language-Explainer_Texas-v-Becerra.pdf

12/17/2024

Thanks to Forbes for publishing this important piece on disability inclusion in the legal profession: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferpalumbo/2024/12/12/its-time-to-advance-disability-inclusion-in-the-legal-profession/

A Troll Is Helping To Pick Your Next Government Internet troll Charles "Chuck" Johnson is helping to pick members of the incoming administration.

12/17/2024

This Wednesday, December 18 at 10:30 AM ET, NDLPA will be at the Harkin Summit on a panel on Cripping the Law! It will focus on increasing disabled representation in the legal profession, including how we and the National Disabled Law Students Association - NDLSA are addressing this. Register now at https://site.pheedloop.com/event/harkinsummit2024/home

12/17/2024

We applaud the U.S. Department of Transportation for taking steps to make air travel safer for disabled travelers. These changes will expand employment opportunities for disabled workers--including disabled workers in the legal profession.

Every airline passenger deserves safe and dignified travel when they fly.

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is announcing strengthened protections for passengers with disabilities and more rigorous standards for airlines when handling wheelchairs. https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/secretary-buttigieg-announces-sweeping-protections-airline-passengers-disabilities

11/23/2024

We hope you consider signing this petition to support 2L Brittany Lovely, whose request for accommodations on her final exams due to her pregnancy and the upcoming birth of her first child was denied. We know these unnecessary, and illegal, barriers all too well. We support Brittany and urge Georgetown University Law Center to not only do the right thing for Brittany but to ensure this never happens again to any student.

https://lnkd.in/eyuEqbZY



Update: We are heartened to learn that GULC has changed course and granted these necessary, reasonable accommodations. We hope this outcry will lead to changes in GULC's reasonable accommodation policies and procedures.

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11/21/2024

We are excited to share this new book by the incomparable Haley Moss! Haley has changed the game for so many neurodivergent lawyers, providing mentorship and creating helpful resources. Way to go Haley!

Talking the Talk about Autism: How to Share and Tell Your Story

11/21/2024

A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking a U.S. Department of Labor rule that expanded overtime protections for workers. Make no mistake: Disabled legal professionals will be harmed by this ruling. By January 1, this policy would have required that salaried employees making below $58,656 per year be paid overtime. It also would have increased requirements for exempt highly compensated employees.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/11/15/judge-rejects-bidens-overtime-rule-benefitting-4-million-us-workers/

A Trump-appointed judge in Texas ruled the Labor Department exceeded its authority when implementing the rule, which was partially implemented in July.

11/20/2024

A new Harvard Business Review and Rutgers University Center for Women in Business study shows that disabled people, especially disabled women, experience discriminatory perceptions in negotiations. Legal employers must confront bias head-on to improve and expand opportunities for disabled employees. https://hbr.org/2024/11/research-the-stigma-disabled-people-face-during-negotiations

The prototypical image of a successful negotiator is someone who is competent, confident, and in control — characteristics that are not always readily applied to disabled people. Two researchers wanted to understand if disabled people are more stigmatized in an intense job task, such as a potentia...

11/18/2024

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