Publications
Law School Application Guide
This document offers questions and answers for prospective students about disability, particularly disability disclosure, in the law school admissions process.
LSAT Accommodations Guide
This document takes students with disabilities through the process of applying for LSAT accommodations and strategies for successful self-advocacy.
LSAT Accommodation Tip Sheet for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This document offers insight into best practices for students with disabilities interested in taking the LSAT.
Best Practices Guide for Law Schools
Guide for law school administrators for the best practices in providing accommodations to law students with disabilities.
Bar Accommodations Overview
A guide to the process of applying for accommodations on the bar exam.
Bar Accommodations Timeline
A helpful timeline for applying for bar exam accommodations and preparing your documentation of your disability.
Bar Exam Preparation
BarBri Accommodations – Accommodation requests for BarBri courses must be made in writing, at least 90 days in advance.
Conferences and Events
Disability Law Moot Court Competition – Western University holds the Darras competition, an annual moot court on disability law.
Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium – The National Federation of the Blind holds an annual disability law symposium.
Employment Resources
Impact Career Fair for Law Students with Disabilities – An annual career fair for law students with disabilities to interview with public and private employers in Washington, D.C.
Higher Education/ Law School Accommodations
ABA CMPD Directory of Law Schools – directory of accredited law schools state-by-state with disability services information.
NEADS - Enhancing Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education institutions (Canadian)
Other Disability Rights Organizations
American Association of People with Disabilities – National, cross-disability organization.
Burton Blatt Institute – Research, advocacy, and education.
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Member Directory – catalog of disability resource organizations
National Youth Leadership Network – Cross-disability leadership organization for young people.
Prelaw
PhD's Law School Index
Trials – a summer study program sponsored by NYU School of Law and Harvard Law School for students of modest means whose backgrounds are currently underrepresented at the nation’s top law schools.
DREAM – Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring – DREAM is an organization-in-process, initiated in the hopes of promoting a national (United States-based) disabilities agenda for post-secondary students and their allies and serving as an educational resource and source of support for both individuals and local campus-based groups.
Scholarships and Fellowships
1-800-Wheelchair Scholarship Fund
American Foundation for the Blind
Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship Program
California Council of the Blind
Crohn’s Scholarship Program
Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship
Farella Braun + Martel Diversity Scholarship
Fish & Richardson Diversity Fellowship
Fred Scheigert Scholarship for Blind or Low Vision Students
Fredrikson Byron Foundation Minority Scholarships
Hemophilia Health Services Memorial Scholarship Program
Joe Cleres Memorial Scholarship
Kegler, Brown, Hill, & Ritter Minority Scholarship
Linn Inn Mark T. Banner Scholarship
Megan Chesney and CHASA Scholarships for students with hemiplegia
Michigan Council of the Blind
Mid-Tennessee Council of the Blind Scholarship
Milbank Diversity Scholarships
Mississippi Council of the Blind Scholarship
National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program
National Hemophilia Foundation
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Scholarship Program
Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship Award
Spina Bifida Association Scholarship
Stoel Rives First-Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship
The Jackson-Stricks Scholarship Fund
The Louise Tumarkin Zazove Foundation Scholarships for the deaf and hard of hearing
The University of Michigan Services for Students with Disabilities Scholarships
UCB Family Epilepsy Scholarship
University of Florida Disability Resource Center Awards
Utah Council of the Blind
William and Dorothy Ferrell Scholarship for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Womble Carlyle Scholars Programs
Law School Application Guide
This document offers questions and answers for prospective students about disability, particularly disability disclosure, in the law school admissions process.
LSAT Accommodations Guide
This document takes students with disabilities through the process of applying for LSAT accommodations and strategies for successful self-advocacy.
LSAT Accommodation Tip Sheet for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This document offers insight into best practices for students with disabilities interested in taking the LSAT.
Best Practices Guide for Law Schools
Guide for law school administrators for the best practices in providing accommodations to law students with disabilities.
Bar Accommodations Overview
A guide to the process of applying for accommodations on the bar exam.
Bar Accommodations Timeline
A helpful timeline for applying for bar exam accommodations and preparing your documentation of your disability.
Bar Exam Preparation
BarBri Accommodations – Accommodation requests for BarBri courses must be made in writing, at least 90 days in advance.
Conferences and Events
Disability Law Moot Court Competition – Western University holds the Darras competition, an annual moot court on disability law.
Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium – The National Federation of the Blind holds an annual disability law symposium.
Employment Resources
Impact Career Fair for Law Students with Disabilities – An annual career fair for law students with disabilities to interview with public and private employers in Washington, D.C.
Higher Education/ Law School Accommodations
ABA CMPD Directory of Law Schools – directory of accredited law schools state-by-state with disability services information.
NEADS - Enhancing Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education institutions (Canadian)
Other Disability Rights Organizations
American Association of People with Disabilities – National, cross-disability organization.
Burton Blatt Institute – Research, advocacy, and education.
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Member Directory – catalog of disability resource organizations
National Youth Leadership Network – Cross-disability leadership organization for young people.
Prelaw
PhD's Law School Index
Trials – a summer study program sponsored by NYU School of Law and Harvard Law School for students of modest means whose backgrounds are currently underrepresented at the nation’s top law schools.
DREAM – Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring – DREAM is an organization-in-process, initiated in the hopes of promoting a national (United States-based) disabilities agenda for post-secondary students and their allies and serving as an educational resource and source of support for both individuals and local campus-based groups.
Scholarships and Fellowships
1-800-Wheelchair Scholarship Fund
American Foundation for the Blind
Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship Program
California Council of the Blind
Crohn’s Scholarship Program
Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship
Farella Braun + Martel Diversity Scholarship
Fish & Richardson Diversity Fellowship
Fred Scheigert Scholarship for Blind or Low Vision Students
Fredrikson Byron Foundation Minority Scholarships
Hemophilia Health Services Memorial Scholarship Program
Joe Cleres Memorial Scholarship
Kegler, Brown, Hill, & Ritter Minority Scholarship
Linn Inn Mark T. Banner Scholarship
Megan Chesney and CHASA Scholarships for students with hemiplegia
Michigan Council of the Blind
Mid-Tennessee Council of the Blind Scholarship
Milbank Diversity Scholarships
Mississippi Council of the Blind Scholarship
National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program
National Hemophilia Foundation
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Scholarship Program
Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship Award
Spina Bifida Association Scholarship
Stoel Rives First-Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship
The Jackson-Stricks Scholarship Fund
The Louise Tumarkin Zazove Foundation Scholarships for the deaf and hard of hearing
The University of Michigan Services for Students with Disabilities Scholarships
UCB Family Epilepsy Scholarship
University of Florida Disability Resource Center Awards
Utah Council of the Blind
William and Dorothy Ferrell Scholarship for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Womble Carlyle Scholars Programs
