Marissa Ditkowsky - Crip the Law

Crip the Law’s Comment on the American Bar Association’s Proposed Changes to Standards 316 and 509 Adjusting Bar Passage Requirements for Law Schools to Include Alternative Licensure Pathways

April 13, 2026 Daniel Thies, Council ChairAmerican Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BarVia email: NoticeandComment@americanbar.org Re: Matters for Notice and Comment on Standard 316 and Standard 509 The National Disabled Legal Professionals Association (NDLPA) d/b/a Crip the Law is a national association of disabled lawyers, judges, policy

Crip the Law’s Comment on the American Bar Associations Proposed Repeal of Standard 206 on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Law Schools

April 13, 2026 Daniel Thies, Council ChairAmerican Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BarVia email: NoticeandComment@americanbar.org Re: Matters for Notice and Comment on Standard 206 The National Disabled Legal Professionals Association (NDLPA) d/b/a Crip the Law is a national association of disabled lawyers, judges, policy experts, legislators, academics,

NDLPA Condemns Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Trump Administration’s Continued Attacks on the Autistic Community

Kennedy’s Unsubstantiated Claims Perpetuate a Harmful Stigma around Autism, Ignoring the Autistic Community’s Critical Contributions to Professions like the Law WASHINGTON, D.C., October 2, 2025 – The National Disabled Legal Professionals Association (“NDLPA”) condemns Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s claims that Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism and that leucovorin, a form

More Than Representation: Why Disabled Law Professors Are Essential

Disabled law professors not only inspire and cultivate a new generation of disabled lawyers but also positively impact nondisabled students’ views of and attitudes, providing a critical new perspective. Yet, disabled people are severely underrepresented among law school faculty. The numbers are even more stark for multiply-marginalized disabled faculty members.

Workforce Recruitment Program: What It Is and How to Navigate It

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a great way for disabled students and recent graduates to find summer, temporary, and permanent placements. The WRP, which is co-managed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Human Resources Activity’s (DHRA)

To Disclose or not To Disclose: That is the Question

People often ask for advice about whether, how, and when to disclose information about their disability at a place of employment. I wish that we could provide advice that applies universally. That would make navigating the workplace as disabled law students, employees, and future employees that much easier. However, the

How Law School Career Services Offices Can Ensure Disabled Students Have the Tools for their Job Search

This blog discusses how career services offices, and the administrations that run them, can ensure that they are best serving their disabled students. Like our non-disabled peers, we are stressed about our employment prospects, both during and after law school. However, we face the added stress of worrying about whether

How Employers can Increase Opportunity Access and Opportunity for Law Students and Graduates

Overall, labor force participation for people with disabilities 16-64 years of age is only 32.7%, whereas for people without disabilities, it is 75.7%. Disability Employment Statistics, U.S. Dep’t of Labor, Off. of Disability Emp. Pol’y, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/publications/statistics (last visited Oct. 10, 2020). That’s quite a disparity. Although there are a number

Prioritizing Accessibility: Law Firm On-Campus Interview Tips for Law Schools

According to the National Association for Law Placement, Inc.’s (NALP) 2019 report on diversity in U.S. law firms, only about half of one percent of all lawyers in large United States law firms identified as having a disability. While it is important for law firms to address their cultures, provide

NDLPA First-of-its-kind Data Analysis Reveals Only 5 Percent of Lawyers Identify as Disabled

According to new data analysis by the National Disabled Legal Professionals Association (NDLPA), approximately 4.4 percent of all workers in legal occupations identified as having a disability in 2024.[i] Among employed lawyers, judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers, a measly 5 percent identify as disabled, according to 2023 American Community Survey