DEIA - Crip the Law

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,

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

Press Release: NDLPA Condemns Illegal and Ableist Attacks on DEI and Civil Rights

The Administration’s attacks on basic civil rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts defy precedent and leave dedicated disabled civil servants in the crosshairs WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2025 – The National Disabled Legal Professionals Association (“NDLPA”) unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts—policies