J.D.s and the Deaf.
Here’s a recent blog post on “Juris Doctorates and the Deaf”.
June 20th, 2009
Deaf lawyers elected to European legislatures
Kudos to deaf lawyers Helga Stevens and Dr. Ádám Kósa on their recent victories: Stevens was re-elected to a seat in the Flemish Parliament, and Kósa was elected to a seat in the European Parliament, representing the Hungarian Civic Union. See our Twitter feed for links to the stories.
June 17th, 2009
Free online CLEs!
For all our attorneys: point your browser to this link to register for two free online CLEs, including an hour of ethics credit, courtesy of Lawline.com.
The videos are not captioned, but come with complete transcripts that you can either view online or print and save.
June 10th, 2009
Top Ten iPhone Apps for Lawyers.
With a hat tip to the much-read Above The Law, we present the Top Ten iPhone Apps for Lawyers.
The BlackBerry and the Palm Treo have long been favorites among deaf and hard of hearing users — who have been using pagers since the days of the RIM 850 more than a decade ago.
Deaf and hard of hearing attorneys are no different. But we’ve seen a subtle shift in the direction of the iPhone and its phoneless, WiFi-based companion, the iPod Touch. And when the iPhone someday gets a front-mounted camera that allows for videoconferencing and video relay, well, that’ll be the clincher.
Anyway, iPhoneJD.com, the compiler of the above-linked list, is a good resource for those who want to outfit their iPhones and iPod Touches for maximum efficiency.
May 19th, 2009
Register now for the 2nd National Conference on Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities.
Registration is now open for the 2nd National Conference on Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities, to be held June 15-16, 2009 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
As in 2006, the conference is presented by the ABA’s Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law. It’s also co-sponsored by the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Click here for a tentative list of speakers and topics.
Click here (pdf) for the Report of the First National Conference, in May 2006.
April 13th, 2009
Take a survey: LSAT accommodations.
If you are a deaf or hard of hearing attorney or law student and/or have taken the LSAT with accommodations, please take this survey. Thanks to NALSWD and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse for passing this along.
March 31st, 2009
For deaf/hoh law students: read the March 2009 NALSWD newsletter.
Click here for the March 2009 National Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) newsletter, with information about upcoming conferences and internship opportunities.
March 16th, 2009
New forum for deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students.
As we “tweeted” earlier this morning, a new forum for deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students is available here. Please click on the link to register!
By the way, despite the similar URL, DeafAttorneys is not affiliated with the new forums, nor do we take responsibility for the content therein. We strongly encourage all deaf and hard of hearing law students to visit all of the various sites listed on the right (including the DeafAttorneys Facebook and LinkedIn groups, the new forums, and Surduslaw) and to decide for themselves where they feel most comfortable.
March 9th, 2009
Terrific law student summer internship opportunity.
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University is now accepting applications for the Summer Policy Internship in Washington, DC. This internship offers one law student the unique opportunity to work on legal projects dedicated to research, writing, analysis, and policy development in the area of Disability Civil Rights.
The internship is based in Washington, DC, will last 8 weeks from June to August, and has a stipend of $6,000. Applicants should be first or second year law students with a demonstrated a passion for social justice and a commitment to public interest work. Past activist/organizing experience and involvement with disability rights and disability issues is a plus. People of traditionally under-represented groups, particularly members of the disability community, are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information, see the Institute’s internship announcement here (Word doc).
Thanks to Eve Hill for letting us know about this great opportunity!
March 3rd, 2009
DeafAttorneys, new and improved.
As some of you may have noticed, there have been several improvements to our home page in recent days.
Some of the new features include:
(1) A mobile version of the DeafAttorneys blog. Point your mobile phone here — or, if you have an iPod or iPhone, here. This site also should automatically detect whether you’re using a mobile device and adjust accordingly, but we’ve provided the links for your convenience.
(2) A Twitter feed for DeafAttorneys. We think Twitter will be a really useful way to get information out quickly to deaf lawyers and law students. If you’re one of the lucky ones who has already figured out Twitter, just go to the link on the right and choose to “follow” DeafAttorneys. You can also follow the feed by simply coming to this site and reading the latest tweets on the right.
(3) Links to join the growing DeafAttorneys groups on both Facebook and LinkedIn. These links (also to your right) have been active for awhile, but they’re more obvious now.
(4) The top menu bar provides links to articles, professional biographies, and publications of and by ALL deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students, as well as a “resource” page.
The only problem right now is that the regular site is optimized for IE, which is declining in popularity. So there may be some glitches viewing it in Safari or Firefox. As we upgrade the blog software we think that problem will disappear.
We hope you all like the improvements and think that the site does a good job of integrating and taking advantage of whatever social networking medium catches your fancy.
Please watch this site for more information about internet forums for deaf and hard of hearing attorneys and law students, too!
March 3rd, 2009
