Abstract
Disability discrimination in education is a long-standing and powerful tradition in the United States. Students with disabilities in higher education have historically been, and continue to be, the most powerful harbingers of change in eliminating disability discrimination in education. The birth of the disability rights movement occurred in higher education institutions across the nation in the 1970s, and the movement achieved both cultural and legislative success. Its spirit continues on today in U.S. law schools. Law students with disabilities are utilizing the legislative advances achieved by the disability rights activists of yesteryear in order to create a more equitable system of legal education. With support and buy-in from law schools and the legal community, law students with disabilities can bring about systemic change that would benefit the legal field as a whole. Through the use of strategic litigation from students along with active cooperation and acceptance from law school administrators, individual professors, and fellow students, disability discrimination in legal education can be greatly reduced.
Recommended Citation
Dana Dworkin,
Disability Activism And Legal Education: How The Student And Parent Activists of the Disability Rights Movement Paved The Way For Law Students To Challenge Discrimination,
20
Nw. J. L. & Soc. Pol'y.
48
(2025).
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/njlsp/vol20/iss2/2
