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Tweet[IWS] ABA: LAWYERS with DISABILITIES EMPLOYMENT REPORT [13 November 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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American Bar Association (ABA)
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF LAWYERS WITH DISABILITIES:
A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION [13 November 2006]
http://www.abanet.org/disability/docs/conf_report_final.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
Press Release
American Bar Association Report Examines Best Practices for Legal Employers of Lawyers with Disabilities
http://www.abanet.org/abanet/media/release/news_release.cfm?releaseid=50
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 13, 2006 A new American Bar Association report focuses on the benefits of diversity in the workplace, why it pays to hire lawyers with disabilities and what the law requires of legal employers.
Based on the proceedings of an ABA conference co-sponsored by the < http://www.abanet.org/disability/home.html> Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the report offers information and recommendations to legal employers on "best practices, and legal and ethical obligations as to the hiring of, retaining and providing accommodations for, lawyers with disabilities. Except where otherwise noted in the report, the recommendations have not been presented to the ABA's policy-making House of Delegates or its Board of Governors, and so do not constitute policy of the association.
The report discusses how disabilities affect lawyers in all sectors of the legal profession, identifies the most prominent disability categories, and outlines the most pressing needs of lawyers with disabilities. The report includes first-hand accounts from conference attendees who face these issues every day.
Among the topics covered in the 10-part report are:
* What the Law Requires of Legal Employers Regarding Lawyers with Disabilities addresses what the Americans with Disabilities Act requires from employers in hiring and accommodating lawyers with disabilities.
* Why it Pays to Hire Lawyers with Disabilities examines the best means for enriching law firms and other legal organizations through hiring lawyers with disabilities, and presents principles for firms to follow in the hiring and promoting of lawyers with disabilities.
* The Importance of Disability Diversity in Major Corporations, Large Law Firms and State Bars focuses on the importance of disability diversity in society generally, and more specifically in a major corporation, a large law firm and in a state bar association. Remarks by the Chief Compliance Officer of Starbucks Coffee and a partner with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr delve into the value of diversity as part of a successful business model.
* What Can be Done to Increase Employment Opportunities for Lawyers with Disabilities? explores what law firms and the legal community as a whole can do to increase job opportunities for disabled lawyers, and refers to selected recommendations from Florida Lawyers with Disabilities and The Law Society of British Columbia as examples.
[Thanks to Shirl Kennedy at Docuticker.com for the tip]
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
American Bar Association (ABA)
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF LAWYERS WITH DISABILITIES:
A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION [13 November 2006]
http://www.abanet.org/disability/docs/conf_report_final.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
Press Release
American Bar Association Report Examines Best Practices for Legal Employers of Lawyers with Disabilities
http://www.abanet.org/abanet/media/release/news_release.cfm?releaseid=50
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 13, 2006 A new American Bar Association report focuses on the benefits of diversity in the workplace, why it pays to hire lawyers with disabilities and what the law requires of legal employers.
Based on the proceedings of an ABA conference co-sponsored by the < http://www.abanet.org/disability/home.html> Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the report offers information and recommendations to legal employers on "best practices, and legal and ethical obligations as to the hiring of, retaining and providing accommodations for, lawyers with disabilities. Except where otherwise noted in the report, the recommendations have not been presented to the ABA's policy-making House of Delegates or its Board of Governors, and so do not constitute policy of the association.
The report discusses how disabilities affect lawyers in all sectors of the legal profession, identifies the most prominent disability categories, and outlines the most pressing needs of lawyers with disabilities. The report includes first-hand accounts from conference attendees who face these issues every day.
Among the topics covered in the 10-part report are:
* What the Law Requires of Legal Employers Regarding Lawyers with Disabilities addresses what the Americans with Disabilities Act requires from employers in hiring and accommodating lawyers with disabilities.
* Why it Pays to Hire Lawyers with Disabilities examines the best means for enriching law firms and other legal organizations through hiring lawyers with disabilities, and presents principles for firms to follow in the hiring and promoting of lawyers with disabilities.
* The Importance of Disability Diversity in Major Corporations, Large Law Firms and State Bars focuses on the importance of disability diversity in society generally, and more specifically in a major corporation, a large law firm and in a state bar association. Remarks by the Chief Compliance Officer of Starbucks Coffee and a partner with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr delve into the value of diversity as part of a successful business model.
* What Can be Done to Increase Employment Opportunities for Lawyers with Disabilities? explores what law firms and the legal community as a whole can do to increase job opportunities for disabled lawyers, and refers to selected recommendations from Florida Lawyers with Disabilities and The Law Society of British Columbia as examples.
[Thanks to Shirl Kennedy at Docuticker.com for the tip]
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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