LAW-6117 DISABILITY LAW
This will be a three-credit course that will initially consider the definition of disability by focusing on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as well as other federal and state statutes and applicable case law. Disability Law will then focus on the rights of persons with disabilities to education, employment, public accommodations, housing, and health care. This course is designed to introduce students to the major federal substantive law relating to nondiscrimination rights of individuals with disabilities. Students will also gain insight into political, social, and economic issues impacting individuals with disabilities. Additional goals are to understand the underlying philosophy of disability rights law, to understand whether as a policy these laws accomplish their purpose, what practical and tactical strategies are valuable to representing clients in these cases, and what the possible ethical dilemmas are that might arise. Another goal is that students will be sensitized to the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities and that they will gain a heightened awareness of the world around them from the perspective of individuals with disabilities.