From Post-Secondary Admissions to Attorney Admissions: Requesting Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act – Part 1
Topics to be discussed by the panelists include:
-The legal definition of disability under the ADA, what it means to accommodate, how to interpret the statute and applicable regulations, the rights and responsibilities of examinees, students, and covered testing companies and post-secondary institutions
-How to understand neuropsychological evaluations and evaluate medical documentation (understanding the DSM and ICD)
-Best practices for documenting disabilities and a need for accommodations for: college admissions tests; undergraduate institutions; the LSAT; and law school.
-Options when accommodation requests are denied or approved accommodations are no longer effective
Start Date:
- March 1, 2024
Start Time:
- 2:00 PM
End Time:
- 3:30 PM
Areas Of Professional Practice Credit(s):
- 0.5
Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias Credit(s):
- 1.0
Total Credit(s):
- 1.5
Region:
- Virtual Participation
- Mary J. Goodwin-Oquendo, Esq., The Goodwin-Oquendo Law Firm, P.C.
- Kacy C. Vance, Esq., Civil Rights and Disability Attorney
- Paul Yellin, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Director, The Yellin Center for Mind, Brain, and Education
- Alison Morris, Chair of the Committee on Disability Rights (Program Planning Chiar)
- Melinda R. Saran, Esq., Vice Dean for Social Justice Initiatives &Teaching Faculty, University at Buffalo School of Law Undergraduate Law Academic Advisor,
Format:
- Webinar
Product Code:
- 0NT91A
NYSBA Member Price:
$50.00
Join (or renew) for special member pricing
Non-Member Price:
$100.00
Sponsoring Committee Group
- Committee on Disability Rights
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
