The new Disability Rights Clinic will give students hands-on legal training as they assist clients with disability-related issues.
The UConn School of Law has joined forces with Disability Rights Connecticut to offer a clinic providing legal advocacy for people with disabilities.
Law students participating in the new Disability Rights Clinic will help clients with legal problems involving housing, education, employment, health care and other issues. They will work under the supervision of Deborah Dorfman, executive director of Disability Rights Connecticut, and other lawyers on the agency’s staff.
The clinic has enrolled four students for the Fall 2022 semester.
“We’re delighted to collaborate in this exciting partnership,” Dean Eboni S. Nelson said. “It will allow our students to share in the deeply meaningful and impactful work that Disability Rights Connecticut does in the community while they learn about a very important area of the law.”
“We are excited and honored to partner with the University of Connecticut School of Law on the Disability Law Clinic and are deeply appreciative of the students’ interest and time working to advocate the rights of people with disabilities,” Dorman said. “This opportunity is of enormous benefit to DRCT and its clients and constituents as it enables DRCT to expand its current advocacy capacity.”
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