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Project

Olmstead Law Tours

Center:

GA-Institute on Human Development and Disability, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2017

Contact Information:

Becky Brightwell
[email protected]
706-542-6061

Project Description:

Through colloquia presentations, exhibits, meetings with people with disabilities, and small group discussions with professors and law students, we will shape how students view segregated living and the impact they individually and collectively can make. Over 500 law students and professors across the country will attend the law school tour. Pre/post surveys will indicate that they had increased knowledge of social justice and segregation issues impacting people with disabilities. They will also indicate increased skill levels on how to facilitate advocacy cases in the future. Long-term follow-up of a sample group of students will indicate that they represented advocacy or civil right cases involving people with disabilities through either pro-bono work or through choosing Social Justice Law (or something similar) as their specialty.

Keyword(s):

Olmstead

Core Function(s):

Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance

Target Audience:

Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

National