Loyola Law School | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles

April | Disability Awareness Month

Disability Awareness Month

Accommodations? Here's How!

Contact our Disability Specialist, Laura Vargas at accessibility@lls.edu

Reasonable accommodations are available to meet the needs of individual students. This may include but is not limited to adjustments to a student's course load or class schedule, access to notes, and other in-class resources, adaptive aids, and examination accommodations.

Unsure Where to Begin?

Click here to begin. Students registered with the LLS Student Accessibility Services Office, as well as those who want to apply for accommodations, can use the SAS Online Portal. This webpage will give you the information you need to apply.

Resources

- Disability Rights California: A Guide for College and University Students

- Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

- LLS Assessment Referral List

- Rains Library Secondary Sources by Subject LibGuide: Disability

The Coehlo Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation Spring 2022 Update

Tony Coehlo has been hard at work advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. Tony joined President Biden and Vice President Harris on stage at the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the White House on July 26, 2021. Check out a Disability Garrison Podcast: Shaping the ADA with Tony Coehlo.To view the full newsletter, click here.

Disability Rights with Tony Coelho and Michael Waterstone

New Class of The Coelho Center Fellows Continues Pathbreaking Tradition

The 2021-2022 Class completed a two-week summer disability rights law course with Professor Katherine Perez; attended seven monthly webinars, and completed policy projects including writing policy papers and organizing panel discussions.

Loyola Law School is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive educational environment where students with disabilities have equal access to programs and the opportunity to participate in all aspects of campus life. Accommodations are granted to provide a fair and equal opportunity to access the Law School curriculum and program while encouraging self-sufficiency and self-advocacy.

Resources

Visit our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion page
Visit our Black Lives Matter resource page
Check out our Student Virtual Commons page, designed to serve as a one-stop-shop to answer your most frequently asked questions.
Future events
Our Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion eblasts will be shared monthly. If you'd like to add your future DEI event, please email Alejandra at alejandra.hernandezperez@lls.edu.

EXPLORE

links

FOLLOW LLS

Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove®
Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails.
View this email online.

919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015 | US

This email was sent to .