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How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison J. Lynch Sep 2015

How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison J. Lynch

Nevada Law Journal

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There's No Place Like Work: How Modern Technology Is Changing The Judiciary's Approach To Work-At-Home Arrangements As An Ada Accommodation, Benjamin D. Johnson May 2015

There's No Place Like Work: How Modern Technology Is Changing The Judiciary's Approach To Work-At-Home Arrangements As An Ada Accommodation, Benjamin D. Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

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Classifying Obesity As A Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: How Seff V. Broward County Is Incongruent With Recent Ada Litigation, Maura Flaherty Mccoy Apr 2015

Classifying Obesity As A Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act: How Seff V. Broward County Is Incongruent With Recent Ada Litigation, Maura Flaherty Mccoy

Catholic University Law Review

This Note discusses how employer wellness programs are potential breeding grounds for Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination claims in light of recent ADA cases relating to obesity and how courts’ treatment of the safe harbor provision of the ADA is incongruent with the broadening of ADA claims. It looks at the provisions of the ADA and how courts have traditionally defined “disability” in obesity cases, describes the ADA safe harbor provision, and discusses the advent of corporate wellness programs. This Note then analyzes Seff v. Broward County, the most notable wellness program case to-date, and how the court’s decision …


A Failure To Rehabilitate: Leaving Disability Insurance Out Of The Mental Health Parity Debate, Christopher R. Wilson Mar 2015

A Failure To Rehabilitate: Leaving Disability Insurance Out Of The Mental Health Parity Debate, Christopher R. Wilson

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Future Harm As A Current Disability: Insurance Coverage For A Risk Of Substance Abuse Relapse Under Erisa, Jonah Kind Jan 2015

Future Harm As A Current Disability: Insurance Coverage For A Risk Of Substance Abuse Relapse Under Erisa, Jonah Kind

Northwestern University Law Review

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Creating A "Building A Disability Rights Information Center For Asia And The Pacific Clinic": Pedagogy And Social Justice, Michael L. Perlin, Catherine Barreda, Katherine Davies, Mehgan Gallagher, Nicole Israel, Stephanie Mendelsohn Jan 2015

Creating A "Building A Disability Rights Information Center For Asia And The Pacific Clinic": Pedagogy And Social Justice, Michael L. Perlin, Catherine Barreda, Katherine Davies, Mehgan Gallagher, Nicole Israel, Stephanie Mendelsohn

Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review

This article describes the work done by the lead author and his students in the creation of the Disability Rights Information Center for Asia and the Pacific (DRICAP), as part of the work the lead author has been doing with colleagues (especially Yoshikazu Ikehara, Esq., director of the Tokyo Advocacy Law Office) for several years to create a Disability Rights Tribunal for Asia and the Pacific (DRTAP). DRICAP’s centerpiece is the creation of a website collecting statutes, regulations, scholarly articles, advocacy news, and case law from selected Asian and Pacific nations. This work was done through a clinic created by …