Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) is a national organization whose mission is to champion the rights of people with disabilities through education, advocacy, and litigation.
Join DRLC staff and students at our Summer Open House on Wednesday, June 26th from 5 - 7 pm at the Loyola Law School Public Interest Law Center in Downtown Los Angeles.
For more information or to view the invitation, please click here. To RSVP, please email Luis Gomez.
Last Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Disability Rights Legal Center filed a federal lawsuit in the Central District of California alleging that plaintiff Trixy Betsworth was denied an American Sign Language interpreter (ASL) at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center despite her repeated requests for one, in violation of state and federal law.
On Monday, June 10th, DRLC and co-counsel from Stanford’s Youth and Education Law Project, filed an amicus brief before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal on behalf of themselves and Disability Rights California, Public Council Law Center, Children’s Rights Clinic at Southwestern Law School, Pepperdine University School of Law Special Education Advocacy Clinic, and the University of San Diego Legal Clinic, in support of a request to reverse and vacate a District Judge’s decision to award attorneys’ fees to a prevailing school district under the fee-shifting provision of Individuals w
