Executive functioning (EF) is gaining increasing attention in professional development spaces, especially in efforts to better support neurodivergent lawyers. EF refers to a set of cognitive processes that are essential for effective planning, adapting to challenges, and achieving goals.
SMU’s Mary Beth Nielsen and Borden Ladner Gervias LLP’s Angela Sordi identity 10 tips that can help your law firms improve the recruiting process for neurodivergent law students and attorneys.
NALP’s Neurodiversity in the Legal Profession Task Force hosted internationally recognized disability activist and writer Emily Ladau, in a March 2023 webinar for a conversation about her life and her book Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally. Here are some of our takeaways from the conversation with Emily for thinking, talking, and asking about disability.
Joanna Craig and Nirvana Dove explain that students and lawyers who are neurodivergent have often been overtly, or inadvertently, excluded from recruiting and DEI efforts, and offer steps to continue making progress at your firm or school.
This inspiring article looks at how one lawyer re-entered the workforce and thrived, overcoming being paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
Beyond disclosure, we should challenge our processes to ensure we are allowing neurodivergent candidates to highlight their skills, abilities, and potential. Small adjustments can make a big impact on the experiences we create.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Maureen Reilly explains the importance of neurodiversity for all lawyers as part of a book review of Great Minds Think Differently: Neurodiversity for Lawyers and Other Professionals by Haley Moss.
Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor analyses data on graduates self-reporting disabilities from NALP’s Jobs & JDs: Employment and Salaries of New Graduates, Class of 2021.
Women, minorities, LGBTQ+, and disabled employees should be significantly represented in senior organizational roles — one sign of a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Angela Sordi interviews Simon Margolis, a Disputes Associate at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto, Canada, about the challenges that lawyers and law students with neurodiverse conditions face in the legal profession.
NALP research on lawyers with disabilities
NALP Research on Diversity & Demographics
Case Western’s Michael McCarthy and UIC John Marshall Law School’s Paul Johnson explain how employers and applicants can improve the job application process for lawyers and law students with disabilities.
William & Mary Law School’s Moriah Berger Allen reviews the book by 2021 NALP Annual Education Conference speaker Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.
Summarizing the key takeaways from the three plenary sessions at the 2022 NALP Annual Education Conference in New Orleans featuring The Yellow House author Sarah M. Broom, former NFL football player Steve Gleason, Thine CEO Sang Lee, and Diversity & Flexibility Alliance President and CEO Manar Morales.
New NALP Executive Director Nikia L. Gray outlines her high-level plans to keep the association laser-focused on facts, fairness, and the power of a diverse community.
Examining NALP’s impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at law firms and across the profession as the association nears its 50th Anniversary in 2021.
NALP Executive Director James G. Leipold underscores the importance of legal employers and law schools striving to create environments where most people can feel that they belong.
