Date Chartered: 5/19/2021
The purpose of this Section is to provide a forum for the discussion of matters of common concern to law professors with disabilities and their allies, to put on programming related to the same, and to provide a forum for the recognition and celebration of the accomplishments of law professors with disabilities.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
- Main Program
- Pedagogy Program
- Works-in-Progress Program
- Award Ceremony
- Biolaw, Co-Sponsored by Law and Mental Disability, Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
- Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Administrative Law and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
- Disability Law, Co-Sponsored by Law and Mental Disability and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
- Law and Mental Disability, Co-Sponsored by Biolaw, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies
2024
- Main Program
- Joint Program
- Works-in-Progress
- Pedagogy
- Award Ceremony
- Disability Law (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies) (1)
- Disability Law (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies)(2)
2023
- Main Program
- Works-in-Progress
- Award Ceremony
- Women in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, Student Services, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
- Clinical Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Professional Responsibility, and Women in Legal Education)
- Legal History, Co-Sponsored by Jewish Law (Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Professional Responsibility, and Women in Legal Education)
- Law and Mental Disability (Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Law, Medicine and Health Care, and Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies)
2022
- Main Program
- Disability Law (Co-Sponsored with Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies)
- Pedagogy
- Networking Session
- Award Ceremony
Awards
Chai Feldblum Award
The Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies awards the Chai Fedlblum award every year at the annual AALS meeting. The award is named in honor of Chai Feldblum, a disabled law professor and disability rights advocate. This award is given to someone who either has made substantial contributions to the inclusion of people with disabilities in legal academia, or who is a junior faculty member and Section member whose scholarly, teaching, clinical or service work shows exceptional promise.
Recipients
Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Chai Feldblum Award | Robyn Powell | University of Oklahoma College of Law |
2023 | Chai Feldblum Award | Arlene Kanter | Syracuse University College of Law |
2023 | Chai Feldblum Award | Katherine MacFarlane | Southern University Law Center |
2022 | Chai Feldblum Award | Chai Feldblum | EEO and DEI Advocate |