We are very excited to announce that the Clinical Legal Education Association today presented the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Disability Law United with an award for the recent settlement in Decoteau…
Disability Law United receives DMFHC Fair Housing Leadership Award
We were honored last night to receive a Fair Housing Leadership Award from the Denver Metro Fair Housing Center at their 2016 Fair Housing Gala. DMFHC is Colorado’s only dedicated fair housing organization, and has done amazing things to promote…
Daily Journal Selects Julie Wilensky as a 2016 Top Woman Lawyer in California
Julie Wilensky, Director of Disability Law United’s California Office, has been named to the Daily Journal‘s list of Top Women Lawyers in California for 2016. The Journal highlighted Julie’s successful work on behalf of same-sex spouses wrongfully denied spousal pension…
Disability Law United Comments on Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law in North Carolina
Disability Law United attorney Julie Wilensky was quoted in an article in Mother Jones and ProPublica on the far-reaching impact of the so-called “Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act,” North Carolina’s sweeping new anti-LGBT law that mandates discrimination against transgender…
Good Press Regarding the Decoteau Case
Our Decoteau case challenging the lack of outdoor exercise for inmates in solitary confinement at the Colorado State Penitentiary was the focus of an article on clinical legal education in The National Jurist. We love working with Civil Rights Clinic students…
Disability Law United resolves CCRD charge alleging harassment based on sexual orientation and religion.
Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges Reach Agreement College Reaffirms Importance of Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Religion GRAND JUNCTION, CO – Crystal Rea and IntelliTec Colleges have reached an agreement that will continue to ensure that IntelliTec students receive…
Court Grants Final Approval of Hotel Transportation Settlement — Disability Law United v. Ashford Hospitality Trust
On March 22, 2016, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to a class action settlement in Disability Law United et al. v. Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Ashford…
Disability Law Unitedster Julie Wilensky Presents at PELA Brown Bag
Julie Wilensky, Director of Disability Law United’s California office, and Jacob Richards of Keller Rohrback, LLP presented at a brown bag sponsored by Colorado’s Plaintiff Employment Lawyer Association on the subject of Advocating for the Rights of LGBT Employees. The…
Presenting at Access and Ability’s Northern Colorado Leadership Gathering
I got to do one of my favorite things today: teach about disability rights and enforcement to a group of enthusiastic advocates and future disability rights leaders. Under the leadership of Menda Ide, the nonprofit group Access and Ability holds…
In U.S. v. Texas, Disability Law United Joins 325 Civil Rights, Immigration, and Community Groups Urging the Supreme Court to Let Immigration Relief Programs Go Forward
Brief features profiles of families whose lives would improve if immigration directives were allowed to take effect WASHINGTON — A diverse coalition of 326 immigration, civil rights, labor, and social service groups has filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief with the…