Scholarship and Publications on Stress, Mental Health, and Ableism in Law Schools
Sha-Shana Crichton,
Incorporating Social Justice into the 1L Legal Writing Course: A Tool for Empowering Students of Color and of Historically Marginalized Groups and Improving Learning,
24 Mich. J. Race & L. 251 (2019).
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law,
And Now A Word from Our Students . . .,
18 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 103 (2009).
Edward Béchard-Torres,
Feeling Inadequate: Reframing the Mindsets of Legal Education to Promote Mental Health,
44 Man. L.J. 66 (2021).
Brian S. Clarke,
Coming Out in the Classroom: Law Professors, Law Students and Depression,
64 J. Legal Educ. 403 (2015).
*Trigger Warning: Suicide
Jennifer Jolly-Ryan,
Disabilities to Exceptional Abilities: Law Students with Disabilities, Nontraditional Learners, and the Law Teacher As A Learner,
6 Nev. L.J. 116 (2005).
Adeen Postar,
Selective Bibliography Relating to Law Students and Lawyers with Disabilities,
19 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 1237 (2011).
Lilith A. Siegel & Karen Tani,
Disabled Perspectives on Legal Education: Reckoning and Reform,
Journal of Legal Education, 64 (Forthcoming).
Leslie Pickering Francis, Anita Silvers,
No Disability Standpoint Here!: Law School Faculties and the Invisibility Problem,
69 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 499 (2008).
Wendy Larcomb, Ian Malkin, and Pip Nicholson,
Law Students’ Motivations, Expectations and Levels of Psychological Distress: Evidence of Connections,
1 Legal Education Review 22 (2012).
Sallie Moppert,
Tips for success for neurodiverse law students.
ABA Student Lawyer Blog (2021).
*References Loyola Marymount’s Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation, which has media resources and a pipeline guide for students with disabilities.