Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Highland Heights)
Contact/ Disability Resource Center
Student Accessibility Services
The mission of Student Accessibility Services is to ensure that otherwise qualified students are provided equal access to academic and co-curricular programs through reasonable accommodations, appropriate to their disability, and student-centered assistance. We seek to empower students with disabilities through self-advocacy and developing independence to the fullest extent possible. Student Accessibility Services strives to increase disability and access awareness amongst all members of the campus community and is committed to the full participation of individuals with disabilities as defined under Federal law.
Northern Kentucky University
Student Union, Suite 303
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Phone: +1 (859) 572-5282
Email: [email protected]
Courses
Education Law
This course provides a survey of law and policy in public and private education. A large part of the class will focus on equal educational opportunity across a wide variety of dimensions. The course will examine issues related to race and ethnicity, national origin, language, gender, and disability as it relates to educational equity. The course will also explore school discipline, freedom of speech/expression, and other issues in the context of student rights under federal law.
Employment Discrimination
This course examines of the basic doctrines protecting individuals from employment discrimination, principally Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, sex, religion, national origin), and also the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and various state statutes.
Student Organization
Disabled Students Association
Will inform and raise awareness of challenges people with disabilities face to become successful lawyers, and helping people with disabilities overcome the challenges of becoming successful lawyers.