Certificate in Disability Legal Studies Program

Now there is an opportunity to study disability law at one of America's top law schools. The law exerts a powerful and direct impact on the lives of persons with disabilities. It is estimated that close to 20% of the US population, nearly 54 million people, have a disability, with a dramatic increase in the proportion since 1970. People with disabilities comprise one of the largest, least employed, and most disenfranchised minority groups in society.

In recognition of these needs, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law has created a 15-credit Certificate in Disability Legal Studies Program. This program is available to both students enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh in a non-School of Law graduate program and candidates with an earned Master's degree.

This certificate program is a unique effort to provide legal education to those working in the administration of and provision of services in disabilities programs. Administrators, educators, health practitioners, advocates, social workers, architects, city planners, attorneys, and business leaders, among others, could potentially benefit from the program's instructional content.

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You may email questions about the Certificate in Disability Legal Studies Program to dlcert [at] pitt [dot] edu.

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