This toolkit assists clinical supervisors in supporting law students with disabilities so that students with disabilities can best advocate for their clients and thrive in clinical learning settings. The toolkit provides supervisors with ideas, suggestions, and best practices.

We created this toolkit because many disabled law students have had negative experiences within the clinical setting and are unable to achieve their full potential. Disabled students may have varying access needs that are not currently met. The hope is that this guide will provide clinical professors and supervisors with guidance about what those needs might be, prevent any possible breakdowns in communication, establish expectations and guidelines as to helpful processes, and help clinical professors and supervisors understand why it is so important to incorporate a goal of universal design and access in clinical pedagogy.

For questions about toolkit content or how to apply it, please contact info@ndlsa.org.