Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a non-profit civil rights legal center, seeks applicants for our Wolinsky Fellowship. The purpose of the Wolinsky Fellowship is to enable law school graduates with disabilities to begin a career in public interest law through a 2-year fellowship. This position opening is in DRA’s Berkeley, CA, New York, NY, or Chicago, … Continue reading “Wolinsky Fellow”
New York, NY—July 29, 2026—Today, a coalition of disability rights advocates announced a settlement of the long-running class action lawsuit against the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority regarding elevator outages in the New York subway system. The settlement follows lengthy litigation in both the federal district court and court of appeals regarding what steps the … Continue reading “Settlement in Disability Advocates’ Class Action Over MTA Elevators Includes Major Efforts to Improve Usability of Subway System for People with Disabilities”