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36 San Diego L. Rev. 137 (1999)
Practice Makes Perfct: Reasonable Accommodation of Law Students with Disabilities in Clinical Placements

handle is hein.journals/sanlr36 and id is 143 raw text is: Practice Makes Perfect: Reasonable Accommodation of Law Students with Disabilities in Clinical Placements SANDE L. BUHAI* Clinical legal education provides exceptional benefits to law students.' It is one of the best ways that law students can begin to: (1) identify which type of law they wish to practice, (2) make connections in the legal field to foster future employment opportunities, (3) develop mentoring relationships, (4) learn many important skills, and (5) learn professional responsibility and competence. These benefits directly translate into increased opportunities for successful employment upon graduation.2 These benefits are especially relevant to law students with disabilities, because, although there has been some improvement in the employment of lawyers with disabilities over the past few years, they still suffer from significant discrimination.3 Law schools must allow and should * Clinical Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. The author expresses her appreciation for the excellent support provided by Loyola Law School. Also, she wishes to acknowledge the superb work of the following law students: David Arthur, Alissa Greenwalt, Lynn Harris, Samantha Hoffman and Kim Morton. 1. See generally TASK FORCE ON LAW SCHOOLS AND THE PROFESSION: NARROWING THE GAP, AmER. BAR ASS'N SEC. OF LEGAL EDUC. AND ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR, LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT-AN EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM 233-38 (1992). 2. See id. at 234-35. 3. See Paul Steven Miller, Coming Up Short: Employment Discrimination Against Little People, 22 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REv. 231 (1987); Amy Virshup, The Endless Trial of Joe Gibney, VILLAGE VOICE, Aug. 7, 1990, at 33.

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