Pro Bono Opportunities
If you or your office have the ability to volunteer pro bono attorney hours in one of DRLC’s cases or investigations, we encourage you to contact Ms. Sylvia Torres-Guillén, DRLC’s [...]
PRESS RELEASE: $400,000 Settlement with Major University Resolves Six-Year Legal Battle for Medical Student Denied Accommodations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 19, 2022 CONTACTChristopher Knauf, Esq., Disability Rights Legal Center(213) 736-1031 x1195; ck@drlcenter.org Los Angeles, California – Late Tuesday, the [...]
DRLC Secures Bevy of Compensatory Assessments and Services for High School Student with Disabilities
DRLC has secured a special education settlement on behalf of a young Victorville man with disabilities who does not speak, and who had never been assessed for assistive technology nor received [...]
DRLC Settles Higher Education Case on Behalf of Graduate Student with Psychiatric Disability
Via a pre-litigation demand letter, DRLC has secured an agreement with a major university on behalf of a graduate social work student who had been well on her way to completing her degree when [...]
DRLC Files Appeal of DCFS Special Education Case
K.M. has been in foster care for most of her life. Like many children with multiple disabilities, she has bounced between homes and school districts, lacking the necessary supports, personnel, [...]
DRLC Files Expedited Special Education Due Process Case
A young man with disabilities who resides in Victorville and does not speak, has never been assessed for assistive technology, and has not received any meaningful education in two years, has [...]
DRLC Settles Access Claims Against Bus Company
A man who uses a wheelchair utilized an online service to affordably travel by bus to visit family and friends in San Diego and other cities. On various occasions, however, our client encountered [...]
Chargers GM Tom Telesco, Nike VP Jarvis Sam, Princess Sarah Culberson and others to appear at inclusive LA football & cheer camp this weekend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (10 February 2022) – With the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, the Matthew Foundation welcomes people of all ages and abilities to Super [...]