Pepsi Center to Provide Open Captioning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Sports Fans Class action settlement provides for captioning on LED boards at non-concert events. DENVER January 25, 2018 – Kirstin Kurlander and Kroenke Arena Company are pleased to…
Disability Law United calls on AG, DA to approve compensation for Clarence Moses-EL, falsely imprisoned for 28 years.
Clarence Moses-EL was falsely imprisoned for 28 years. After he was released, the former Denver D.A., Mitch Morrissey, decided to retry him. This jury found him not guilty, and he’s now free after losing the best part of his life. …
Disability Law United, Disabled Professional Women File Amicus Brief Supporting Title III Class Actions
When an accessibility barrier at a chain of businesses affects people with similar disabilities in the same way — narrow queue lines at a restaurant; steps at the entrance to a store; parking lots with excessive slope — the most…
2017: Disability Law United’s Year in Review
Here is a quick overview of what Disability Law United has been up to this year. Thanks to everyone who supported us, worked alongside us, made us think, made us laugh, and made us hope. We work hard to be…
Disability Law United, CIVIC File Litigation Hold to Preserve Sexual Assault Records of People in Immigration Detention
For Immediate Release, November 7, 2017 LOS ANGELES, CA – Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) and Disability Law United are putting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on notice over ICE’s…
Disability Law United, Disability Rights Organizations File Cake Amicus!
Disability Law United joined nine other disability rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in support of the gay couple turned away from a Colorado bakery based…
Disability Law United joins advocates in challenging discrimination in California’s Medi-Cal system
The official press release for the Medi-Cal case filing is below: For Immediate Release LOS ANGELES, CA, July 12, 2017 – State officials are violating the civil rights of 13.5 million individuals enrolled in Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for low-income…
Seattle Commits to Ensuring an Accessible City
The official press release from the Seattle curb ramps settlement is below. A copy of the Proposed Consent Decree is also available for review. SEATTLE, WA, July 18, 2017– The City of Seattle has settled a landmark class action lawsuit…
Disability Law United, DU Civil Rights Clinic are Finalists for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year!
We are very excited to announce that a team of lawyers and (then) law students from Disability Law United and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic (CRC) is one of four national finalists for the Trial Lawyer…
Welcome Liz Jordan, our first Disability Law United Fellow!
Welcome, Liz! Disability Law United is very excited to welcome our new Fellow, Elizabeth (Liz) Jordan! Liz is Disability Law United’s first annual Fellow and we are thrilled that she will be utilizing her extensive human rights experience to advance…