Ethics Session
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Symposium: All About Accommodations
- Categories:
- Employment Law | Employment Discrimination Law
- Speaker:
- Alex Long
- Duration:
- 32 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 22, 2024
- Product Type:
- On Demand - Also available: On Demand 4
- License:
- Access for 365 day(s) after purchase.
Tags: Health Human Rights Law
Description
This presentation will focus on the application of Model Rule 8.4(g) to disability discrimination, most notably discrimination in the form of the failure to provide reasonable accommodations, and how this requirement may serve both deterrent and educational functions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Attendees will understand the various ways individuals with disabilities confront bias in relation to the legal system.
2. Attendees will understand how Model Rule 8.4(g) and state equivalents apply to discrimination on the basis of disability.
3. Attendees will understand how discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act in the form of the failure to provide reasonable accommodations may violate Model Rule 8.4(g) and state equivalents.
Speaker:
Alex Long: Ethics: ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and the ADA’s Reasonable Accommodation
Requirement
Speaker
Alex Long Related Seminars and Products
Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law
The University of Tenneessee, Knoxville College of Law
Professor Alex Long is the Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law where he teaches Disability Law, Torts, Professional Responsibility, and Employment Law. Professor Long came to the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2007 after teaching at the Oklahoma City University School of Law for five years. He served as associate dean for academic affairs at Tennessee from 2014 – 2018. His scholarship in this area has been published in numerous journals, including the Northwestern Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, and Emory Law Journal. He is also the co-author of casebooks on Torts, Advanced Torts, and Professional Responsibility. Professor Long is currently visiting at Washington & Lee University during the spring semester.