Latest News & Events @ DRLC
- Federal Judge Orders School District to Pay Attorneys' Fees in Special Education Due Process Hearing
- Save the Date: Disability Mentoring Day- October 15, 2008
- New Job Openings
- Take the Health Care Access Survey!
- Spotlight on Volunteer Attorney - Tim Lykowski of Fox Group Legal
- Class Action Settlement with California State University San Bernardino
- Notice of Class Action Settlements with San Bernardino County, Riverside County, CHP and CalTrans Regarding TTYs/TDDs on Roadside Call Boxes
- Edison International, Respect-ABILITY Coalition Continue to Foster Inclusion
- DRLC Sues San Bernardino County Courthouses
- Class Action Settlement for Juveniles in San Bernardino Probation System
- Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Hospital Settlement
- Class Action Settlement with LA Sheriff's Department
Welcome to the Disability Rights Legal Center!
The Mission of the Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC), is to promote the rights of people with disabilities and the public interest in and awareness of those rights by providing legal and related services. We are located on the campus of Loyola Law School in Downtown Los Angeles and work with Loyola Law students in all of our programs. DRLC History
DRLC Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Los Angeles County Jails
The DRLC, ACLU, Heller Ehrman LLP and Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County alleging systemic civil rights violations against people with disabilities in Los Angeles County Jails. The suit alleges that there are widespread and pervasive violations related to classification, housing, access to programs and services, accommodations, medical services, and physical access barriers within the Los Angeles County Jail system for people with disabilities. Read complaint Click here to read the Los Angeles Times story on this case.
Preliminary Injunction Issued in Case Against Alexandria Hotel
Low-income tenants of the century-old Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, who have suffered from unlawful displacement, as well as shutoffs of heat, water and elevator service, won a preliminary injunction that requires the City of Los Angeles and the Community Redevelopment Agency to provide relocation assistance to the tenants of the hotel, including those individuals who were evicted over the course of the last year. The ruling also requires Alexandria Housing Partners, defendants named in the lawsuit, to provide habitable living conditions for all tenants, and reasonable accommodations to tenants with disabilities. DRLC co-counsels this matter with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and McDermott Will & Emery. Read order Click here to read the Los Angeles Times story on this case.
Position Announcement: Deputy Director (Attorney)
The Disability Rights Legal Center seeks an attorney for the Deputy Director position as part of the senior management team, working directly with the Executive Director, Director of Administration and Director of Development, and with energetic and talented lawyers, advocates and students. Immediate Opening. Click here for full position description