What We’re Working On
Disabling Barriers Scotland is a Not for Profit Group with a focus on assisting aspiring solicitors with a disability to gain access to the legal sector, remove obstacles faced by lawyers with disabilities throughout their legal careers, and celebrate the successful careers of lawyers with disabilities.
Create an Online Portal
Through sponsorship generated by our founding members we have been able to develop software that will enable us to interact with our community in a much better way ! Through UnionCloud we have created membership software that will enable us to post events, hear from our community, oversee our mentoring program and publish our career development opportunities.
Providing Advice & Advocacy
Our campaign regarding internet connectivity at Glasgow Sheriff Court received backing from the Law Society of Scotland. We continue to push for this resolution despite promises from the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service. This prevents solicitors from being able to use assistive technology.
We welcome you to raise an issue to us either confidentially or through email. We will always uphold the confidentiality of any referrals unless agreed otherwise.
Raising Awareness
We have partnered with Autistic Flair to raise awareness of disability within the Scottish legal profession. Through our partnership we will grow our online community and raise the profile of disability inclusion in our profession.
Hosting Insight Events
To date we hosted several insight events discussing neurodiversity and disability within the workplace. We have co-hosted events with LawCare, SYLA, Law Society of Scotland and the Society of Advocates. We will continue to host insight events and have several planned with our founding members.
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