Kat Macfarlane
@KatAMacfarlane
Professor of procedure & civil rights putting the reasonable back into accommodations. Gal from Kalamazoo/Toronto/Rome. https://www.katmacfarlane.com/press-1
My latest paper, Disability Without Documentation, is available on SSRN. It examines reasonable accommodations in the workplace, and how the interactive process requires medical documentation to prove disability. I argue against this practice. A thread. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
As good a time as any to remind folks--I'm on the entry level law professor job market this cycle. My job talk paper titled "The Unconstitutionality of Trans Healthcare Restrictions" is available via SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Did a thing today. A true honor to represent Prof Cheryl Butler in her case against SMU Law and her former coworkers today at the Texas Supreme Court.
I spot @SUCollegeofLaw 2L Kaitlin Sommer front and center. Kaitlin repped us at this year’s conference! She has a tremendous background in government service and advocacy and is a rising star.
We had an incredible time this past weekend at our Leadership Academy Intensive at Harvard! And there's more to come: our next Intensive is on March 21-22 at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, IL. Apply now: buff.ly/3XYMuiK
There are aspects of Twitter I will miss and understanding this is one of them.
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Hot off the presses from the @IowaLawReview, my article Innovating Accessible Health Care! It deals with disability rights, health care, and innovation police. Read it here: ilr.law.uiowa.edu/volume-110-iss….
Maybe Liam will run the Dept of Ed next.
Massive announcement incoming
Finally got to meet my buddy Alice in person! Her work is brilliant.
Presentations in Disability Law today examined how illiteracy might be covered by the ADA, how sanism influences guardianship, the (missing) law of ESAs, accommodations available to incarcerated people, and an examination of inaccessible jury boxes here in Syracuse courtrooms.
AMAZING NEWS: A bill passed in NYC today. Tenants no longer have to pay brokers’ fees when the landlord hires the broker (the landlord will pay it). This is monumental. Some of those brokers were charging up to $20k!
Holy shit we won! 42/51 votes let’s go!!
Feigning innocence
Someone did naughty things in the basement. Again.
Today in Disability Law presentations focused on the paralympics’ documentation standards, voter suppression, what animates disability resentment, Syracuse bus system access barriers, and how to respond to direct threat claims lobbed at service animals. Another wonderful day.
For our next #MemberMonday, meet Secretary @JordanRBerger (she/her)! Jordan is a disabled lawyer based in Seattle, Washington. She is a co-founder for both @NatDLSA and NDLPA. As a 2020 graduate of NYU Law, Jordan was part of the first group taking the remote (1/3)
My grandparents. CRAF pilot, British Wren. Met at the end of WWII. She lived in Canada for the rest of her life.
Pedro Zamora died 30 years ago today. I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile, and I had hoped/assumed it would be a little more “celebratory.” Despite losing him, I was assuming that we were entering a time of greater hope.
Protecting me and the home office from our bite-sized mortal enemy dog
I support vaccines but also resolutely on the side of the monkeys right now
43 monkeys that were being used for vaccine development escaped from a lab in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday and are currently on the loose. This video, taken near the facility on Wednesday afternoon, appears to show shadowy figures moving through the woods. CBS News could…
Presentations are under way in Disability Law. We heard about guardianship & voting, protections for Deaf people interacting with the police, employment discrimination, and issues surrounding accommodations and alcohol use on RHONY. Proud of my students. vanityfair.com/hollywood/real…
