Disability Collective of Osgoode

Sharing on behalf of the UBC Law Disability Alliance, as they don’t have a Twitter account yet: The UBC Law Disability Alliance is making a request on behalf of a BC law student with disabilities who is dealing with a financial crisis. #lawtwitter bit.ly/3SwwDEc

Are you looking to build community, lead tangible change, and advocate for a more accessible and inclusive Osgoode? If this sounds interesting to you, the DCO is looking to fill its 2022-2023 Executive Team. Visit the link in our bio or scan the QR Code and APPLY by June 13!

Osgoode Professors Jeffrey Hewitt and Palma Paciocco were recognized for their collaboration, student focus, care, and innovation at the fourth annual Student Accessibility Services End-of-Year Celebration. | YFile yfile.news.yorku.ca/2022/05/25/stu…

Accessibility isn’t extra steps, it’s steps you’ve missed.

Today, in-person exams begin at @OsgoodeNews and, frankly, it frightens me that the administration is continuing to hold the line that "academic integrity" is a more weighty consideration than our safety and that of our communities #UnsafeAtOsgoode

Admin is saying that we can't do online exams because of "academic integrity" but I'm supposed to trust that everyone filled out their COVID screen honestly despite ENORMOUS incentive to fudge things so they can write their exam...

I'm going to be paying for a cab to take me from downtown to York because of the risks of transit. I'm terrified of catching COVID at my exam and infecting my grandmother who wants to see me for Easter.

Students with disabilities have had to fight tooth and nail for basic accommodations over the past two years. To pile on this added burden, demanding additional labour from them just as they enter their finals is cruel and discriminatory. @LawSocietyLSO

While my main concern with the @LawSocietyLSO’s abrupt licensing exam changes is covid safety, the mandated shift to in-person exams is also really frustrating in that it forces me to completely restart the accommodation process, and means my access needs can’t as easily be met.

See the LSSO's letter to the LSO regarding the recent changes to the Summer 2022 Lawyer Licensing Examinations Read it on our website: bit.ly/LSSOletterReBa… Please continue sharing your concerns about the rescheduling and format changes: bit.ly/BarExamsResche… #lawtwitter

@LawSocietyLSO has shown zero regard for the safety and well-being of students w/ disabilities. The mandate to write in-person while case numbers skyrocket is discriminatory, ablelist, and heartless. Pls read & share the below statement from @ozdisabilityco

Please read our statement our full statement, linked below, and join us in advocating to try to ensure that the needs—and lives—of students with disabilities are not overlooked by the LSO. bit.ly/3NXCZek

We call on the @LawSocietyLSO to revert to the original licensing exam dates and to allow all students to write exams remotely. As disabled students, we are far too familiar with the ableism in the legal profession already, and we hope the LSO will not continue to perpetuate it.

We are extremely concerned about the @LawSocietyLSO’s decision to change the date of the summer licensing exams and to mandate that exams be written in person—and particularly about the impact that these changes will have on students with disabilities.