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About the Presenter

Laura Rothstein joined the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville as Professor of Law and Dean in 2000 (serving as dean until 2005).  She has written eleven books and dozens of book chapters, articles, and other works on disability discrimination, covering issues ranging from employment and special education to public accommodations and access to health care.  Her major work is in the area of disability issues in higher education, particularly legal education.  She chaired the AALS Special Committee on Disability Issues (1988-1990).  She is past co-chair of the AALS Section on Disability Law, Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education Diversity Committee, a member of a Law School Admissions Council Taskforce on Accommodations on the LSAT, and a member of the AALS Membership Committee.  From 1980 to 1986, she served as Faculty Editor of the Journal of College and University Law, the law journal published by the National Association of College and University Attorneys.

Before coming to the University of Louisville, Professor Rothstein was a Law Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Houston where she served as Associate Dean for Graduate Legal Studies (2004-2005) and Associate Dean for Student Affairs (1987-1993).  Since beginning her academic career in 1976, she has served on the law faculties at five universities.  She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and her doctor of jurisprudence from Georgetown University Law Center.

Contact Information

Laura Rothstein
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky  40292
Phone 502-852-6288
laura.rothstein@louisville.edu