Issue 10: May 2026
How the Legal Language Shapes our Understanding of ‘Disability’ If you search up ‘lawyer’ on Google Images, the first few images that come up are shining, polished stock photographs of …
ISSUE 6: OCTOBER 2025
ISSUE 6: OCTOBER 2025 Accessibility is about more than accommodating disability. It’s about challenging the assumptions that limit people’s potential. True inclusion means seeing beyond what’s visible and recognising that …
Law, Language & Leadership: Turning Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Experience into a Career Asset at Law School and Beyond
Estimated Reading Time: 1-2 Minutes In a profession that’s adapting to the world’s vast and ever-changing spectrum of people and practice, law scholars and practitioners who communicate across cultures don’t …
Legal Volunteering as a First-Year: Why It’s Not Too Early
Estimated Reading Time: 3-4 Minutes 1. Why I Started Volunteering What’s the meaning of life? Does it exist on its own, or do we only create it by searching for …
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ISSUE 5: JUNE 2025
ISSUE 5: JUNE 2025 Accessibility matters now more than ever – it’s about removing barriers, whether physical, digital, or social, so that people with diverse abilities can fully participate in …
ISSUE 4: SEPTEMBER 2024
ISSUE 4: SEPTEMBER 2024 In recent years accessibility has become an increasingly important topic, especially within professional and academic environments. Despite some progress, individuals with disabilities often face barriers that …
ISSUE 1: APRIL 2023
ISSUE 1: APRIL 2023 UTS law student, Sam*, joins us in our first issue of the Diverse-abilities Blog to talk about their experiences identifying with a disability. *The name Sam …
ISSUE 2: SEPTEMBER 2023
ISSUE 2: SEPTEMBER 2023 Hyper-focus on capacity and performance has stigmatised perceptions on how to survive the competitively natured legal industry. This creates a culture which exacerbates ableist and dismissive …
ISSUE 3: OCTOBER 2023
ISSUE 3: OCTOBER 2023 Whilst employers and academic institutions were pressured to employ flexible working/studying arrangements during the pandemic, only some have continued to practice it, with others limiting. Law …
The life of a first-year law student
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes You may be overwhelmed starting law school if you don’t know someone in law school or who recently attended law school. I know I was. …