The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) Board of Directors denounces police brutality and systemic racism against Black individuals and the Black community. We are outraged by the senseless murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and many other victims before them. We mourn all the victims, those whose names we should… Continue reading DHHBA Statement on Police Brutality and Systemic Racism

On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, ten members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) were sworn in and admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.  All members are deaf or hard of hearing attorneys. DHHBA President Rachel Arfa made the motion in American Sign Language (ASL) and Spoken English,… Continue reading Third Group of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Attorneys Sworn into United States Supreme Court Bar

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA) will hold its inaugural DHHBA Conference (DHHBACon) on June 29-30, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. DHHBACon will provide professional development and networking opportunities for deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, and deafblind judges, attorneys, law school graduates, paralegals, law students, and other legal… Continue reading 2020 DHHBA Conference Announcement

Past DHHBA President and current DHHBA member Anat Maytal was recently featured in Boston University School of Law’s alumni magazine, The Record, at http://www.bu.edu/law/2019/05/29/pushing-through, where you can learn about her impressive career accomplishments as well as her role in persuading the United States Supreme Court to allow electronic devices into their courtroom for the first time… Continue reading Past DHHBA President Anat Maytal Featured in Boston University School of Law Alumni Magazine

Carrie Ann Lucas was a valued member of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association, mentoring attorneys and law students, sharing advice, and serving as an incredible role model for the impact that an attorney with a disability can have on the world. Words do not do justice to the powerful disability rights legacy… Continue reading DHHBA remembers member Carrie Ann Lucas

Please welcome our new DHHBA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2019 for a term of two years pursuant to the DHHBA bylaws. The outgoing DHHBA Board of Directors, as its last act, voted to adopt a standard practice used by other nonprofit boards and appoint outgoing DHHBA President Anat Maytal as President Emeritus, an advisory… Continue reading Introducing the new DHHBA Board of Directors

District of Columbia Councilmember Charles Allen, along with three co-sponsors, recently introduced the Open Movie Captioning Requirement Act of 2018 to the Council of the District of Columbia. This legislation would require DC movie theaters to show movies with open captions. Many deaf and hard of hearing individuals have always found open captions – in… Continue reading Legislation Introduced to Require DC Movie Theaters to Show Movies with Open Captions

This last year alone, federal courts in Florida, California, and New York have ruled that employers that provide public accommodations, including Winn-Dixie, Five Guys, and Blick Art Materials, must make their websites accessible to disabled consumers. Despite the fact that 19 percent of the population in the United States (or about 56.7 million Americans) have… Continue reading Is Your Website ADA Compliant?