IDAP Interview Series: Interview I with Justice Zak Mohammed Yacoob
IDIA in Braille The IDIA Disability Access Programme (IDAP) was launched in January this year. As part of the programme, we’ve initiated a series of interviews with leading legal luminaries who are disabled (including lawyers, law professors and judges). The interviews aim to solicit actionable insights from these luminaries on the strategies adopted by them […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview II with Judge David S Tatel
The second interview for the IDIA Disability Access Programme (IDAP) Interview Series is with the distinguished Judge David S Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, often referred to as the second most important court in the United States of America. Judge Tatel was nominated to the bench in 1994 […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview III with Shweta Bansal
The third interview in the IDAP interview series features Shweta Bansal, an accomplished lawyer at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, whose appointment to the Indian Foreign Service was recently cleared by the Delhi High Court. Shweta, who sustained a spinal injury in a car accident when she was 6 which left her orthopedically disabled, pursued her schooling […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview IV with Haben Girma
The fourth interview in the IDAP interview series features Haben Girma, the first deafblind student to graduate from the prestigious Harvard Law School. Haben has been recognized as a White House “Champion of Change” by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. She has also been recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview V with Jack Chen
Our next interview in the IDAP interview series features Jack Chen, a highly accomplished patent attorney who works at Google in New York City. Despite being completely blind for the last 25 years, Jack has scaled many peaks in his academic and professional life, having obtained degrees in computer science and law from Harvard University, […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview VI with Richard Chen
Readers may recall our interview with Jack Chen, a highly accomplished patent attorney at Google. This interview features his older brother, Richard Chen, who also happens to be blind. Richard and Jack, despite having the odds stacked against them, have had extremely successful careers. Their interviews stand testament to the fact that with the right […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview VII with David Lepofsky
Our next interview in the IDAP interview series features David Lepofsky, a highly distinguished Canadian lawyer who happens to be blind. Born in 1957, David graduated from the Osgoode Hall Law School with honours in 1979 and obtained a Masters of Law from the highly prestigious Harvard Law School in 1982. Thereafter, up to 2015, […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview VIII with Senior Advocate SK Rungta
We began this interview series with the principal objective of curating insights from lawyers with disabilities who can serve as ‘waypavers’ and ‘pathmarkers’ for law students and young lawyers with disabilities, in India and beyond. It would be no exaggeration to state that few people fit that description better than our next interviewee, Senior Advocate […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview IX with Rajesh Asudani
In this IDAP interview, we interview Rajesh Asudani. Born into a family with four blind siblings and limited means, Asudani has displayed immense grit and determination throughout his life to beat the odds against him. Despite having an academic record par excellence in his law college and many awards and honors to his name, Asudani began […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview X with Nirmita Narasimhan
Our next interview in this series features Nirmita Narasimhan, a Policy Director with the Centre for Internet and Society. Nirmita did her LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 2002. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in German and a Ph.D. in Music. As a part of CIS she has done extensive work on […]