Disability Rights Advocates
Jameelah Najieb is a Staff Attorney at Disability Rights Advocates since September 2022, with extensive experience in disability law. Previous roles include Law Clerk in the Health Program at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, where Jameelah drafted appellate briefs and provided legal assistance for various disability claims. As a Teaching Assistant at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Jameelah focused on enhancing legal research skills for first-year law students. Experience also includes a Summer Law Clerk position at Disability Rights California, where Jameelah conducted legal research for disability rights issues and assisted with legal communications. Jameelah's earlier legal experience includes a Litigation Legal Assistant role at Jacoby & Meyers, a JusticeCorp Graduate Fellowship at the Los Angeles Superior Court, and involvement with the Disability Rights Legal Center. Educational qualifications include a J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Government, Sociology, and Disability Studies from UCLA.
Disability Rights Advocates
Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is one of the leading non-profit disability rights legal centers in the nation. For twenty years, its landmark lawsuits have set legal precedents and enforced civil rights for millions of people with disabilities throughout the country. DRA seeks to remedy systemic problems through class action and other high-impact litigation across the nation. Its cases have improved the lives of millions of people with a variety of disabilities.