Each academic year, the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) will provide stipends for up to five members of the Syracuse University community selected from different colleges and nominated by their respective SU deans to be Burton Blatt Fellows.
This summer internship program provides students, who are in their first or second year of law school, with a highly structured opportunity to learn first hand about the public policy making process from a disability perspective and be engaged in research and writing on statutory and regulatory issues impacting persons with disabilities and their families.
The archival Collections and Personal Papers of Burton Blatt cover the professional portion of Blatt's life as teacher, administrator and advocate for the disabled, but also shed light into Blatt as an individual. The collection consists of 127 boxes – approximately 50 cubic feet. Researchers interested in the Burton Blatt Papers should mention the collection's Accession Number (4281) when contacting the Syracuse University Archives. Please note that the collection is housed off-site and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room.
Each month Syracuse University College of Law distinguished alumni and faculty engage participants on topics of discovery, critical thinking, strategy, and controversy relating to law in an ever changing world. This program offers alumni and members of the NYC legal community a forum for the exploration of topics of law that impact society and help shape the law.
The Burton Blatt Institute offers Innovation Grants of $5,000 to support and stimulate innovative thinking, research, design, entrepreneurship, and community development addressing disability, broadly defined to include law, policy, arts, education, social sciences, architecture, health, technology, liberal arts, community service, and other areas.
The second Annual Summer School on Disability Discrimination law will take place in the National University of Ireland, Galway, from June 6-16, 2006.
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