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Article

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

There are new Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for state and local governments, so as employees of the University of Michigan, my colleagues and I have been preparing to meet them for over a year. Recently, I began wondering about the accessibility of websites for law firms in Michigan, so I conducted a brief and informal survey of randomly selected firms based on affiliations listed in the State Bar of Michigan’s ‘Find a Lawyer’ directory. I ran each site through the automated tool offered by AccessibilityChecker.org and found that 100% of the sites I checked were rated as noncompliant with the new web accessibility standards. In addition to that, consider the fact that in Michigan at least 14.5% of the population lives with a disability. Since it’s likely that lawyers will be representing clients in cases related to the inaccessibility of state and government web content, doesn’t it seem reasonable for the websites of the firms representing them to meet those standards as well?

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Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2025, State Bar of Michigan.

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