Kara Janssen joined Disability Rights Advocates in 2010 as the John W. Carson / LD Access Fellowship Attorney and is currently a staff attorney. Her fellowship work focused on advancing equal rights and opportunities for people with print disabilities. Mrs. Janssen currently works on issues affecting individuals with all types of disabilities in the areas of transportation, education, emergency preparedness and criminal justice.

Mrs. Janssen received her law degree from the New York University School of Law in 2010 where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar and her B.A. from the University of Arizona in Psychology in 2006. During law school she spent time as a law clerk with The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C., Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley and The Immigration Unit at The Legal Aid Society in New York City.

Mrs. Janssen is admitted to practice in all California Courts, the U.S. District Court of California (Northern and Central Districts) and the U.S. Court of Appeals (Ninth and Second Circuits).