Professor Doron Dorfman was selected to present his research at the prestigious Harvard/Yale/Stanford
Junior Faculty Forum taking place at Harvard Law School in June 2025. Dorfman is one
of 15 legal scholars from law schools around the country who were selected through
a double-blind selection process to present a scholarly article to faculty members
and guests from Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, and receive feedback on the work. The
forum aims to foster a relationship within American legal academia, particularly by
strengthening ties between new and veteran professors.
Dorfman who is a nationally known expert in the fields of torts, health law, disability law, and employment law will present his article Third-Party Accommodations, which is scheduled to be published in the Michigan Law Review in late 2025. “This article combines all of my fields of study,” said Dorfman. “I apply the concept of privity from torts to disability rights law to explain how the requirement to accommodate a disabled person may extend beyond the covered entity and cover third parties, like co-workers and patrons in a place of public accommodation. In doing so, I use examples from the workplace as well as from medical settings.”
This work, like many of Dorfman’s, may be theoretical and doctrinal in nature but it has immediate real-life implications. This article is aimed to guide and make judges and policy aware of situations where, for example, a person might need others to refrain from wearing scents around them or to mask when being in touch with them, because of that person’s disability. “The definition of what is a reasonable accommodation under disability rights law is broad but is under-theorized. This project aims to add to the understanding of what could be a reasonable accommodation under the law, and it obviously aims to better the lives of people with disabilities. In future work, I am planning to continue this exploration with regard to reasonable accommodations in the religious context as well,” Dorfman added.
Professor Jenny-Brook Condon, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, said about Dorfman’s recent accomplishment: “The Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum is an important and prestigious venue where some of the most innovative new ideas in the law are shared. Professor Dorfman’s article Third Party Accommodations is a perfect choice for this workshop and Seton Hall Law is so proud to see Professor Dorfman’s scholarship receiving the kind of national attention it deserves.”
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