father had hoped that she would move on to graduate school, but he passed away suddenly during her junior year. It was then that she felt a sense of independence, and the idea of law school began to take shape. “I thought: ‘I’ll study corporate law.’” She was accepted at the University
of Connecticut School of Law. Taking notice of the increasing globalization of markets, she initially pursued study in international corporate law. “I didn’t like it,” she says. Another door opened for Duprey,
however, when she began taking a course with Professor Jon Bauer on employment discrimination. “It was the intersection of business,
employment and discrimination, and it seemed like a perfect fit,” she says. “I had tasted discrimination a little bit through my personal life and it seemed like a good use of my background and experience with discrimination. I felt like I could be useful to a variety of
clients in that realm and soon after got an internship at a law firm that special- ized in employment law.” After law school, Duprey took a
position at the firm with which she had interned. However, she says it wasn’t a good fit, so she struck out on her own. It was slow going in the beginning, but her network of friends and clients from her former job helped to build her practice. What was tougher was confronting the struggles of those with disabilities and others facing discrimination. “I watched individuals go through
terrible times because of the lengthy process of adjudicating discrimina- tion claims,” she says. “I saw people who had lost their job and were not in a position to get another job. It takes three to five years to adjudicate these claims, and people have to pay their bills. Tere is only so much a lawyer can do. It was very emotionally draining.”
When she learned about the
opening in New Haven’s disability services department, Duprey saw an opportunity. “I thought my talents would be put
to better use preventing lawsuits than filing them.” In her current position she ensures
that people in the city of New Haven are treated in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Her duties require her to train employees in dealing with citizens who have disabilities and need accommodations; help employees with disabilities get the accommodations; train police on their legal obligations as related to people with disabilities; work with emergency planning to ensure that people with disabilities are handled appropriately; and review new city projects to ensure they consider accommodations for people with disabilities. “Tere’s never a dull moment.”
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