[blindlaw] tenBroek Law Symposium--Still Time to Register

[Frye, Dan]

List Colleagues:
 
Lou Ann Blake, the tenBroek Law Symposium coordinator on the NFB
national staff, has asked that I post this reminder flyer once again to
members of the blind and visually impaired legal community subscribed to
this list. In addition to everything Lou Ann says in the following
announcement (which is also attached as a Word Document for your
convenience), I am reasonably confident that some accommodations here at
the National Center for the Blind can be made available for our members
and friends who would come except for the additional expense associated
with lodging. If free sleeping accommodations here at the National
Center for the Blind would make your participation more likely, please
contact Lou Ann Blake to discuss arrangements. As stated in the
announcement, other financial concessions associated with the tenBroek
Law Symposium can also be made in certain circumstances. Lou Ann has
assembled a high-caliber array of program presenters, and we want to
make certain that people can benefit from this important symposium. See
the announcement pasted below and attached to this message for further
information:
 
There's Still Time to Register and Reserve Your Room at the Holiday Inn
Inner Harbor

 

For the

 

2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

New Perspectives on Disability Law: Advancing the Right to Live in the
World

 

 

Be sure to let your colleagues and friends know that the deadline to
register for this exciting and powerful symposium is April 10, 2009, and
that the cut-off date for reserving rooms at the Holiday Inn Inner
Harbor has been extended to April 3, 2009.  Don't miss this opportunity
to voice your concerns to Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to President
Obama for Disability Policy, at the 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law
Symposium on April 17th at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.  Mr. Dale will speak on the Obama
administration's policies on disability issues for approximately thirty
minutes followed by a forty-five minute question and answer session.  In
addition to Mr. Dale, the presenters for the 2009 symposium are:

 

*	Maura Healey, Assistant Attorney General and Chief, Office of
Civil Rights, Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
*	Amy Robertson and Timothy Fox, Principals, Fox & Robertson,
P.C.;
*	Gerard Quinn, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland,
Galway;
*	Katherine Guernsey, International Lawyer and Adjunct Professor,
American University School of International Service;
*	Samuel Bagenstos, Visiting Professor of Law, UCLA Law School;
*	Christine Griffin, Commissioner, United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission; and
*	Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt
Institute at Syracuse University.

 

Ari Ne'eman, founding president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network,
will give the luncheon keynote address.

 

To view the full agenda, register online, or download the registration
form to register by mail or fax, visit the symposium Web page at 
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp.  Hotel information may also be
found on the symposium Web page.  The deadline to make room reservations
at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor has been extended to 3:00 pm, April 3,
2009.

 

The registration fee is $150; students may register for $20.  A limited
number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available
to individuals with demonstrated financial need.  Don't miss this
exciting opportunity to interact with leading scholars, government
officials, and advocates and to make your voice heard.  The deadline to
register is April 10, 2009.  

 

Symposium attendees will be provided documentation for CLE credit.
Individuals will be responsible for filing the application for CLE
credit with their state board.

 

The 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium is sponsored by the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the American Bar
Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, the
Maryland Department of Disability, the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties
and Civil Rights, and the Legal Times.

 

For additional information about the symposium, contact:

 

            Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium Coordinator

            National Federation of the Blind

            Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221

            E-mail: lblake at nfb.org

 

I look forward to seeing many of you on April 17, 2009, for the second
annual tenBroek Law Symposium.

 

With Kind Regards, 

 

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Associate Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 
"Voice of the Nation's Blind"
 
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