[blindlaw] FW: Nominate Now for ABA Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights

[Nightingale, Noel]

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From: Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law [mailto:cmpdl at abanet.org]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:00 AM
To: Nightingale, Noel
Subject: Nominate Now for ABA Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights


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Nominate Now for ABA Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights!


The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law is pleased to present the Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights. Each year, an award is presented to an individual who or an organization that has performed exemplary service in furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities. The award will be presented at the ABA's 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. There is a $1,000 honorarium for the winner.

However, time is running out. Nominations<http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=zpqri74vj_3-cbbfx3f065x14886&> must be postmarked or e-mailed by April 1, 2010.

This award, created in 1999, honors the work of Paul G. Hearne, a lawyer whose connective tissue disorder limited his growth to less than four feet and restricted his movement. Nonetheless, he moved mountains. Mr. Hearne's mark on the disability rights movement, especially from a legal perspective, was tremendous. Learn more about the award<http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=zpqri74vj_3-cbbfx3f364x14886&>.

For questions, contact:
William J. Phelan, IV, Esq.
202-662-1576
phelanw at staff.abanet.org<mailto:phelanw at staff.abanet.org>


Past Recipient

[http://www.abanet.org/disability/images/center.jpg]<http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=zpqri74vj_3-cbbfx3f365x14886&>The 2009 Award was given to Claudia B. Center<http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=zpqri74vj_3-cbbfx3f365x14886&>, a Senior Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center in San Francisco, California. Her efforts have contributed greatly to the advancement of legal rights for persons with disabilities.

She has been directly involved in several landmark cases, including U.S. Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, in which she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that there should be no presumption under the Americans with Disabilities Act that reasonable accommodation requests that may interfere with the seniority rights of other workers constitute an undue burden.

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