[blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

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any movement toward web casting this event?
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From: "Blake, Lou Ann" <LBlake at nfb.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:03 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium


> Don't Miss the Opportunity to hear Assistant Secretary of Education for 
> Civil Rights Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability 
> Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez, and EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum
>
> at the
>
> 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
>
> Bridging the Gap between the Disability Rights Movement and Other Civil 
> Rights Movements
>
> April 14-15, 2011
> at the
> National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
> Baltimore, Maryland
>
> The 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will consist of plenary 
> sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, 
> practitioners, and advocates who will discuss issues such as how to 
> translate what worked for the civil rights movements to the disability 
> rights movement, how the disability community can learn to speak with one 
> voice while respecting and maintaining its diversity, and how to erase the 
> misconception that disability rights is not a civil rights issue.
>
> 2011 plenary session presenters:
>
>
> *   Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education Office 
> for Civil Rights
> *   Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust 
> Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University Moritz College 
> of Law
> *   Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington 
> College of Law
> *   Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil 
> and Human Rights
> *   Scott C. LaBarre, Esquire, LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
> *   Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, Office of 
> Disability Employment Policy
> *   Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
> *   Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian 
> Rights
> *   Larry Paradis, Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocates
> *   Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer (Designate), National 
> Association of the Deaf
> *   Lynn Hecht Schafran, Senior Vice President and Director, National 
> Judicial Education Program, Legal Momentum
>
> 2011 workshop facilitators:
>
>
> *   Mazen Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. 
> Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
> *   Michael W. Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen, Bien & Galvan LLP
> *   Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chair, The Burton Blatt 
> Institute
> *   Ella Callow, Legal Program Director, The National Center for Parents 
> with Disabilities and their Families
> *   Kevin Cremin, Director of Disability and Public Benefits Law, Legal 
> Services NYC
> *   Brian East, Senior Attorney, Advocacy, Inc.
> *   Leslie Ellis, Jury Consultant, TrialGraphix
> *   Donald Freedman, Partner, Rosenberg, Freedman & Goldstein LLP
> *   Douglas Kruse, Director, PhD program in Labor Relations and Human 
> Resources, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
> *   Janet Lord, Senior Partner, BlueLaw International
> *   Laura Rovner, Associate Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm 
> College of Law
> *   Jo Anne Simon, Esquire
> *   Michael Waterstone, J. Howard Ziemann Fellow and Professor of Law, 
> Loyola Law School
>
> The theme keynote speaker will be Commissioner Chai Feldblum, United 
> States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
>
> Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
>
> Registration fee: $175
> Student registration fee: $25
>
> A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be 
> available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.
>
> To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship opportunities, 
> view the agenda, and register online, please visit 
> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp.  You may also download from this 
> Web site a registration form to mail or fax.  Hotel information is also 
> available on the symposium Web site.
>
> For additional information, contact:
>
> Lou Ann Blake, JD
> Law Symposium Coordinator
> Jacobus tenBroek Library
> Jernigan Institute
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 200 East Wells Street
> at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221
> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
>
>
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