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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:52 AM
Subject: 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium


Only 3 Weeks Left to Register!

Registration Deadline is April 7th!

 

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:

 

  a.. Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 
  b.. Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law 
  c.. Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law 
  d.. Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 
  e.. Scott C. LaBarre, Esquire, LaBarre Law Offices P.C. 
  f.. Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy 
  g.. Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind 
  h.. Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights 
  i.. Larry Paradis, Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocates 
  j.. Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer (Designate), National Association of the Deaf 
  k.. Lynn Hecht Schafran, Senior Vice President and Director, National Judicial Education Program, Legal Momentum
 

2011 workshop facilitators:

 

  a.. Mazen Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division 
  b.. Michael W. Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen, Bien & Galvan LLP 
  c.. Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chair, The Burton Blatt Institute 
  d.. Ella Callow, Legal Program Director, The National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families 
  e.. Kevin Cremin, Director of Disability and Public Benefits Law, Legal Services NYC 
  f.. Brian East, Senior Attorney, Advocacy, Inc. 
  g.. Leslie Ellis, Jury Consultant, TrialGraphix 
  h.. Donald Freedman, Partner, Rosenberg, Freedman & Goldstein LLP 
  i.. Douglas Kruse, Director, PhD program in Labor Relations and Human Resources, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations 
  j.. Janet Lord, Senior Partner, BlueLaw International 
  k.. Laura Rovner, Associate Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law 
  l.. Jo Anne Simon, Esquire 
  m.. 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