[blindlaw] One Week Left to Register for the 2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Blake, Lou Ann LBlake at nfb.org
Mon Apr 8 21:19:26 UTC 2013


One Week Left to Register
to hear
Rebecca Bond, Newly Appointed Chief of DOJ's Disability Rights Section, and Jonathan Young to Keynote

at the

2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Push Forward and Push Back: Continuing the Struggle for the Right to Live in the World

April 18-19, 2013
at the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

Don't miss this opportunity to be one of the first to hear Rebecca Bond talk about her plans for DOJ's Disability Rights Section as its new Chief. In addition, 2013 luncheon keynote speaker Jonathan Young, former Chairman of the National Council on Disability and Partner and General Counsel at FOXKISER, will reflect on the continuing struggle by people with disabilities for the right to live in the world.

The 2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will consist of plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such as: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the impact of Olmstead on employment, transitioning from minor to adult in education, the status of Web sites as a place of public accommodation following Target and Netflix, and individual choice in decision making.

2013 Keynote speakers:

  *   Rebecca Bond, Chief (designate), U.S. Department of Justice, Disability Rights Section
  *   Jonathan M. Young, Partner and General Counsel, FOXKISER

2013 plenary session presenters:


  *   Curtis L. Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
  *   Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Experiential Education, and Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
  *   Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate (retired), New York County Surrogate's Court
  *   Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
  *   Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, United States Department of State
  *   Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
  *   Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
  *   Curtis Richards, Director, Centre for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership
  *   Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Disability Rights International
  *   Kathleen L. Wilde, Litigation Director, Disability Rights Oregon

2013 workshop facilitators:


  *   Amy L. Allbright, Director, American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights
  *   Robert Bruskin, Senior Counsel, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
  *   Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  *   Tina M. Campanella, Chief Executive Officer, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
  *   Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
  *   David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
  *   Leslie P. Francis, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and Alfred C. Emery Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
  *   Eden Heilman, Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
  *   Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
  *   Marti Knisley, Director of the National Community Support Initiative, Technical Assistance Collaborative
  *   Christopher Kuczynski, Assistant Legal Counsel, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  *   Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C.
  *   Bill Lichtenstein, Parent and Journalist, Lichtenstein Creative Media
  *   Jennifer Mathis, Assistant Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  *   Paula D. Pearlman, Executive Director, Disability Rights Legal Center
  *   Joseph B. Ryan, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Research and Outreach for the School of Education, Clemson University
  *   Mehgan Sidhu, General Counsel, National Federation of the Blind
  *   Daniel T. Vail, Esquire, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  *   Mark C. Weber, Vincent DePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
  *   Megan K. Whyte, Director, Fair Housing Project, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

Registration fee: $175
Student registration fee: $25

To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit https://nfb.org/law-symposium .  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
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>



Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
Director of Outreach
Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street
    at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
Fax: (410) 659-5129
E-mail: lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
Web site: www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/>

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