[blindlaw] FW: [DRBA] Fwd: Program Announcement

[Scott C. Labarre]

fyi

 

From: Disability Rights Bar Association [mailto:DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 5:46 PM
To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [DRBA] Fwd: Program Announcement

 



Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A. 

Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com <mailto:tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com> 

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.


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From: Rachel J Minter <rminter at RJMINTERLAW.COM <mailto:rminter at RJMINTERLAW.COM> >
Date: November 15, 2016 at 5:36:46 PM CST
To: <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG <mailto:3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG> >
Subject: Program Announcement
Reply-To: "The Disability Discussion Docket (3D)" <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG <mailto:3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG> >, <rminter at RJMINTERLAW.COM <mailto:rminter at RJMINTERLAW.COM> >

The New York State Bar Association is presenting a program on “Disabilities in the Legal Profession” on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  The live program will be in NYC, at 1540 Broadway, Suite 1010, but there will be a simultaneous webcast for attendees in other locations.

 

Topics will include:

 

●  Navigating Entry Into the Legal Profession as a Lawyer with a Disability (LWD) – Obtaining Accommodations to take the LSAT and MCBE, such as Using Assistive Technology to Level the Playing Field

 

●  Employment of LWDs - Lack of Reliable Figures about LWDs in Practice; Overcoming Employer Biases and Assumptions; Identifying and Requesting Workplace Accommodation 

 

●  Special Challenges for Lawyers with Mental Health Disabilities

 

●  The Future for LWDs – How to Join and Play a Meaningful Role in the Legal Profession

 

 

Speakers (partial list):

 

Jack Chen, a blind patent attorney at Google (whose existence I learned of on this listserv, thanks) ((https://bol.bna.com/heres-how-googles-blind-lawyer-does-his-job/) and Anat Maytal of Baker Hostetler, President of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (an article about her organization’s group swearing-in at the Supreme Court is at  http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/780450/us-supreme-court-swears-in-a-dozen-deaf-lawyers).  They will discuss their career paths and the technology they use.

 

Elizabeth Grossman (former senior trial attorney at EEOC), of Disability Rights New York and Michael Gilberg, a founding board member of the National Association of Attorneys with Disabilties, will address disclosure issues for LWDs.

 

Eileen Travis, director of the New York City Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance Project,  Sara Liss of Disability Rights New York  and Anupa Iyer, a policy advisor at the EEOC in Washington, will look at mental illness in the legal profession.

 

Rachel Minter, a labor and employment lawyer in private practice in NYC who has represented clients with disabilities for over 20 years, is Program Planning Chair and Moderator.  She developed the concept for the program, designed the agenda and recruited the speakers.  (Me ↑ )

 

4.5 Continuing Legal Education credits are available for attorneys.  See the attached brochure for further information about the program and how to register.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel J. Minter
Law Office of Rachel J. Minter
345 Seventh Avenue, 21st floor
New York, New York 10001

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