[blindlaw] NABL Annual Meeting 2017

[Scott C. Labarre]

Greetings Everyone:

 

Attached and pasted below is the Agenda for this year's Annual Meeting
taking place at the NFB Convention next week.  If you are going to be there,
please do attend.  Dues for NABL are $25 a year and include the registration
for this meeting.  Dues for studetns are $5 and include your registration
fee for the meeting.  If you wish the CLE materials and certificate, it is
an additional $20 for a total of $45.  Those paying dues will receive a
ticket for the reception following our meeting.  I look forward to seeing
many of you in Orlando.

 

Best,

Scott

 

 

 

AGENDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS

2017 ANNUAL MEETING

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Panzacola Ballroom H-3, Level 1   

Rosen Shingle Creek 

Orlando, Florida

 

12:55 pm   WELCOME AND MEETING LOGISTICS

         Scott C. LaBarre, President, NABL, Denver, Colorado

 

1:00 pm     ADVANCING DISABILITY RIGHTS IN THE SOUTHEAST

Matthew W. Dietz, Litigation Director and President, Disability Independence
Group Inc., Miami, Florida 

 

1:30 pm     PRACTICING LAW EFFECTIVELY AS A BLIND LAWYER: FROM HIGH 

TECH TO LOW TECH

Patti S. Chang, Board Member, NABL, Director of Outreach, NFB, Chicago,
Illinois; Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq., Staff Attorney, Disability Rights
Project, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs,
Washington, DC; Tai Thomasi, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Iowa, Des
Moines, Iowa

 

2:05 pm     AN UPDATE FROM WESTLAW

Anne Naber, Accessibility Specialist, Legal Division, Thomson Reuters,
Eagan, Minnesota

 

2:15 pm     TRANSFORMING OUR RIGHTS INTO REALITY: AN NFB LITIGATION UPDATE

Mark Riccobono, President, NFB, Baltimore, Maryland; 

Mark Maurer, Immediate Past President, Director of Legal Programs, NFB,
Baltimore, Maryland; Valerie Yingling, Legal Program Coordinator, NFB,
Baltimore, Maryland; Eve Hill, Partner, Brown, Goldstein and Levy,
Baltimore, Maryland

 

3:15 pm     BREAK

 

3:25 pm     DEFENDING WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES AND PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS:
A PANEL DISCUSSION PROVIDING A SENECA CASE UPDATE 

AND FEATURING PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE 

Marc Maurer, Director Legal Programs, NFB, Baltimore, Maryland; Rebecca
Babarsky, Staff Attorney, Disability rights Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; Joe
Magers, Pam Steward, Mark Felton, Workers at Seneca, Fostoria, Ohio

 

4:05 pm     31 YEARS OF REPRESENTING THE NFB - GOOD, BETTER AND BEST

Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein and Levy, Baltimore, Maryland

 

4:35 pm     MARRAKESH TREATY ENTERING INTO FORCE: A GLOBAL UPDATE

Scott LaBarre, NFB Delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization,
Board Member, Accessible Books Consortium, Denver, Colorado

 

4:50 pm     NABL BUSINESS MEETING AND ELECTIONS

 

5:00 p.m.   ADJOURN TO RECEPTION

 

5:00 to 6:30 p.m.  ANNUAL NABL RECEPTION (ticketed event)

   Join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as we celebrate the    

   progress of our organization.  Network and meet your fellow 

   blind attorneys and legal professionals. 

   Panzacola Ballroom H-2, Level 1

 

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