[blindlaw] Fwd: Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities

[Aimee Harwood]

Hello listers. I thought you might be interested in this event if you don't already know about it. 

Be well

Aimee

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Aimee

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> From: "Stratton, Michael" <Michael.Stratton at AMERICANBAR.ORG>
> Date: March 2, 2017 at 2:34:25 PM EST
> To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG
> Subject: Re: Access Success: Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities
> Reply-To: "The Disability Discussion Docket (3D)" <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG>, "Stratton, Michael" <Michael.Stratton at AMERICANBAR.ORG>
>  
> ACCESS SUCCESS
> Creating Opportunities for Attorneys with Disabilities
> March 15, 2017 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, 111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago
> Presentation 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Live Demo & Networking Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m.
> Register: www.chicagobar.org/cle | 312-554-2056 | Space is limited
>  
> Access Success is a live kick-off event showcasing attorneys and law students with disabilities and introducing them to law firms and law departments interested in expanding their own networks of able counsel. Access Success will help organizations comply with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by meeting attorneys and law students with disabilities and, through a live CLE, learn about the litigation risks under the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to make their websites accessible to visitors with disabilities.
> At the networking reception, learn more about the Web event and how law firms and law departments can connect with at least ten attorneys or law students with disabilities during the ensuing two-week Access Success online networking fair.
> (subject to approval)
> Legal Background from the Plaintiff and
> Defense Perspective
> Peter J. Gillespie, Of-Counsel, Laner Muchin
> Rachel Weisberg, Staff Attorney, Equip for Equality
>  
> Creating an ADA Compliant Website
> Gyi Tsakalakis, Co-Founder and Director, AttorneySync
>  
> Issues Faced by Attorneys with Disabilities and How to
> Make the Workplace Accessible
> Rachel Arfa, Staff Attorney, Equip for Equality
> Mary Rosenberg, Staff Attorney, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
> Andrew Webb, Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney,
> Equip For Equality
> Moderator:
> Tom Cramer, Cramer Law Chicago, P.C., CBA Young Lawyers Section Special Project Coordinator
> This program
>  
> This program is presented by the
> Young Lawyers Section of The Chicago Bar Association | National Association of Attorneys with Disabilities (NAAD)
> ABA Commission on Disability Rights | ABA Law Practice Division | Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
> Online portion of the event is powered by LexVita.com. | Thank you to aft Stettinius & Hollister LLP for hosting the event.
>  
>  
> Michael J. Stratton
> Program Associate
> Commission on Disability Rights (CDR) - Mail Stop 11.0
> American Bar Association (ABA)
> 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400
> Washington, DC 20036-5303
>  
> T: 202-662-1571
> F: 202-442-3439
> michael.stratton at americanbar.org  
> http://www.americanbar.org/disability