[blindLaw] Reminder about NABL Annual Meeting

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Hey folks, this is a reminder about our meeting Tuesday afternoon.  I also
wanted to let you know that you can register and pay for the meeting in
advance through our website.  Go to:

 

www.blindlawyers.net <http://www.blindlawyers.net> 

 

If you register etc on line, please either print out your receipt or have it
on your mobile phone to show at our registration desk.  See all of you soon!

 

Scott

 

AGENDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS

2019 ANNUAL MEETING

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Tropics B

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

12:55 p.m. WELCOME AND MEETING LOGISTICS

                    Scott C. LaBarre, President, NABL, Centennial, CO

 

1:00 p.m.   ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES AT THE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS COUNCIL

Leanne M. Shank, Senior Vice President for Legal and Corporate Affairs,
LSAC, Newtown, Pa ; Troy Lowry, Senior  Vice President of Technology
Products and Chief Information Officer/Chief Information Security Officer,
LSAC, Newton Pa; Michele Goldberg,  Manager of Accommodated Testing, LSAC,
Newtown, PA; Boutros AbiChedid,  Accessibility Lead, LSAC, Newton, PA 

 

1:40 p.m.   MAKING MICROSOFT WORD ACCESSIBLE FOR BLIND LAWYERS

Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft, Redmond, WA; Eric
Damery, Vice President Software Product Management, Vispero, Clearwater, FL

 

2:10 p.m.   CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE SHARING ECONOMY

Michael W. Bien, Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, San Francisco, CA;
Timothy R. Elder, TRE Legal, Freemont, CA

 

2:50 p.m.   THE 21ST-CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS & VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT  

Michal Nowicki, Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC, Chicago, IL    

 

3:20 p.m.   SURVEYING PARENTAL RIGHTS LAWS PROTECTING BLIND PARENTS

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices P.C., Centennial, CO; Assemblywoman
Lesley Cohen, Las Vegas, NV

 

3:45 p.m.   LEARN ABOUT THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

David Kladney, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Las Vegas, NV

 

4:00 pm     ELECTIONS AND GENERAL BUSINESS

 

4:10 pm     BREAK TO SET ROOM FOR RECEPTION

 

4:30 to 5:30 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.