[blindLaw] COVID-19 Webinar, Friday, August 7

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In order to serve and provide resources to our Section members, the greater
ABA, and the general public, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social
Justice has developed a
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/events_cle/crsj-covid-19-series/>
multi-part webinar series exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic highlights
critical legal issues of criminal justice, civil rights, human rights, and
economic concerns, to name only a few. In these free non-CLE and (two CLE)
webinars, panelists will address the deepening crisis in our collective
pursuit of advancing law and justice. 

 



 <https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qQfk3jTIT5eFppPpJuFZtw>
COVID-19: Virtual Classrooms and Institutional Barriers

 

Date: Friday, August 7, 2020 

Time: 3:00 p.m. ET - 4:30 p.m. ET

Format:
<https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qQfk3jTIT5eFppPpJuFZtw>
Free non-CLE Webinar 

Joint Sponsors:
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/> ABA
Commission on Disability Rights,  <https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj>
ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice,
<https://ndlsa.org/?fbclid=IwAR0U7Bts8pfuRx2jjnKvFM0kKC3Yzmzx6Yj9TKIVxLfketn
DTY72K4ZmXG0> National Disabled Law Students Association

 

DESCRIPTION:

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed access to classrooms and lectures. This
webinar will examine the pandemic's effect on learning in the law school
environment, focusing on how typical barriers to access for disabled law
students have shifted in the virtual learning environment.

 

Speakers:

*	 <https://ndlsa.org/our-team/> Ellie Cowen - Associate Director of
Outreach, National Disabled Law Students Association (NDLSA); Rising 2L,
Concordia School of Law
*	 <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-wertz-70760177> Jeremy Wertz -
Harvard Law School, Class of 2020
*
<https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-san-francisco-school-of-law/?
trk=public_profile_topcard_school> Maria A. M. Zavaleta - Rising 3L,
University of San Francisco School of Law 

 

Moderator:

*	 <https://ndlsa.org/aj-link/> AJ Link - Co-President, National
Disabled Law Students Association (NDLSA); The George Washington University
Law School, Class of 2020

 

Register HERE:
<https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qQfk3jTIT5eFppPpJuFZtw>
https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qQfk3jTIT5eFppPpJuFZtw

 

The  <http://www.americanbar.org/crsj> Section of Civil Rights and Social
Justice is the only ABA membership entity solely dedicated to the
advancement of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and social
justice. We invite you to become involved with critical legal and public
policy issues by joining one or more
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/committees/> Section committees.
You may want to become part of a committee to learn more about developments
in a particular issue area. Or you may choose to take a more active role by
participating in or organizing specific activities. Whatever your area of
interest or specialization, we have a home for you.  To get involved,
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/membership/> join us here.

 

The  <https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/>
Commission on Disability Rights works to promote the ABA's commitment to
justice and the rule of law for people with mental, physical, and sensory
disabilities, and to promote their full and equal participation in the legal
profession.

 

 

 

 

Denise R. Avant, Esq.

President,

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

773-991-8050

Live the life you want.

 

For more information about NFBI,

Go to www.nfbofillinois.org

 

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