[blindLaw] NABL Meeting Today

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Hello NABL:

 

We are just about 60 minutes from the time of this writing from our 2021
meeting.  Yay!  I wanted to give you all of the relevant links in one place.


 

First of all, the direct link to our meeting is:

 

https://zoom.us/j/93586180919 

 

Also, if you are interested in accessing all the materials we have for the
meeting, please go to the following link:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9v1bgut8jxfdrw6/AAATRJ2upWxFGgeqkmLuHeHha?dl=1

 

Please note that we have been updating documents through last evening and
this morning.  So, if you have downloaded documents previously, you may want
to check again.

 

Next, if you need or if you know someone who needs the live captioning link
outside of the Zoom room itself, it is:

 

https://ennis.1capapp.com/event/nfb-e-0695

 

Lastly, if you wish to pay your NABL dues or make a donation to the
organization, please go to NABL's website at:

 

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

 

 

See you in the meeting!!

 

Scott

 

slabarre at labarrelaw.com <mailto:slabarre at labarrelaw.com> 

303 520-3584, Mobile

 

Here's the agenda again:

 

AGENDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS

2021 ANNUAL MEETING

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Anywhere and Everywhere

Zoom Meeting ID:  <https://zoom.us/j/93586180919> 935 8618 0919

 

Note:  All times are Eastern Daylight.

 

 

1:00 PM     WELCOME AND MEETING LOGISTICS

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

 

1:05 PM     THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: WHAT THE ORGANIZED BAR IS DOING
FOR YOU 

Patricia Lee Refo, President, American Bar Association, Phoenix, AZ

 

1:30 PM     AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTING THE MARRAKESH TREATY: 

A PRESENTATION FROM WIPO 

Michelle Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland;
Monica Halil, Head, Accessible Books Consortium, WIPO, Geneva Switzerland

 

2:00 PM     NFB LEGAL PROGRAM LIGHTNING ROUNDS: A BRIEF YET THOROUGH
OVERVIEW OF NFB'S LEGAL ADVOCACY

Scott C. LaBarre, General Counsel, NFB, Centennial, CO; Valerie Yingling,
Legal Program Coordinator, NFB, Baltimore, MD; Timothy R. Elder, Founder,
TRE Legal, Freemont, CA; Albert Elia, TRE Legal, Seattle, WA; Eve L. Hill,
Sharon Krevor Weisbaum, Joseph B. Espo, Jessie Weber, Greg Care, Partners,
Brown, Goldstein and Levy, Baltimore, MD

 

3:15 PM     AN UPDATE FROM THE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS COUNCIL

Leanne Shank, Senior Vice President for Legal and Corporate Affairs, General
Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, LSAC, Newtown, PA; Angela Winfield, Chief
Diversity Officer, LSAC, Newtown, PA 

 

3:30 PM     EXPLORING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE PRACTICE OF LAW

Timothy R. Elder, Second Vice President, NABL, Freemont, CA; Jake Heller,
CEO, Casetext, Palo Alto, CA    

 

3:50 PM     PRACTICE FORWARD: A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ON
THE FUTURE OF LAW PRACTICE DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC

Laura Farber, Co-Chair, ABA Practice Forward Coordinating Group, Pasadena,
CA; William R. Bay, Co-Chair, ABA Practice Forward Coordinating Group, St.
Louis, MO

 

4:20 PM     THOMSON REUTERS NEEDS YOUR HELP

Monica Wegner, Senior Accessibility Specialist, Thomson Reuters,
Minneapolis, MN  

 

4:25 PM     NABL VIRTUAL RECEPTION AND SOCIAL HOUR                 

 

Even though we can't be together in person, let's gather virtually and share
some fellowship.  Sorry no bar or hors d'oeuvres will be provided by NABL
this year, but you can bring your own. 

 

5:00 PM     ADJOURN