[Blindtlk] NABL BREAKING NEWS REGARDING TENBROEK SYMPOSIUM

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Greetings:

As many of you know, we are conducting the Fourth 
Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium on April 14th and 
15th in Baltimore.  In addition, I am pleased to 
announce that just today Thomson-Reuters agreed 
to help cosponsor this year's Symposium and also 
offer a special session to blind/visually 
impaired attorneys addressing how to manage 
WestLaw and their new product, WestLaw Next, with 
assistive technology.  This special session will 
take place Friday afternoon, April 15th and will 
qualify for CLE credits in most 
jurisdictions.  For those registering for the 
tenBroek Symposium, this extra session along with 
lunch will cost an additional $25.00.  For those 
who wish to attend this session only, the cost is $50.00.

Please contact me at the information below to 
register for the extra session.  I apologize for 
the late announcement, but Thomson-West was not 
able to confirm until today.  In the next few 
days, I will be gathering more details and 
sending them around.  Please feel free to send 
this announcement to all appropriate 
sources.  Please see an announcement regarding 
the Symposium generally below my signature.
Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
President, NABL


Registration Deadline is April 7th!



Don't Miss the Opportunity to hear Assistant 
Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Russlynn 
Ali, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability 
Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez, and EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum



at the



2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium



Bridging the Gap between the Disability Rights 
Movement and Other Civil Rights Movements



April 14-15, 2011

at the

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

Baltimore, Maryland



The 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law 
Symposium will consist of plenary sessions and 
workshops facilitated by distinguished law 
professors, practitioners, and advocates who will 
discuss issues such as how to translate what 
worked for the civil rights movements to the 
disability rights movement, how the disability 
community can learn to speak with one voice while 
respecting and maintaining its diversity, and how 
to erase the misconception that disability rights is not a civil rights issue.



2011 plenary session presenters:


    * Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
    * Ruth Colker, Distinguished University 
Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in 
Constitutional Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
    * Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, 
American University Washington College of Law
    * Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The 
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    * Scott C. LaBarre, Esquire, LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
    * Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary, 
Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
    * Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
    * Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights
    * Larry Paradis, Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocates
    * Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer 
(Designate), National Association of the Deaf
    * Lynn Hecht Schafran, Senior Vice President 
and Director, National Judicial Education Program, Legal Momentum



2011 workshop facilitators:


    * Mazen Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant 
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
    * Michael W. Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen, Bien & Galvan LLP
    * Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chair, The Burton Blatt Institute
    * Ella Callow, Legal Program Director, The 
National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families
    * Kevin Cremin, Director of Disability and 
Public Benefits Law, Legal Services NYC
    * Brian East, Senior Attorney, Advocacy, Inc.
    * Leslie Ellis, Jury Consultant, TrialGraphix
    * Donald Freedman, Partner, Rosenberg, Freedman & Goldstein LLP
    * Douglas Kruse, Director, PhD program in 
Labor Relations and Human Resources, Rutgers 
University School of Management and Labor Relations
    * Janet Lord, Senior Partner, BlueLaw International
    * Laura Rovner, Associate Professor of Law, 
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
    * Jo Anne Simon, Esquire
    * Michael Waterstone, J. Howard Ziemann 
Fellow and Professor of Law, Loyola Law School



The theme keynote speaker will be Commissioner 
Chai Feldblum, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.



Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.



Registration fee: $175

Student registration fee: $25



A limited number of scholarships to cover the 
registration fee will be available to individuals 
with demonstrated financial need.



To learn more about the symposium and symposium 
sponsorship opportunities, view the agenda, and 
register online, please visit 
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp.  You 
may also download from this Web site a 
registration form to mail or fax.  Hotel 
information is also available on the symposium Web site.



For additional information, contact:



Lou Ann Blake, JD

Law Symposium Coordinator

Jacobus tenBroek Library

Jernigan Institute

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street

at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221

E-mail: lblake at nfb.org





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