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[Darian Smith]

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For anyone considering law school, going into a career involving
disability advocacy, or is just interested in disability law, this is
a great event!

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From: "Blake, Lou Ann" <LBlake at nfb.org>
Date: February 11, 2010 4:43:46 PM EST
Subject: 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Hear Assistant Attorney General for
Civil Rights Tom Perez, Former Congressman Tony Coelho, and Other
Leading Disabilities Rights Advocates

at the

2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World

April 15-16, 2010
at the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
Baltimore, Maryland


Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez and former
Congressman Tony Coelho head the list of distinguished law professors,
practitioners, and advocates who will discuss the concepts of equality
and difference as they relate to the disabled in employment,
education, medical treatment, and access to technology.  With an
expanded format to incorporate workshops, the 2010 symposium will
provide more time for discussion, collaboration, and networking.

2010 plenary session presenters:

	• Adrienne Asch, Director, Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University
	• Dan Brock, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical
School
	• Richard Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
	• David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
	• Dan Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
	• Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of People
with Disabilities
	• Leslie Seid Margolis, Managing Attorney, Education Unit, Maryland
Disability Law Center
	• Mark Weber, Vincent dePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University
College of Law

2010 workshop facilitators:

	• Charles Brown, Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind, American
Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
	• Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
	• Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Employment Law Center
	• Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
	• Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law and Director of Clinical
Programs,  American University Washington College of Law
	• Eve Hill, Senior Vice President, Burton Blatt Institute
	• Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
	• Christopher Kuczynski, Esquire, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
	• Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental
Health Law
	• Ruby Moore, Executive Director, Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
	• Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
	• Steven Schwartz, Executive Director, Center for Public Representation

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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