[nabs-l] One Week Left to Register for the 2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

[David Andrews]

>
>One Week Left to Register
>to hear
>Rebecca Bond, Newly Appointed Chief of DOJ's Disability Rights 
>Section, and Jonathan Young to Keynote
>
>at the
>
>2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
>
>Push Forward and Push Back: Continuing the Struggle for the Right to 
>Live in the World
>
>April 18-19, 2013
>at the
>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
>Baltimore, Maryland
>
>Don't miss this opportunity to be one of the first to hear Rebecca 
>Bond talk about her plans for DOJ's Disability Rights Section as its 
>new Chief. In addition, 2013 luncheon keynote speaker Jonathan 
>Young, former Chairman of the National Council on Disability and 
>Partner and General Counsel at FOXKISER, will reflect on the 
>continuing struggle by people with disabilities for the right to 
>live in the world.
>
>The 2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will consist of 
>plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law 
>professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics 
>such as: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
>Disabilities, the impact of Olmstead on employment, transitioning 
>from minor to adult in education, the status of Web sites as a place 
>of public accommodation following Target and Netflix, and individual 
>choice in decision making.
>
>2013 Keynote speakers:
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>   *   Rebecca Bond, Chief (designate), U.S. Department of Justice, 
> Disability Rights Section
>   *   Jonathan M. Young, Partner and General Counsel, FOXKISER
>
>2013 plenary session presenters:
>
>
>   *   Curtis L. Decker, Executive Director, National Disability 
> Rights Network
>   *   Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for 
> Experiential Education, and Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic, 
> American University Washington College of Law
>   *   Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate (retired), New York County 
> Surrogate's Court
>   *   Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
>   *   Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor on International 
> Disability Rights, United States Department of State
>   *   Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights 
> Education & Defense Fund
>   *   Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
>   *   Curtis Richards, Director, Centre for Workforce Development, 
> Institute for Educational Leadership
>   *   Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Disability Rights International
>   *   Kathleen L. Wilde, Litigation Director, Disability Rights Oregon
>
>2013 workshop facilitators:
>
>
>   *   Amy L. Allbright, Director, American Bar Association 
> Commission on Disability Rights
>   *   Robert Bruskin, Senior Counsel, Washington Lawyers' Committee 
> for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
>   *   Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
>   *   Tina M. Campanella, Chief Executive Officer, Quality Trust 
> for Individuals with Disabilities
>   *   Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
>   *   David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
>   *   Leslie P. Francis, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and 
> Development, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and Alfred C. Emery 
> Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of 
> Philosophy, University of Utah
>   *   Eden Heilman, Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
>   *   Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the 
> Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, American University 
> Washington College of Law
>   *   Marti Knisley, Director of the National Community Support 
> Initiative, Technical Assistance Collaborative
>   *   Christopher Kuczynski, Assistant Legal Counsel, United States 
> Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
>   *   Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C.
>   *   Bill Lichtenstein, Parent and Journalist, Lichtenstein Creative Media
>   *   Jennifer Mathis, Assistant Legal Director, Bazelon Center for 
> Mental Health Law
>   *   Paula D. Pearlman, Executive Director, Disability Rights Legal Center
>   *   Joseph B. Ryan, Associate Professor and Associate Director of 
> Research and Outreach for the School of Education, Clemson University
>   *   Mehgan Sidhu, General Counsel, National Federation of the Blind
>   *   Daniel T. Vail, Esquire, United States Equal Employment 
> Opportunity Commission
>   *   Mark C. Weber, Vincent DePaul Professor of Law, DePaul 
> University College of Law
>   *   Megan K. Whyte, Director, Fair Housing Project, Washington 
> Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
>
>Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
>
>Registration fee: $175
>Student registration fee: $25
>
>To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship 
>opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit 
>https://nfb.org/law-symposium .  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
>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<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
>
>
>
>Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
>Director of Outreach
>Jernigan Institute
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>200 East Wells Street
>     at Jernigan Place
>Baltimore, MD 21230
>Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
>Fax: (410) 659-5129
>E-mail: lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
>Web site: www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/>
>
>Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination 
>Fund via your phone bill.