[NFBOK-Talk] 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

[Jeannie Massay]

Registration is Now Open for the 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law
Symposium

 

Disability Justice and the Supreme Court:

The Constitution and the Right to Live in the World

 

March 30-March 31, 2017

at the

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute Baltimore, Maryland

 

Join leading disability and civil rights advocates from throughout the
United States to examine the application of the United States Constitution
by the Supreme Court to persons with disabilities and explore strategies to
raise the level of judicial scrutiny so that all may achieve Dr. tenBroek's
vision of equality of opportunity. The

2017 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 barriers to job
application accessibility and potential legal remedies; effective strategies
for achieving digital accessibility and communication access;
criminalization of disability; and the development of a strategy to raise
the level of judicial scrutiny set by Cleburne and Garrett.

 

Presenters will include:

 

*       Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, 

University of Michigan Law School

 

*       Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University 

Washington College of Law

 

*       David Ferleger, Principal, Law Office of David Ferleger

 

*       Leslie Francis, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of 

Utah College of Law

 

*       Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

 

*       Jasmine E. Harris, Acting Professor of Law, University of 

California, Davis, School of Law

 

*       Eve Hill, Disability Rights Attorney

 

*       Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights 

Education and Defense Fund

 

*       Kimberly Mutcherson, Vice Dean, Camden Law School East, 

Rutgers University

 

*       Mark E. Olive, Principal, Mark E. Olive Law Office

 

*       Robert M. Sanger, Senior Partner, Sanger Swysen & Dunkle

 

*       Rebecca Vallas, Managing Director, Poverty to Prosperity 

Program, Center for American Progress

 

   *   Michael Waterstone, Dean, Loyola Law School

 

*       Silvia Yee, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights 

Education and Defense Fund

 

 

 

Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

 

Registration fee: $175 (nonrefundable)

Student registration fee: $25 (nonrefundable)

 

For more information about the symposium, hotel accommodations, and
symposium sponsorship opportunities, please visit
https://nfb.org/law-symposium.

 

You can register online by going to: Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law
Symposium Online Registration. 

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You may also download from the symposium website a registration form to mail
or fax.

 

For additional information, contact:

 

Lou Ann Blake, JD

Deputy Executive Director

Jernigan Institute

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221

Email: lblake at nfb.org <mailto:lblake at nfb.org%3cmailto:lblake at nfb.org>
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who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. 

Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.

 

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