[blindlaw] 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

[Blake, Lou Ann]

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
<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