[blindlaw] Annual Meeting of NABL, Agenda Pasted and Attached

[Scott C. LaBarre]

AGENDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS

2013 ANNUAL MEETING

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Salon 19, Level 2   

Rosen Centre Hotel

Orlando, Florida

 

1:00 p.m.   WELCOME AND MEETING LOGISTICS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Scott LaBarre, Esq., President, NABL, Denver, Colorado

 

1:05 p.m.   THE HATHITRUST CASE:  ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO READ

Daniel F. Goldstein, Esq., Partner, Brown, Goldstein, and Levy, Baltimore,
Maryland; Mehgan Sidhu, Esq., General Counsel, NFB, Baltimore, Maryland

 

2:00 p.m.   TIPS AND TRICKS FOR BLIND LAWYERS: A Panel Discussion

Ronza Othman, Esq., Moderator, First Vice President, NABL, Baltimore,
Maryland

 

PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR BLIND LAWYERS AND READING FLUENTLY ALOUD USING AN
AUDIBLE TELEPROMPTER - AN ALTERNATIVE, ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE

Bruce Gardner, Esq., Senior Counsel, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation,
Phoenix, Arizona

 

USING SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE WITH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT

Timothy R. Elder, Esq., Principal, TRE Legal, Baltimore, Maryland 

 

USING I-DEVICES WITH VOICE OVER TO CONDUCT LEGAL RESEARCH

Patti Chang, Esq., Senior Legal Counsel, City of Chicago Law Department,
Chicago, Illinois

 

USING BOOKSHARE TO CONDUCT LEGAL RESEARCH

Anne Naftel, Bookshare Collection Development Associate, Benetech, 

Palo Alto, California

 

3:00 p.m.   BREAK

 

3:15 p.m.   FINAL VICTORY OVER THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS:
Hearing from the Plaintiffs

Dee Jones, Esq., President, NFB, of Vermont, Middlesex, Vermont; Timothy
Elder, Esq., Second Vice President, NABL, Baltimore, Maryland

 

4:00 p.m.   THE MARRAKESH TREATY TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO PUBLISHED WORKS FOR
PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, OR OTHERWISE PRINT DISABLED

Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder, First Vice President, World Blind Union and
Delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization, First Vice
President, NFB, Vienna, Virginia; Scott C. LaBarre, Esq., Legal Counsel, NFB
and NFB Delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Denver,
Colorado

 

4:45 p.m.   NABL BUSINESS MEETING: ELECTIONS AND DISCUSSION OF FUTURE
PROGRAMS

 

5:00 p.m.   ADJOURN

 

5:00 to 6:30 p.m.  ANNUAL NABL RECEPTION (ticketed event)

Join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as we celebrate the progress of our
organization.  Network and meet your fellow blind attorneys and legal
professionals. Salons 1 and 2, level 2.

 

 

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