[Nfbf-l] 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

[Tara Prakash]

2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
"Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World"

April 15-16, 2010
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