[blindlaw] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind to Hold Symposium on Disability Law

[David Andrews]

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>National Federation of the Blind to Hold Symposium on Disability Law
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>Conference Will Celebrate the Work of Blind Disability Law Pioneer
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>Baltimore, Maryland (November 14, 2007): The 
>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan 
>Institute will gather leading scholars and 
>practitioners in the field of disability law at 
>a symposium to be held April 10-11, 2008.  The 
>symposium, "Disability Law: From tenBroek to the 
>Twenty-first Century," will examine the current 
>status of both American and international 
>disability law and will act as a forum in which 
>to discuss future change in the disability law 
>of the United States.  The conference will also 
>explore the life and work of Dr. Jacobus 
>tenBroek (1911-1968), the founder and first 
>president of the National Federation of the 
>Blind.  The Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and 
>Civil Rights will publish the symposium.  Papers will be presented by:
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>q Peter Blanck, University Professor and 
>Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
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>q Robert Burgdorf, Professor of Law, University 
>of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
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>q Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American 
>University, Washington College of Law
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>q Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
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>q Michael Stein, Professor of Law, College of 
>William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
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>Dr. Marc Maurer, an attorney and President of 
>the National Federation of the Blind, said: "Dr. 
>Jacobus tenBroek pioneered the field now known 
>as disability law in his speeches, in his 
>scholarly articles, and through his work as 
>founding president of the National Federation of 
>the Blind.  This symposium will celebrate his 
>life and work; but equally important, 
>participants will discuss how to meet 
>contemporary challenges in disability law and 
>carry Dr. tenBroek's dream of equality for 
>disabled Americans well into the future."
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>Dr. Jacobus tenBroek was a constitutional law 
>scholar, a blind professor at Berkeley, and an 
>author of treatises on the Fourteenth Amendment 
>and social welfare.  Dr. tenBroek created the 
>concept that civil rights should apply to 
>disabled Americans, and he published extensively 
>on the application of the law to those with 
>disabilities.  His efforts to advance civil 
>rights for the blind and others with 
>disabilities included drafting the Model White 
>Cane Law, which has had a profound influence on 
>the development of civil rights laws for the 
>disabled throughout the United States, and 
>publishing authoritative articles like "The 
>Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the 
>Law of Torts," 54 CAL. L. REV. 841 (1966).
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>For more information on the symposium and how to 
>register, visit www.nfb.org.  Seating is limited 
>to three hundred participants.  Documentation 
>for CLE credits will be provided.
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>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>With more than 50,000 members, the National 
>Federation of the Blind is the largest and most 
>influential membership organization of blind 
>people in the United States.   The NFB improves 
>blind people's lives through advocacy, 
>education, research, technology, and programs 
>encouraging independence and 
>self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the 
>blindness field today and the voice of the 
>nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened 
>the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan 
>Institute, the first research and training 
>center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
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>John G. Paré Jr.
>Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>1800 Johnson Street
>Baltimore, Maryland  21230
>Telephone:  (410) 659-9314, ext. 2227
>Cell phone:  (410) 913-3912
>Fax:  (410) 685-5653
>Email:  jpare at nfb.org
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