[Cabs] Information on the Jacobus TenBroke Law Symposium
marty rahn
marty.rahn at juno.com
Tue Jan 22 22:42:46 CST 2008
Hi all,
I thought I'd pass this on to everyone in case there is anyone else who is thinking of attending this symposium in April. Thanks diane for looking this up.
2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century
When: April 10-11, 2008
Where: The National Federation of the Blind
Jernigan Institute
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
"The right of access to public accommodations and common carriers is a civil right. It is a basic right indispensable to participation in the community, a substantive right to which all are fully and equally entitled." Jacobus tenBroek, The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts, 54 CAL. L. REV. 841, 858 (1966).
About the Symposium
Jacobus tenBroek founded the National Federation of the Blind in 1940 and served as its president until his death in 1968. He 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 regarding the variables involved in the application of the law to those with disabilities. That blind and other disabled people have been able to gain a substantial measure of participation in American life is largely due to Dr. TenBroek's thought and energy.
To carry forward the work of Dr. TenBroek in assuring that all citizens may have the opportunity for full participation in the society in which we live, the National Federation of the Blind is hosting the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium. The 2008 symposium 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.
Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
For more information regarding the symposium, view the agenda. You can also download a printable brochure (pdf).
Registration Information
Registration Fee $150.00
Students $20.00
You can pay by check or credit card. Make check payable to National Federation of the Blind. A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.
Please note that we have reserved blocks of rooms at three hotels, but symposium participants are responsible for making their own reservations. Be sure to review the hotel information.
Please return the completed registration form with your check or credit card information to:
Lou Ann Blake
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Or fax the completed registration form with credit card information to 410-659-5129.
Please note: Seating is limited to 300 attendees. Please register early!
The National Federation of the Blind would like to thank the following supporters of the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium:
The NFB would also like to thank our Steering Committee members:
Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium Coordinator, National Federation of the Blind
Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute
Charles Brown, Esquire, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Lovely Dhillon, President and CEO, Law School Consortium Project
Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Daniel Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP
Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, PC
Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind
Kurt Schmoke, Dean, Howard University School of Law
For questions regarding the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
E-mail: lblake at nfb.org
2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century
Agenda
A law symposium offered by the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute with support from the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.
Chairman: Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Honorary Chairman: The Honorable David Tatel, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Thursday, April 10, 2008
6:00 to 8:00 PM Reception
Friday, April 11, 2008
8:00 - 8:45 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 AM Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
9:00 - 10:15 AM Panel I--The State of Disability Law in the United States in 2008:
How Full Is the Glass?
Lead Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American
University Washington College of Law
Commentators:
a.. Mildred Rivera, Esq., U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Washington, D.C.
b.. Laura Rothstein, Professor and Distinguished University
Scholar, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 11:45 AM Panel II--The United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and the Right To Be in the World.
Lead Presenter: Michael Stein, Professor of Law, College of
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Commentators:
a.. Maria Veronica Reina, Director of International Programs, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
b.. Michael Perlin, Professor of Law and Director, International Mental Disability Law Reform Project, New York Law School
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch and Keynote Address
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
1:00 - 2:15 PM Panel III--Looking Past the Definition of Disability:
How Effective Are the ADA's Affirmative Requirements
In Achieving Equality for People with Disabilities?
Lead Presenter: Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown
University Law Center
Commentators:
a.. Daniel Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
b.. Douglas Kruse, Professor of Human Resource Management/Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
2:15 - 2:30 PM Break
2:30 - 3:45 PM Panel IV--Restoring the ADA and Beyond: Disability in the
Twenty-first Century.
Lead Presenter: Robert Burgdorf, Professor of Law, University
Of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Commentators:
a.. John Kemp, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC
b.. Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities
3:45 - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks and Open Session
Lead Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor and
Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
©2008 All Rights Reserved - Copyright 2008 NFB
Marty Rahn
President, Colorado Association of Blind Students
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Colorado (Greeley Chapter)
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Hi all,
I thought I'd pass this on to everyone in case there is anyone else who is thinking of attending this symposium in April. Thanks diane for looking this up.
2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century
file:///C:/images/nfb/nfbji/tenBroek_Portrait.jpg
When
: April 10-11, 2008
Where
: The National Federation of the Blind
Jernigan Institute
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
“The right of access to public accommodations and common carriers is a civil right. It is a basic right indispensable to participation in the community, a substantive right to which all are fully and equally entitled.” Jacobus tenBroek,
The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts
, 54 C
AL
. L. R
EV
. 841, 858 (1966).
About the Symposium
Jacobus tenBroek founded the National Federation of the Blind in 1940 and served as its president until his death in 1968. He 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,
file:///C:/images/nfb/nfbji/tenBroek_desk.jpg
and he published extensively regarding the variables involved in the application of the law to those with disabilities. That blind and other disabled people have been able to gain a substantial measure of participation in American life is largely due to Dr.
TenBroek's
thought and energy.
To carry forward the work of Dr.
TenBroek
in assuring that all citizens may have the opportunity for full participation in the society in which we live, the National Federation of the Blind is hosting the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium. The 2008 symposium 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.
Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
For more information regarding the symposium, view the http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium_agenda.asp?SnID=2075859531 agenda
. You can also download a file:///C:/images/nfb/documents/pdf/Symposium_Brochure.pdf printable brochure (pdf)
.
Registration Information
Registration Fee
$150.00
Students
$20.00
You can pay by check or credit card. Make check payable to
National Federation of the Blind
. A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.
Please note that we have reserved blocks of rooms at three hotels, but symposium participants are responsible for making their own reservations. Be sure to review the http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_sympisium_hotels.asp?SnID=2075859531 hotel information
.
Please return the completed file:///C:/images/nfb/documents/word/symposium_registration.doc registration form
with your check or credit card information to:
Lou Ann Blake
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Or f
ax the completed registration form with credit card information to 410-659-5129.
Please note: Seating is limited to 300 attendees.
Please register
early!
The National Federation of the Blind would like to thank the following supporters of the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium:
http://www.abanet.org/disability/ file:///C:/images/nfb/nfbji/symposium_ABA.jpg
http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tjclcr/ file:///C:/images/nfb/nfbji/symposium_texasjournal.jpg
The NFB would also like to thank our Steering Committee members:
Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium Coordinator, National Federation of the Blind
Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute
Charles Brown, Esquire, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Lovely Dhillon, President and CEO, Law School Consortium Project
Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Daniel Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP
Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, PC
Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind
Kurt Schmoke, Dean, Howard University School of Law
For questions regarding the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
E-mail: mailto:lblake at nfb.org lblake at nfb.org
2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century
Agenda
A law symposium offered by the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute with support from the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.
Chairman: Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Honorary Chairman: The Honorable David Tatel, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Thursday, April 10, 2008
6:00 to 8:00 PM Reception
Friday, April 11, 2008
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
9:00 – 10:15 AM
Panel I--The State of Disability Law in the United States in 2008:
How Full Is the Glass?
Lead Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American
University Washington College of Law
Commentators:
Mildred Rivera, Esq., U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Washington, D.C.
Laura Rothstein, Professor and Distinguished University
Scholar, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
10:15 – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM
Panel II--The United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and the Right To Be in the World.
Lead Presenter: Michael Stein, Professor of Law, College of
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Commentators:
Maria Veronica Reina, Director of International Programs, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Michael Perlin, Professor of Law and Director, International Mental Disability Law Reform Project, New York Law School
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Lunch and Keynote Address
Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
1:00 – 2:15 PM
Panel III--Looking Past the Definition of Disability:
How Effective Are the ADA's Affirmative Requirements
In
Achieving Equality for People with Disabilities?
Lead Presenter: Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown
University Law Center
Commentators:
Daniel Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Douglas Kruse, Professor of Human Resource Management/Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 – 3:45 PM
Panel IV--Restoring the ADA and Beyond: Disability in the
Twenty-first Century.
Lead Presenter: Robert Burgdorf, Professor of Law, University
Of
the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Commentators:
John Kemp, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC
Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities
3:45 – 5:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Open Session
Lead Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor and
Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
©2008 All Rights Reserved - Copyright 2008 NFB
Marty Rahn
President, Colorado Association of Blind Students
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Colorado (Greeley Chapter)
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