[Cabs] Information on the Jacobus TenBroke Law Symposium
ladyyaraina at pcisys.net
ladyyaraina at pcisys.net
Wed Jan 23 02:31:55 CST 2008
I will be going to the symposium. It would be a great networking and
educational experience for me. For those of you who don't know me, I am
going to UCCS for a bachelors in criminal justice with a Pre-law
minor/pre-professional track. When I get into law school, my emphases
will be criminal law and disability law/advocacy.
A nice tip for anyone else who might want to go, talk with Anahit LaBarre
of LaBarre Travel. She might be able to get you great deals for flights
and such.
If all goes well, I might be able to get flight, hotel, and car rental
between $1000 and $1200. All that needs to be figured out is car rental.
Monika
> 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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