[Nfbnet-members-list] Registration for the 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium is Now Open!

[Blake, Lou Ann via BlindLaw]

Registration is Now Open!

for the

2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Disability Justice and the Supreme Court:
The Constitution and the Right to Live in the World

March 30-March 31, 2017
at the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

Join leading disability and civil rights advocates from throughout 
the United States to examine the application of the United States 
Constitution by the Supreme Court to persons with disabilities and 
explore strategies to raise the level of judicial scrutiny so that 
all may achieve Dr. tenBroek's vision of equality of opportunity. The 
2017 Jacobus tenBroek Disability law Symposium will consist of 
plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law 
professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such 
as barriers to job application accessibility and potential legal 
remedies; effective strategies for achieving digital accessibility 
and communication access; criminalization of disability; and the 
development of a strategy to raise the level of judicial scrutiny set 
by Cleburne and Garrett.
Presenters will include:


*       Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, 
University of Michigan Law School


*       Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University 
Washington College of Law



*       David Ferleger, Principal, Law Office of David Ferleger



*       Leslie Francis, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of 
Utah College of Law


*       Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP



*       Jasmine E. Harris, Acting Professor of Law, University of 
California, Davis, School of Law


*       Eve Hill, Disability Rights Attorney



*       Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights 
Education and Defense Fund

*       Kimberly Mutcherson, Vice Dean, Camden Law School East, 
Rutgers University



*       Mark E. Olive, Principal, Mark E. Olive Law Office



*       Robert M. Sanger, Senior Partner, Sanger Swysen & Dunkle



*       Rebecca Vallas, Managing Director, Poverty to Prosperity 
Program, Center for American Progress



   *   Michael Waterstone, Dean, Loyola Law School



*       Silvia Yee, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights 
Education and Defense Fund



Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

Registration fee: $175 (nonrefundable)
Student registration fee: $25 (nonrefundable)

For more information about the symposium, hotel accommodations, and 
symposium sponsorship opportunities, please visit 
https://nfb.org/law-symposium.

You can register online by going to: Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law 
Symposium Online Registration. 
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&action=preview&id=60>

You may also download from the symposium website a registration form 
to mail or fax.

For additional information, contact:

Lou Ann Blake, JD
Deputy Executive Director
Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221
Email: lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>




Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
Deputy Executive Director, Jernigan Institute
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, extension 2221| lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>


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