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> >>> "Pare, John" <JPare at NFB.ORG> 11/15/2007 11:05 AM >>>
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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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