2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Agenda
Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement
Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks
Marc Maurer, President
National Federation of the Blind
8:40 - 9:15 a.m. Theme Keynote
Senator Jamin B. (Jamie) Raskin, Maryland General Assembly
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. The View from the Bench: Perspectives on the Presentation of Disability Cases
Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Donovan W. Frank, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota
Francis A. Polito, Chief Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - Noon Workshops
1. Litigation Strategy Planning among Disability Rights Organizations. Facilitators: Scott C. LaBarre, principal, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., and Howard Rosenblum, chief executive officer, National Association of the Deaf.
2. Issues on Qualifying for the Bar. Facilitators: Amy L. Allbright, director, American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights, and William J. Phelan, IV, partner, The Gowen Group Law Office PLLC.
3. How to Work with State Legislators to Pass Legislation Guaranteeing the Child Custody Rights of Parents with Disabilities. Facilitators: Michael Bullis, parent, and Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Maryland General Assembly.
4. How to Use the ADA to Attack Blanket Employer Policies that Screen Out People with Disabilities. Facilitator: Joyce Walker-Jones, senior attorney advisor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Speaker
Eve Hill, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. How to Influence Jurors' Perception of Disability
David Ball, jury consultant, Malekpour & Ball Consulting
Katie Eyer, Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Workshops
1. How to Secure Appropriate Accommodations in Higher Education. Facilitators: Matthew W. Dietz, principal, Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz. P.L., and Daniel F. Goldstein, partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP.
2. How to Prepare for IEP Meetings. Facilitator: Judith A. Gran, partner, Reisman Carola Gran LLP.
3. How to Challenge Subminimum Wages Paid to People with Disabilities. Facilitator: Charles Brown, director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults.
4. Litigating Housing Accessibility Cases under the Fair Housing Act and Section 504. Facilitator: Michael Allen, partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC.
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Break
4:15 - 5:30 p.m. The Impact of the ADA Amendments Act on Employment Cases
Brian East, senior attorney, Disability Rights Texas
Peggy R. Mastroianni, legal counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception
Friday, April 20, 2012
7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 a.m. The Role of Identity in the Disability Rights Movement
Adrienne Asch, Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics, Yeshiva University
Arlene S. Kanter, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of law, Syracuse University College of Law
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Workshops
1. The ADA's Safety Defenses. Facilitator: Brian L. Dimmick, staff attorney, American Diabetes Association.
2. Strategies to Promote Universal Design and Visitability at the State and Local Level. Facilitators: Robert S. Ardinger, president, Ardinger Consultants and Associates, and Jackie Simon, member, Equal Rights Center Board of Directors, and broker/owner, Jackie Simon Homes, LLC.
3. Rights of Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities. Facilitator: Katy Kaplan, assistant director, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities.
4. Emergency Planning and Response for People with Disabilities. Facilitator: Marcie Roth, director, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Disability Discrimination in Health Care
Jane Perkins, legal director, National Health Law Program
Silvia Yee, senior staff attorney, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks