2014Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Agenda

Disability Rights in the 21st Century:

Creative Solutions for Achieving the Right to Live in the World

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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

Jenny Hatch, Advocate

Jonathan Martinis, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities

9:15 - 10:30 a.m.Discrimination Against Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems

Michael W. Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen, Bien, Galvan, & Grunfeld, LLP

Talila A. Lewis, Founder and President, Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf (HEARD)

Joseph B. Tulman, Professor of Law and Director, Took Crowell Institute for Youth, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.Tribute to Adrienne Asch

Leslie P. Francis, Alfred C. Emery Distinguished Professor of Law, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah

Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind

David Wasserman, Visiting Scholar, National Institutes of Health, Department of Bioethics

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.Break

11:00 a.m. - NoonWorkshops

  1. Parental Rights "How To" Workshop. Facilitator: Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Partner, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP.
  2. After a Reversal in the Appellate Court, How a Settlement Was Won in the New York City Adult Home Residents Case. Facilitators: Ira Burnim, Legal Director, and Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
  3. Issues with Common Carriers. Facilitators: Gregory P. Care, Associate, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP; Kenneth Shiotani, Senior Staff Attorney, National Disability Rights Network; Mehgan Sidhu, General Counsel, National Federation of the Blind.
  4. Protecting Genetic Information with GINA. Facilitator: Christopher Kuczynski, Assistant Legal Counsel, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Noon - 1:30 p.m.Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.Next Steps inOlmsteadLitigation

Matthew W. Dietz, President and Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group, Inc.

Barry Taylor, Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation, Equip for Equality

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.Workshops

  1. Section 504: What Is Meaningful Access? Facilitator: Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf.
  2. How to Prepare for the Oral Argument of an Appellate Case. Facilitator: Samuel Bagenstos, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School.
  3. Establishing the Right to a Private and Independent Vote Under the ADA. Facilitators: Laurence Paradis, Executive Director and Co-Director of Litigation, Disability Rights Advocates; and Michael Waterstone, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Centers, and J. Howard Ziemann Fellow and Professor of Law, Loyola Law School.
  4. How to Protect the Tenancy Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Facilitators: Lauren Young, Director of Litigation, and Luciene Parsley, Senior Attorney, Maryland Disability Law Center.

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.Break

4:15 - 5:30 p.m.Rights of Parents with Disabilities

Carrie Ann Lucas, Executive Director, Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities

Robyn Powell, Attorney Advisor, National Council on Disability

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.Reception

Friday, April 25, 2014

7:45 - 8:30 a.m.Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.Supported Decision Making as an Alternative to Guardianship

Peter Blanck, University Professor, Syracuse University, and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University

Maureen Henry, Former Executive Director, Utah Commission on Aging

Jonathan Martinis, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.Break

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.Workshops

  1. Bias in the Courtroom. Facilitator: David L. Lee, Esquire, The Law Offices of David L. Lee.

2.Accommodation of Pregnant Workers with Disabilities. Facilitators: Laurence Paradis, Executive Director and Co-Director of Litigation, Disability Rights Advocates; Rebecca G. Pontikes, Esquire, Pontikes Law, LLC; Victoria Thomas, Staff Attorney, University Legal Services—Protection & Advocacy.

3.How to Maximize Compensatory Damages in a Disability Discrimination Case. Facilitator: Andrew D. Freeman, Partner, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP.

4.Federal Communications Commission Update on Technology Issues. Facilitators: Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Elaine Gardner, Attorney Advisor, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission.

5.Implementation of the CRPD: A Status Report. Facilitator: Arlene S. Kanter, Bond, Schoeneck, & King Distinguished Professor; Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence; Professor of Law; Director, College of Law Disability Law and Policy Program; and Co-Director, SU Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies; Syracuse University.

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.Break

11:15 a.m.-How to Work with the Media to Get the Disability 12:30 p.m. Rights Message Across

Christopher S. Danielsen, Director of Public Relations, National Federation of the Blind

Theresa Vargas, Staff Writer, The Washington Post

12:30 p.m.ClosingRemarks