2016Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

Agenda

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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

8:30 - 8:40 a.m.Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks

Mark A. Riccobono, President

National Federation of the Blind

Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President

National Federation of the Blind

8:40 - 10:40 a.m.Building Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement

Panel 1

Rabia Belt, Research Fellow, Stanford Law School

Anil Lewis, Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

Michelle Garcia, Community Development Organizer – Latinos, Access Living

Panel 2

Ella Callow, Legal Program Director, The National Center for Parents with Disabilities and Their Families, Through the Looking Glass

Jane Dunhamn, Director, National Black Disability Coalition

Alice Wong, Advisory Board Member, Asian and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California

10:40 - 11:00 a.m.Break

11:00 a.m. - NoonWorkshops

  1. Disability and Discrimination in the LGBT Community. Facilitator: Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán, Director, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project, National LGBTQ Task Force.
  2. Update on Voting Rights Cases.Facilitators: Lisa Ells, Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, LLP; Jessie Weber, Associate, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP.
  3. Litigation Tips for Young Lawyers. Facilitators: Timothy Elder, Principal, TRE Legal; and Rachael Langston, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center.
  4. How Schools are Using Truancy Laws to Avoid Their Responsibilities under IDEA. Facilitator: Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Texas.
  5. Fee Petitions: Lessons Learned on How to Maximize Your Rate and Recovery. Facilitators: Michael Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, LLP; and Laurence Paradis, Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocates.

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

Myron H. Thompson, U.S. District Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.Does Title II of the ADA Cover Arrests?

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

Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

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

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

  1. How to Improve Settlement Agreements. Facilitators: Lainey Feingold, Principal, Law Office of Lainey Feingold; Timothy Fox, Co-Executive Director, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center; and Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP.
  2. Litigation Tips for Employment Lawyers. Facilitator: Eduardo Juarez, Supervisory Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, San Antonio Field Office.
  3. How to Ensure Compliance with the Affirmative Action Requirements of Section 503. Facilitators: Heather Ansley, Associate General Counsel for Corporate and Government Relations, Paralyzed Veterans of America; and Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director and Director of Programs, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
  4. Implementation of the ABLE Act of 2014. Facilitators: Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University; and Michael Morris, Executive Director, Burton Blatt Institute, and National Disability Institute.

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

4:15 - 5:30 p.m.Ethical Issues in the Representation of Persons with Disabilities

Alison J. Lynch, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights New York

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

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

Friday, April 1, 2016

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

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.International Progress on Improving Accessibility

Jonathan Lazar, Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University

David Lepofsky, Chair, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance

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

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

  1. Beyond Behavior: Fighting for Coverage of the Full Range of Evidence-Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Facilitator: Samantha Crane, Legal Director and Director of Public Policy, Autistic Self Advocacy Network.

2.How to Improve Settlement Agreements. Facilitators: Lainey Feingold, Principal, Law Office of Lainey Feingold; Timothy Fox, Co-Executive Director, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center; and Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP.

3.How Schools are Using Truancy Laws to Avoid Their Responsibilities under IDEA. Facilitator: Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Texas.

4.Litigation Tips for Young Lawyers. Facilitators: Timothy Elder, Principal, TRE Legal; and Rachael Langston, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center.

5.Implementation of the ABLE Act of 2014. Facilitators: Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University; andMichael Morris, Executive Director, Burton Blatt Institute, and National Disability Institute.

6.Using the ADA to Litigate a School to Prison Pipeline Class Action. Facilitator: Lewis Bossing, Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

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

11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Employment and Olmstead: The Right to Real Work

Alison Barkoff, Director of Advocacy, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

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

Regina Kline, Senior Counsel (Acting), Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind

12:30 p.m.ClosingRemarks

Directions to Workshop Locations:

Betsy Zaborowski and Pimlico Conference Rooms: Turn left when exiting Members Hall. Take first hall on left and proceed to end of hall where NFB staff will direct you.

Fourth Floor Conference and Harbor Rooms: Turn left when exiting Members Hall. Proceed through lunchroom to hallway where NFB staff will direct you.

NFB of Utah Auditorium: Exit Members Hall and walk across hallway to auditorium.