2013 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Agenda
Push Forward and Push Back: Continuing the Struggle for the Right to Live in the World
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, United States Department of State (pending)
Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Disability Rights International
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - Noon Workshops
1. Microboards 101. Facilitator: Tina M. Campanella, Chief Executive Officer, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities.
2. Reasonable Accommodations Cases. Facilitators: Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf, and Christopher Kuczynski, Assistant Legal Counsel, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
3. Design and Construction Cases. Facilitator: E. Elaine Gardner, Project Director, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.
4. Litigation Strategies in K-12 Education Cases. Facilitators: Mehgan Sidhu, General Counsel, National Federation of the Blind, and Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Speaker
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. The Impact of Olmstead on Employment
Curtis L. Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
Kathleen L. Wilde, Litigation Director, Disability Rights Oregon
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Workshops
1. Update on the Right to Read Campaign and the International Treaty on the Right of the Print Disabled to Information. Facilitators: Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., and Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, American University Washington College of Law.
2. The Implementation of Court Orders. Facilitator: Marti Knisley, Director of the National Community Support Initiative, Technical Assistance Collaborative.
3. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on People with Disabilities. Facilitator: Leslie P. Francis, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, S.J. Quinney College of Law, and Alfred C. Emery Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah.
4. Recreational Activities Cases. Facilitator: David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger.
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Break
4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Transitioning from Minor to Adult in Education
Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Fredric K. Schroeder, Research Professor, San Diego State University
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception
Friday, April 19, 2013
7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 a.m. After Target and Netflix: Are Web Sites a Place of Public Accommodation?
Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Workshops
1. Disability-related Inquiries and Exams in Employment. Facilitator: Daniel T. Vail, Esquire, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
2. Law School Accommodations: Best Practices for Law Schools and Law Students. Facilitators: Amy L. Allbright, Director, American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights, and Paula D. Pearlman, Executive Director, Disability Rights Legal Center.
3. Restraint and Seclusion in the Educational Setting. Facilitators: Bill Lichtenstein, Parent and Journalist, Lichtenstein Creative Media, and Joseph B. Ryan, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Research and Outreach for the School of Education, Clemson University.
4. Discrimination by Charter Schools against Students with Disabilities. Facilitators: Eden Heilman, Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Mark C. Weber, Vincent DePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law.
5. How to Increase the Ranks of Judges Who Are Disabled. Facilitator: Jennifer Mathis, Assistant Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Individual Choice in Decision Making
Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Experiential Education, and Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate (retired), New York County Surrogate's Court
12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks