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2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement
“The right of access to public accommodations and common carriers is a civil right. It is a basic right indispensable to participation in the community, a substantive right to which all are fully and equally entitled.” Jacobus tenBroek, The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts, 54 CAL. L. REV. 841, 858 (1966).
When: April 19-20, 2012
Where: National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will host the fifth Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, "Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement," on April 19-20, 2012, at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. The symposium will address the impact of disability identity on the right of the disabled to live in the world.
Registration Fee: $175
Students: $25
A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.
AGENDA and REGISTRATION
View the agenda for the 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium.
To register online, payment must be made by credit card at the time of registration.
To register by mail or fax, download the registration form. Completed registration forms with credit card information may be faxed to Lou Ann Blake at (410) 685-2340. Mail forms giving credit card information or enclosing check made payable to the National Federation of the Blind to:
Lou Ann Blake
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
CLE CREDIT
Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
HOTEL INFORMATION
A block of rooms has been reserved for law symposium participants at the Holiday Inn-Inner Harbor, located at 301 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Rooms may be reserved for April 18 and 19, 2012, at the rate of $145.00 per night (includes breakfast buffet), plus applicable taxes and surcharges, by calling the hotel directly at (410) 685-3500 and requesting the National Federation of the Blind block, group number 360815 or by making your reservation online at http://www.holidayinn.com/redirect?path=rates&brandCode=hi&localeCode=en®ionCode=1&hotelCode=BALDT&_PMID=99801505&GPC=NFB. Reservations must be made by 3:00 p.m., March 21, 2012. The NFB will provide a free morning and evening shuttle between the hotel and Jernigan Institute. Participants who will be staying at the Holiday Inn and who require accessible transportation should contact Lou Ann Blake by April 16, 2012.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Symposium materials will be provided in print, large print, and Braille. Participants who require other accommodations should contact Lou Ann Blake by April 11, 2012.
About the Symposium
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) was founded in 1940 by Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, who was blind, and who served as president of the NFB until his death in 1968. Dr. tenBroek was also a constitutional law scholar, a professor at Berkeley, an author of treatises on the Fourteenth Amendment and social welfare, and a champion for all minorities in their struggle to achieve equality of opportunity. His groundbreaking scholarship on the Fourteenth Amendment helped to provide the United States Supreme Court with the necessary tools to invalidate the separate but equal doctrine in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Dr. tenBroek introduced the concept that civil rights should apply to disabled Americans in his seminal article The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts, 54 CAL. L. REV. 841 (1966). From this article, Dr, tenBroek developed the model white cane law, which was the framework for the civil rights provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which, in turn, was the model for the civil rights provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That blind and other disabled people have been able to gain a substantial measure of participation in American life is largely due to Dr. tenBroek’s thought and energy.
The Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium provides disability rights advocates a forum in which to continue Dr. tenBroek’s work toward achieving equal opportunity for all citizens to participate fully in the society in which we live.
The 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will consist of plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such as: judicial perspectives on the presentation of disability cases, how to influence jurors' perception of disability, the impact of the ADA Amendments Act on employment cases, the role of identity in the disability rights movement, and disability discrimination in health care. Presenters include: Adrienne Asch, Yeshiva University; David Ball, Miller Malekpour & Ball; Judge Richard S. Brown, Wisconsin Court of Appeals; Brian East, Disability Rights Texas; Katie Eyer, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Judge Donovan W. Frank, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota; Arlene S. Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law; Peggy R. Mastroianni, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Elizabeth Pendo, Saint Louis University School of Law; Judge Francis A. Polito, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and Silvia Yee, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.
For questions regarding the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, Law Symposium CoordinatorNational Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
Sponsorship Opportunities
Your support of the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will help to shape the future of disability law and ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same right to live in the world as their nondisabled peers. Sponsorship opportunities are available at a variety of levels. Based on the level you choose, you will receive one or more tickets to the symposium, advertising space in the symposium program and in the symposium proceedings, and your logo on this Web page. To become a sponsor of the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, please complete the 2012 sponsorship form and return to:
Mark Riccobono, Executive Director
Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2357 ● Fax: (410) 659-5129
The 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium is sponsored by:
The NFB would like to thank our Steering Committee members:
Adrienne Asch, Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University
Lou Ann Blake, National Federation of the Blind
Peter Blanck, Burton Blatt Institute
Charles Brown, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Marc Charmatz, National Association of the Deaf
Robert Dinerstein, American University Washington College of Law
Brian East, Disability Rights Texas
David Ferleger, Law Office of David Ferleger
Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP
Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, PC
Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Marc Maurer, National Federation of the Blind
Edward Morman, National Federation of the Blind
Mark Riccobono, National Federation of the Blind
Hear an audio recording of the 2011 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, "Bridging the Gap Between the Disability Rights Movement and Other Civil Rights Movements."
Theme Keynote Address
Chai Feldblum, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Panel I--Lessons Learned: Translating what Worked for the Civil Rights Movements to the Disability Rights Movement
Presenter: Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Presenter: Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights
2011 Keynote Address
Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America
2011 Legislative Update
Andrew Imparato, Senior Counsel and Disability Policy Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Panel II-- When the Messenger is the Message: How to Portray Disability to Judge and Jury
Presenter: Scott C. LaBarre, Esquire, LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
Presenter: Larry Paradis, Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocates
Panel III--The Effect of Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement on Court Decisions
Presenter: Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Presenter: Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf
Panel IV--Disability Rights as Constitutional Rights
Presenter: Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Panel V--Disability Rights in the Obama Administration
Presenter: Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary, Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Presenter: Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
Hear an audio recording of the 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, "Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World."
Theme Keynote Address
Tony Coelho, Chairman of the Board, American Association of People with Disabilities
Panel I--Changing the Game
Presenter: Richard Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Presenter: David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
2010 Keynote Address
Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice
Panel II--Education Plenary Session
Presenter: Leslie Seid Margolis, Managing Attorney, Education Unit, Maryland Disability Law Center
Presenter: Mark Weber, Vincent dePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
Panel III--Caucus/Open Discussion
Facilitator: Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities
Panel IV--Access to Technology Plenary Session
Presenter: Dan Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Presenter: Mehgan Sidhu, Esquire, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Panel V--Medical Treatment/Ethics Plenary Session
Presenter: Adrienne Asch, Director, Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University
Presenter: Dan Brock, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School
View the proceedings of the 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium.
Hear an audio recording of the 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, "New Perspectives on Disability Law: Advancing the Right to Live in the World."
Panel I--The Obama Administration’s Perspective on Disability Policy
Lead Presenter: Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy
Panel II--Perspectives on Enforcement of Disability Law
Lead Presenter: Maura Healey, Assistant Attorney General and Chief, Civil Rights Division, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commentators:
• Tim Fox, Principal, Fox & Robertson, P.C.
• Amy Robertson, Principal, Fox & Robertson, P.C.
2009 Keynote Address
Ari Ne’eman, Founding President
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Panel III--International Impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Lead Presenter: Gerard Quinn, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway
Commentator: Katherine Guernsey, International Lawyer and Adjunct Professor, American University School of International Service
Panel IV--The Future of the ADA: Making it Work Better
Lead Presenter: Samuel Bagenstos, Visiting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law; Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School (Fall 2009)
Commentator: Christine Griffin, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
2009 Closing Remarks and Open Session
Lead Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Commentator: Scott LaBarre, Principal, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C.; President, National Association of Blind Lawyers
Papers presented at the 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium were published in Volume 15:1 of the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Copies of the symposium volume may be purchased at http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tjclcr/.
Hear an audio recording of the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, "Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century."
Panel I--The State of Disability Law in the United States in 2008: How Full Is the Glass?
Lead Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Commentators:
• Mildred Rivera, Esquire, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.
• Laura Rothstein, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Panel II--The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to be in the World
Lead Presenter: Michael Stein, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Commentators:
• Maria Veronica Reina, Director of International Programs, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
• Michael Perlin, Professor of Law, New York Law School
2008 Lunch Keynote Address
Marc Maurer, President
National Federation of the Blind
Panel III--Looking Past the Definition of Disability: How Effective Are the ADA's Affirmative Requirements in Achieving Equality for People with Disabilities?
Lead Presenter: Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Commentators:
• Daniel Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
• Douglas Kruse, Professor of Human Resource Management/Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Panel IV--Restoring the ADA and Beyond: Disability in the Twenty-first Century
Lead Presenter: Robert Burgdorf, Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Commentators:
• John Kemp, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.
• Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities
Closing Remarks and Open Session
Lead Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Papers presented at the 2008 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium were published in Volume 13:2 of the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Copies of the symposium volume may be purchased at http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tjclcr/.
