2018JACOBUS TENBROEK DISABILITY LAW SYMPOSIUM
AGENDA
Fifty Years after tenBroek: The Right to Live in the World Today and Tomorrow
Thursday, March 22, 2018
7:45–8:30AMRegistration and Continental Breakfast, hosted by Pearson, Inc. Legal Function’s Disability Career Mentorship Program
8:30–8:40AMWelcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks
Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind
Marc Maurer, Director of Legal Policy, National Federation of the Blind
8:40–9:30AMTheme Keynote
Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Michael Tigar, Professor Emeritus of Law, Duke Law School; Professor Emeritus of Law, American University, Washington College of Law
9:30–10:45AMDisparities in Health Care
Iris Y. Gonzalez, Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation
David Machledt, Senior Policy Analyst, National Health Law Program
Jessica Roberts, Associate Professor, George Butler Research Professor of Law; Director, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
10:45–11:00 AMBreak
11:00 AM–Noon Workshops
- The Endrew F. Decision: What Does It Mean for Systemic Litigation?
Location: NFB of Utah Auditorium, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Lewis Bossing, Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; Mark Weber, Professor, DePaul University School of Law
- Understanding Your Rights in the Doctor’s Office
Location: Pimlico Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Elizabeth Pendo, Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law; Silvia Yee, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
- Ending Police Violence against People with Disabilities
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room
Facilitators:Dustin Gibson, Director, Three Rivers Center for Independent Living; Kelly Israel, Policy Analyst and Attorney, Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Talila Lewis, Volunteer Director,Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities; Ariel Simms, Program Manager and Attorney, The Arc
- Doctors without Barriers: Achieving Accessible Health Care
Location: Zaborowski Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Linda Dardarian, Partner, Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho LLP; Meredith J. Weaver, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates
- Beyond Guardianship: Towards Alternatives that Promote Greater Self-Determination for People with Disabilities
Location: Newell Perry Conference Room, 3rd Floor
Facilitators: Phoebe Ball, Legislative Affairs Specialist, National Council on Disability; Morgan Whitlatch, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
- Essential Guide to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act—Using WIOA to Support ADA Integration in Competitive Integrated Employment
Location: Library, 3rd Floor
Facilitators: Eve Hill, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy; Regina Kline, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy; Curtis Richards, Director, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership
Noon–1:30 PMLunch and Keynote Speaker
Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind
1:30–2:45 PMThe Impacts of Integration of Students with Disabilities into the Public Education System
Selene Almazan, Legal Director, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Wanda J. Blanchett, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
2:45–3:00 PMBreak
3:00–4:00 PMWorkshops
- Policing Disability: Accommodating Disability within the Context of Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence
Location:Computer Lab, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Sarah Fech-Baughman, Director of Litigation, American Diabetes Association; Jean Zachariasiewicz, Attorney, Brown, Goldstein & Levy; Caitlin Parton, Staff Attorney, Disability Law Center, Inc.
- Separate and Unequal: What You Need to Know about Segregated Education for Students with Disabilities
Location:NFB of Utah Auditorium, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Alison Barkoff, Director of Advocacy, Center for Public Representation; Maura Klugman, Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; Devon Orland, Litigation Director, Georgia Advocacy Office; Shira Wakschlag, Director of Legal Advocacy and Associate General Counsel, The Arc
- ADA Notification: The Impact of Legislative Proposals on Title III Litigation
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room
Facilitators: Heather Ansley, Associate General Counselfor Corporate and Government Relations, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Jennifer Mathis, Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Blessing or a Curse?
Location: Zaborowski Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Zainab Alkebsi, Policy Counsel,National Association of the Deaf; Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center; Caroline Jackson, Staff Attorney, National Association of the Deaf; Debra Patkin, Staff Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
- Inclusion and Safety for Autistic Children and Adults
Location: Round Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Samantha Crane, Legal Director, Director of Public Policy, Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Kelly Israel, Policy Analyst and Attorney, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
4:00–4:15 PMBreak
4:15–5:30 PMSeparate and Unequal in Employment
Brian East, Senior Attorney, Disability Rights Texas
Regina Kline, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf
5:30–7:00 PMReception hosted by the Law Office of David Ferleger, platinum sponsor
Friday, March 23, 2018
7:45–8:30 AMContinental Breakfast
8:30–9:45 AMLaw Enforcement and Disability
Leigh Ann Davis, Director, Criminal Justice
Initiatives, The Arc
Matthew Dietz, Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group
Melissa Reuland, Police Foundation
9:45–10:00 AMBreak
10:00–11:00 AMWorkshops
- Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities
Location: Zaborowski Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitator: Seth Packrone, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates
- Religious Exemptions and Disability
Location: Pimlico Conference Room, 4th Floor
Facilitators: Samantha Crane, Legal Director, Director of Public Policy, Autistic SelfAdvocacy Network; Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan, Senior Policy Counsel, Trans/GNC Justice Project Director, Disability Justice Project Director, National LGBTQ Task Force
- Another Tool in the Toolbox: Using Civil Rights Testing to Build Evidence
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room
Facilitators: Matthew Handley, Director of Litigation,Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs; Katherine Pearson, Director of Accessibility Rights, Equal Rights Center
- The Eye of the Hurricane: Child Plaintiffs in Disability Rights Litigation
Location: Library, 3rd Floor
Facilitators: Mary Vargas, Partner, Stein & Vargas, LLP; Mason Wicks-Lim, child plaintiff in Wicks Lim v. Young Shakespeare Players, Inc.;Alison Wicks-Lim, mother of Mason Wicks-Lim
- Strategies for Bringing Employment Discrimination Charges at the EEOC
Location: NFB of Utah Auditorium, 4th Floor
Facilitator: Michal Shinnar, Attorney, Gilbert Employment Law
11:00–11:15AMBreak
11:15AM–12:30PMDiscrimination in Housing and Transportation
Samantha Crane, Legal Director, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Tim Elder, TRE Legal Practice
Morgan Williams, General Counsel, National Fair Housing Alliance
12:30PMClosingRemarks
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.
Computer Lab: Exit Members Hall and proceed through doors immediately to your right, where NFB staff will direct you.
Fourth Floor ConferenceRoom: Turn left when exiting Members Hall. Proceed through lunchroom to hallway where NFB staff will direct you.
Library: Exit Members Hall and return to fourth floor elevators. Take elevator to third floor and proceed through library doors, where NFB staff will direct you.
Newell Perry Conference Room: Exit Members Hall and return to fourth floor elevators. Take elevator to third floor and proceed through library doors, where NFB staff will direct you.
NFB of Utah Auditorium:Turn left when exiting Members Hall and proceed down hallway to auditorium on your right.
Round Conference Room: Turn left when exiting Members Hall. Take first hall on left and proceed to end of hall. Make a left and proceed to end of hall, where NFB staff will direct you.