Presentation highlights from previous Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposia since 2008 are housed on this page.
2022: "The Right of People with Disabilities to Live in a World of Pandemics, Political Polarization, and Natural Disasters"
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2021: "Race, Diversity, and Inclusion, and the Right to Live in the World"
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2020: Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
The 2020 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: "The Impact of Public Attitudes and Stigma on Our Right to Live in the World”
Transcripts
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Members Hall)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Fourth Floor Conference Room)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Southeast Library)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Computer Lab 1)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Computer Lab 2)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Utah Auditorium 1)
2019 Transcript Day 1 (Utah Auditorium 2)
2019 Transcript Day 2 (Members Hall)
2019 Transcript Day 2 (BZ Conference Room)
2019 Transcript Day 2 (Utah Auditorium)
Presentation Materials
- Barriers to Justice: Empowering Your Deaf Client Throughout The Legal System (Anna Bitencourt, Marc Charmatz, Caroline Jackson, and Brittany Shrader)
- Current Litigation Approaches to Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities (Alice Abrokwa, Lydia Brown, Maura Klugman, and Shira Wakschlag)
- The Department of Justice and the ADA’s Integration Mandate: A Year in Review (Jennifer Bronson and Lindsey Weinstock)
- The Detention of Immigrant Children with Disabilities in California: A Snapshot (Disability Rights California)
- Disability Rights and DHS’s Proposed Public Charge Exclusion Rules (Mark Weber)
- Educational Rights and Realities of Blind Students (Carlton Anne Cook Walker)
- Enforcing Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act for Children with Diabetes in Schools and Other Settings (Sarah Fech-Baughman and Seth Packrone)
- Equal Access To Health Care Services For Individuals With Disabilities (Steven Gordon)
- Framing Deaf Special Education in Due Process (Caroline Jackson and Tawny Holmes Hlibok)
- Organ Transplant Discrimination and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Kelly Israel and Larkin Taylor-Parker)
- Tearing Down “New” Borders: Advocating for the Deinstitutionalization of Immigrant Children and Adults (Pilar Gonzalez, Richard Diaz, and Katherine Mathews)
- Service Animals Presentation: Resources
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- Mark A. Riccobono, President
- Marc Maurer, Director of Legal Policy
Plenary Session 1: Discrimination against Homeless People with Disabilities
- Presenter: Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Executive Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
- Presenter: Naomi Weinstein, Attorney, Mental Hygiene Legal Service
- Paul Harpur, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
Plenary Session 2: Disability Rights and Immigrants
- Presenter: Aaron J. Fischer, Litigation Counsel, Disability Rights California
- Presenter: Katharine Gordon, Pro Bono Coordinator, Al Otro Lado
- Presenter: Mark C. Weber, Vincent DePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
Plenary Session 3: Framing the Image of Disability in Advocacy
- Speaker: Eve Hill, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
- Speaker: Scott La Barre, Partner, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C.
- Speaker: Michael Ashley Stein, Cofounder and Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School
Plenary Session 4: Valuation of the Disabled Life
- Speaker: Elizabeth Barnes, Professor, University of Virginia, Corcoran Department of Philosophy
- Speaker: Matthew Dietz, Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group
- Speaker: Catherine J. Kudlick, Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, and Professor of History, San Francisco State University
Plenary Session 5: Bullying, Harassment, and the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities
- Speaker: Susan Einspar, Senior Parent Educator/Advocate, PACER Center Minneapolis MN
- Speaker: Victoria M. Rodriguez-Roldan, Senior Policy Counsel, Trans/GNC Justice Project, and Disability Justice Project Director, National LGBTQ Task Force
- Speaker: David Yamada, Professor of Law and Director, New Hampshire Workplace Institute, Suffolk University Law School
2018: “Fifty Years after tenBroek: The Right to Live in the World Today and Tomorrow”
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2018 Transcript Day 1
2018 Transcript Day 2
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- Mark A. Riccobono, President
- Marc Mauer, Director of Legal Policy
- Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law; Michael Tigar, Professor Emeritus of Law, Duke Law School; Professor Emeritus of Law, American University, Washington College of Law
Plenary Session 1: Disparities in Health Care
- Presenter: Iris Y. Gonzalez, Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation
- Presenter: David Machledt, Senior Policy Analyst, National Health Law Program
- Presenter: Jessica Roberts, Associate Professor, George Butler Research Professor of Law; Director, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
- Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind
- Presenter: Selene Almazan, Legal Director, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
- Presenter: Wanda J. Blanchett, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
- Presenter: Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Plenary Session 3: Separate and Unequal in Employment
- Speaker: Brian East, Senior Attorney, Disability Rights Texas
- Speaker: Regina Kline, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy
- Speaker: Howard Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf
Plenary Session 4: Law Enforcement and Disability
- Speaker: Leigh Ann Davis, Director, Criminal Justice Initiatives, The Arc
- Speaker: Matthew Dietz, Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group
- Speaker: Melissa Reuland, Police Foundation
2017: “Disability Justice and the Supreme Court: The Constitution and the Right to Live in the World”
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2017 Transcript Day 1
2017 Transcript Day 2
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- Mark A. Riccobono, President
- Marc Maurer, Director of Legal Policy
Plenary Session 1: The Unequal Application of 14thAmendment Equal Protection
- Presenter: Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
- Presenter: Silvia Yee, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
- Tribute to Larry Paradis
- Presenter: Eve Hill, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
- Presenter: Ruth Colker, Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University
- Presenter: Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
- Presenter: Michael Waterstone, Dean, Loyola Law School
Plenary Session 3: Disability, Sexuality, and Reproductive Rights
- Presenter: Leslie P. Francis, Distinguished Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Director of the University of Utah Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah College of Law
- Presenter: Jasmine E. Harris, Acting Professor of Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law
- Presenter: Kimberly Mutcherson, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Linda A. Klein, President, American Bar Association
Plenary Session 4: Issues Confronting Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
- Presenter: Mark E. Olive, Principal, Law Offices of Mark E. Olive, P.A.
- Presenter: Robert M. Sanger, Senior Partner, Sanger Swysen & Dunkle
- Presenter: Rebecca Vallas, Managing Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program, Center for American Progress
2016: “Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement: Working Together to Achieve the Right to Live in the World”
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2016 Transcript Day 1
2016 Transcript Day 2
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- Mark A. Riccobono, President
Plenary Session 1: Building Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement
Panel 1
- Presenter: Rabia Belt, Research Fellow, Stanford Law School
- Presenter: Michelle Garcia, Latino Community Development Organizer, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
- Presenter: Anil Lewis, Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
Panel 2
- Presenter: Ella Callow, Legal Program Director, The National Center for Parents with Disabilities and Their Families, Through the Looking Glass
- Presenter: Jane Dunhamn, Director, National Black Disability Coalition
- Presenter: Alice Wong, Advisory Board Member, Asian and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California (use this link: https://youtu.be/oKkLUG9rR9g)
- Speaker: Myron H. Thompson, US District Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Plenary Session 2: Does Title II of the ADA Cover Arrests?
- Presenter: Michael Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, LLP
- Presenter: Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Plenary Session 3: Ethical Issues in the Representation of Persons with Disabilities
- Presenter: Alison J. Lynch, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights New York
- Presenter: Jonathan Martinis, Senior Director for Law and Policy, Burton Blatt Institute
Plenary Session 4: International Progress on Improving Accessibility
- Presenter: Jonathan Lazar, Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University
- Presenter: David Lepofsky, Chair, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance
Plenary Session 5: Employment and Olmstead: The Right to Real Work
- Presenter: Matthew W. Dietz, President and Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group, Inc.
- Presenter: Regina Kline, Senior Counsel (Acting), Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice
- Presenter: Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind
2015: “The ADA at 50: The Future of Disability Law and the Right to Live in the World”
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2015 Transcript Day 1
2015 Transcript Day 2
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Plenary Session 1 - The Future of Disability
Panel 1
- Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
- Presenter: Fredric K. Schroeder, Research Professor, San Diego State University Research Foundation; First Vice President, World Blind Union
- Presenter: Anita Silvers, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, San Francisco State University
- Christopher Slobogin; Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law; Director, Criminal Justice Program, Vanderbilt University Law School; Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Panel 2
- Presenter: Ari Ne'eman, Co-Founder and President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Presenter: Mark A. Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind
- Presenter: Howard A. Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf
Plenary Session 2 - How to Enable the Participation of People with Disabilities in Legal Proceedings
- Presenter: Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Presenter: Richard B. Teitelman, Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri
- Presenter: Leigh Ann Davis, Program Manager, National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability, The Arc
- Presenter: Beverly Frantz, Criminal Justice and Sexuality Project Director, Institute on Disabilities, Temple University
- Presenter: Kathryn J. Walker, Criminal Justice Fellow, National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability, The Arc
Plenary Session 4 - Improving and Augmenting the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and IDEA—A Vision for the Next Twenty-Five Years
Panel 1
- Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Experiential Education, American University Washington College of Law
- Presenter: Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind
- Presenter: Laurence Paradis, Executive Director and Co-Director of Litigation, Disability Rights Advocates
Panel 2
- Presenter: David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
- Presenter: Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP
- Presenter: Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
- Presenter: Michael E. Waterstone, Visiting Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law; J. Howard Ziemann Fellow and Professor of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
2014: "Disability Rights in the 21st Century: Creative Solutions for Achieving the Right to Live in the World"
Transcripts
2014 Transcript Day 1
2014 Transcript Day 2
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- Margaret "Jenny" Hatch, Advocate, and Jonathan Martinis, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Panel I--Discrimination Against Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems
- Presenter: Michael W. Bien, Managing Partner, Rosen, Bien, Galvan, & Grunfeld, LLP
- Presenter: Talila A. Lewis, Founder and President, Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf (HEARD)
- Presenter: 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
- Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education
Panel II--Next Steps in Olmstead Litigation
- Presenter: Matthew W. Dietz, President and Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group, Inc.
- Presenter: Barry Taylor, Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation, Equip for Equality
Panel III--Rights of Parents with Disabilities
- Presenter: Carrie Ann Lucas, Executive Director, Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities
- Presenter: Robyn Powell, Attorney Advisor, National Council on Disability
Panel IV-- Supported Decision Making as an Alternative to Guardianship
- Presenter: Peter Blanck, University Professor, Syracuse University, and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
- Presenter: Maureen Henry, Former Executive Director, Utah Commission on Aging
- Presenter: Jonathan Martinis, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Panel V-- How to Work with the Media to Get the Disability Rights Message Across
- Presenter: Christopher S. Danielsen, Director of Public Relations, National Federation of the Blind
- Presenter: Theresa Vargas, Staff Writer, The Washington Post
2013: "Push Forward and Push Back: Continuing the Struggle for the Right to Live in the World"
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- Rebecca Bond, Chief U.S. Department of Justice, Disability Rights Section
Panel I--The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Presenter: Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, United States Department of State
- Presenter: Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Disability Rights International
- Jonathan M. Young, Partner and General Counsel, FOXKISER
Panel II--The Impact of Olmstead on Employment
- Presenter: Curtis L. Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
- Presenter: Kathleen L. Wilde, Litigation Director, Disability Rights Oregon
Panel III--Transitioning from Minor to Adult in Education
- Presenter: Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Presenter: Curtis Richards, Director, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership
Panel IV--After Target and Netflix: Are Websites a Place of Public Accommodation?
- Presenter: Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
- Presenter: Arlene B. Mayerson, Directing Attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Panel V--Individual Choice in Decision Making
- Presenter: Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Experiential Education, and Director, Disability Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
- Presenter: Kristin Booth Glen, Surrogate (retired), New York County Surrogate's Court
2012: "Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement"
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2012 Transcript Day 1
2012 Transcript Day 2
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- Senator Jamin B. (Jamie) Raskin, Maryland General Assembly
Panel I--The View from the Bench: Perspectives on the Presentation of Disability Cases
- Presenter: Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Presenter: Donovan W. Frank, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota
- Presenter: Francis A. Polito, Chief Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Eve Hill, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice
Panel II--How to Influence Jurors' Perception of Disability
- Presenter: David Ball, jury consultant, Malekpour & Ball Consulting
- Presenter: Katie Eyer, Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Panel III--The Impact of the ADA Amendments Act on Employment Cases
- Presenter: Brian East, senior attorney, Disability Rights Texas
- Presenter: Peggy R. Mastroianni, legal counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Panel IV--The Role of Identity in the Disability Rights Movement
- Presenter: Adrienne Asch, Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics, Yeshiva University
- Presenter: Arlene S. Kanter, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of law, Syracuse University College of Law
Panel V--Disability Discrimination in Health Care
- Presenter: Jane Perkins, legal director, National Health Law Program
- Presenter: Silvia Yee, senior staff attorney, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
2011: "Bridging the Gap Between the Disability Rights Movement and Other Civil Rights Movements"
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2011 Transcript Day 1
2011 Transcript Day 2
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- Chai Feldblum, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 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
- Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America
- 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
2010: "Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World"
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- Tony Coelho, Chairman of the Board, American Association of People with Disabilities
- Presenter: Richard Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Presenter: David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
- 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
2009: "New Perspectives on Disability Law: Advancing the Right to Live in the World"
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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.
- Ari Ne’eman, Founding President, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
- 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/.
2008: "Disability Law: From tenBroek to the Twenty-first Century"
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2008 Transcript Morning Session
2008 Transcript Keynote
2008 Transcript Afternoon Session
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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
- 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
- Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
- 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 La
- 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/.