2024 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

The Right of People with Disabilities to Live in the World: Emergent Barriers and Unrealized Potential

Thursday, March 21 through Friday, March 22

Sponsors

  • Gold: AARP Foundation, Brown Goldstein & Levy, LLP, and Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld, LLP 
  • Silver: McGuinness Law Group, PC
  • Bronze: Burton Blatt Institute, Law School Admission Council, and Whiteford | Taylor | Preston
  • White Cane: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Disability Rights Advocates, and Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

2024 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium: Presentations, Transcripts, and Materials

Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks

Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind

AI, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Public Policy - Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Disability Community

Facilitators: Megan E. Schuller, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Maria Town, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities, and Brian Dimmick, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU, Disability Rights Program

Updates on FCC's Accessibility Work

Facilitator: Suzy Rosen Singleton, Esq., Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Algorithmically Excluded: Artificial Intelligence, Disability Discrimination, and Employment

Facilitator: Anthony May, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Holding Police Officers Accountable under the ADA in a Post-Cummings World: Lessons Learned from Montgomery v. District of Columbia

Facilitators: Kobie Flowers, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Eve Hill, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, and Jamie Strawbridge, Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Should You Stay or Should You Go, Preparing for Disasters

Facilitators: Nancy Mayer, Solo Practitioner and Red Cross Volunteer – Disability Integration Lead for Carolina Region, and Margaret Bilyard, Red Cross Volunteer, North Carolina Agencies for the Blind and Deaf

Making Pedestrian Signals Accessible: Holding Cities Accountable and Remediating Inaccessible Crossings

Facilitators: Matt Faiella, Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section (DRS), Jane Andersen, Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section (DRS), Madeleine Reichman, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates, and Lori Scharff, Plaintiff in Scharff v. Nassau County

Beyond Four Walls: An Exploration of Olmstead Outside the Residential Context

Facilitators: Margaret Girard, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice, and Crystal Adams, Trial Attorney, Educational Opportunities Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice

Let’s Talk About Not Talking: What Does Olmstead Mean for Communication Access?

Facilitators: Tauna Szymanski, Executive Director and Legal Director, CommunicationFIRST, and Bob Williams, Policy Director, CommunicationFIRST

Centering Disability Rights in AI Governance and Policy

Facilitators: Ariana Aboulafia, Policy Counsel, Disability Rights in Technology Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Director of Public Policy, National Disability Institute, and Maitreya Shah, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center

The Impact of Ableism in Clinical Care on Trust in Health Research: Study Findings and Next Steps

Facilitators: Katharine (Kate) Peglow, Columbia University, Kreenjala Pyakurel, Columbia University, Maya, Sabatello, Columbia University, and Mika Baugh, PhD Student, Indiana University

Creating Self-Advocates: How Attorneys Can Assist in Successful Transitions to Independent Adulthood

Facilitators: Lauren A. DiMartino, Attorney, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Katherine M. Groot, Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, Disability Advocacy Project and Education Law Project, Evan Monod, Staff Attorney, Arc of the United States, and Kamisha Heriveaux, Self-Advocate Content Expert, MASS (Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong)

Disability Rights and Access to Justice

Facilitators: Qudsiya Naqui, Senior Counsel, Office for Access to Justice, US Department of Justice, and Jessica Hunt, Supervisory Accessibility Specialist, Disability Rights Section, US Department of Justice

Recent Advocacy for Prisoners with Disabilities

Facilitators: Monica Basche, Associate, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Samantha Westrum, Dunn Legal Fellow, ACLU of Virginia, Mellie Nelson, Supervisory Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, West Resendes, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Program, American Civil Liberties Union, and Kyle Smiddie, Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice

Litigating ADA Claims Against Criminal Supervision Systems

Facilitators: West Resendes, ACLU Disability Rights Program, Brian Dimmick, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Program, American Civil Liberties Union, and Allie Frankel, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project

The Future of Accessible Transportation: How Changes in Transportation Are Impacting Accessibility and Equity for People with Disabilities

Facilitators: Danica Gonzalves, Esq. – Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), Swatha Nandhakumar, American Council of the Blind (ACB), Sarah Malaier, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), and Tyler Beck, Advocacy Coordinator, Epilepsy Foundation

Federal Laws that Protect the Voting Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Facilitators: Richard Dellheim, Deputy Chief, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice, and Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice

ADA Accommodations for High Stakes Examinations & Preparation Courses

Facilitator: Steven Gordon, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

The Department of Justice and the ADA's Integration Mandate: A Year in Review

Facilitators: Lindsey Weinstock, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice, and Patrick Holkins, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice

Physician Assisted Suicide as Disability Discrimination

Facilitators: Michael Bien, Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Haben Girma, Attorney, Author, and Disability Rights Advocate, Michelle Uzeta, Deputy Legal Director, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, James Weisman, General Counsel, United Spinal Association, Anita Cameron, Director of Minority Outreach, Not Dead Yet, and Ingrid Tischer, Disability Activist and Writer, individual plaintiff in California challenge to End of Life Options Act

Legal Strategies for Enforcing Disability Rights and Justice: A Retrospective and Prospective View

Facilitators: Robert Dinerstein, Washington College of Law of American University, Jasmine Harris, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Arlene Kanter, Professor of Law, Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, Founding Director, International Programs, Syracuse University College of Law

Advancing Disability Rights through Impact Litigation: A Year-in-Review and a Look at the Road Ahead

Facilitators: Jinny Kim, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates, Rebecca Williford, President & CEO, Disability Rights Advocates, and Thomas Zito, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates

How to Develop and Win Disability Rights Damages Cases in a Post-Cummings World 

Facilitators: David John Hommel, Partner, Disability Rights,  Eisenberg and Baum, LLP, Reyna Lubin, Director of Employment Discrimination Department, Eisenberg and Baum, LLP, Andrew Rozynski, Partner, Eisenberg and Baum, LLP, Jessica P. Weber, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, and Jamie Strawbridge, Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Transgender Rights are Disability Rights: Protecting Incarcerated Transgender Women and a New Frontier for the ADA

Facilitators: Katherine Herrmann, The Erlich Law Office, Chelsea Gilliam, Eve Hill, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, Kennedy Holland, and Evan Monod, Staff Attorney, Arc of the United States