Seven Brown, Goldstein & Levy attorneys offered on the 2024 Jacobus tenBroek Incapacity Legislation Symposium, hosted March 21 to 22 on the Nationwide Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. BGL was proud to as soon as once more sponsor the occasion as a longstanding accomplice of the NFB.
The annual symposium is thought to be the main incapacity legislation convention in america, bringing nationally famend incapacity rights advocates collectively. This yr’s symposium theme was “The Proper of Individuals with Disabilities to Reside within the World: Emergent Limitations and Unrealized Potential.” The 2-day program included interactive workshops and plenary classes that explored intersectional illustration within the incapacity rights neighborhood.
BGL attorneys Monica Basche, Lauren DiMartino, Kobie Flowers, Eve Hill, Anthony Could, Jamie Strawbridge, and Jessie Weber and all offered on the symposium, sharing precious info with attendees and demonstrating why they’re thought-about authorities of their respective fields of civil rights legislation.
The shows included:
- “Algorithmically Excluded: Synthetic Intelligence, Incapacity Discrimination and Employment,” offered by Anthony Could
- “Creating Self Advocates: How Attorneys Can Help in Profitable Transitions to a Extra-Impartial Maturity,” offered by Lauren DiMartino
- “Holding Police Officers Accountable Beneath the ADA in a Publish-Cummings World: Classes Realized from Montgomery v. District of Columbia,” offered by Eve Hill, Kobie Flowers and Jamie Strawbridge
- “The right way to Develop and Win Incapacity Rights Damages Circumstances in a Publish-Cummings World,” offered by Jessie Weber and Jamie Strawbridge
- “Latest Advocacy for Prisoners with Disabilities,” offered by Monica Basche
- “Transgender Rights are Incapacity Rights: Defending Incarcerated Transgender Girls and a New Frontier for the ADA,” offered by Eve Hill
Annually, the Jacobus tenBroek Incapacity Legislation Symposium examines points, explores methods, and pursues Jacobus tenBroek’s objective of integrationism—financial alternative, social equality, and private dignity for ourselves and all members of our incapacity rights neighborhood. The annual occasion honors the legacy of Dr. Jacobus tenBroek who based the Nationwide Federation of the Blind in 1940.
BGL’s work with the NFB extends way back to 1986, when Founding Associate Dan Goldstein first took on the function of the group’s counsel. He remained the NFB’s counsel till his retirement in 2017 and was the primary lawyer to efficiently argue that the People with Disabilities Act (ADA) utilized to the digital realm. Following his retirement, Associate Eve Hill leads BGL’s work on behalf of the NFB. Eve is likely one of the nation’s main incapacity rights attorneys. She additionally co-leads Inclusivity, BGL’s Strategic Consulting Group, which helps companies and organizations obtain compliance with the legal guidelines supporting the rights of individuals with disabilities.
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