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FRIDAY AUGUST 15 | |
9:00 am to 5:00 pm | 1L Survival Day: Learn about your rights as a disabled law student, learn tips and tricks for navigating law school with a disability, and connect with your disabled law school peers from around the country; IMPACT Interviews |
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | NALSWD/IMPACT Reception |
SATURDAY AUGUST 16 | |
9:30 to 10:00 am | Registration |
10:00 to 10:30 am | Welcome and opening remarks |
10:35 to 11:30 am | Panel I: New Lawyers With Disabilities - Lawyers with disabilities who have recently finished law school discuss their experiences with job searching, the bar exam, and transitions to professional life. Isaac Lidsky (U.S. Supreme Court/Jones Day LLP), Mazen Basrawi (Bingham McCutchen), and Julia Pinover (Disability Rights Advocates) |
11:35 to 12:30 p.m. | Panel II: Federal Government as an Employer - Lawyers with disabilities discuss working for the federal government. Commissioner Christine M. Griffin (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Christopher Kuczynski (U.S. EEOC, Assistant Legal Counsel ADA Policy Division), Claudia Gordon (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) |
12:30 to 2:00 | Lunch and NALSWD 101 Learn about NALSWD's current and future advocacy projects, programs, and opportunities for your involvement! |
2:00 to 3:30 pm | Panel III: Recent Developments in Disability Rights Law Seasoned policy experts discuss current legislation and recent trends in disability rights law. Professor Chai Feldblum (Georgetown University Law Center), Andy Imparato (American Association of People with Disabilities, President and CEO). |
3:30 to 4:00 p.m. | Break |
4:00 to 4:55 p.m. | Panel IV: Working at a Private Law Firm - Lawyers with disabilities from private law firms discuss their career paths. Josh Pila (Dow Lohnes PLLC), Mariyam Cementwala (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP), Stuart Pixley (Heller Ehrman). |
7:00 to 9:00 pm | Dinner and Keynote Address: The Honorable Chief Judge Richard Brown, Wisconsin Court of Appeals |
SUNDAY AUGUST 17 | |
9:00 to 10:00 am | Constitutional Caucus (optional) and voting on Constitutional Amendments |
10:00 to 10:30 am | Elect the 2008-09 NALSWD Executive Board and Committee Chairs: Candidate Statements & Elections |
10:40 to 11:30 am | Charting the course for the year ahead: NALSWD committee meetings |
11:30 to 12:00 pm | Closing Remarks from outgoing and incoming NALSWD Presidents |