A Symposium on Disability Rights in 2018
9:00 - 9:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
9:30 - 9:45 AM Welcome Remarks by AUWCL Professor Robert Dinerstein
9:45 - 11:15 AM Immigration & Disability Rights
Panelists will discuss challenges for immigrants with disabilities, the regulations that help and hinder them, and strategies for improving federal immigration policies. Discussants will focus their comments on a recent high-profile case brought by the ACLU in which a ten-year-old with cerebral palsy was detained while attempting to receive essential medical treatment in the U.S.
11:15 - 11:30 AM Coffee Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Women& Disability Rights
Panelists will examine the important and emerging intersections of women’s rights and disability rights as part of the international human rights framework. Discussants will focus their comments on issues related to reproductive rights, legal capacity, and forced sterilization.
1:00 - 2:00 PM Luncheon
Luncheon keynote address with Judith Heumann, former Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State, former Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, and co-founder of the Center for Independent Living and the World Institute on Disability.
2:00 - 3:30 PM Deinstitutionalization & Community Integration
Panelists will discuss the practical and legal challenges of deinstitutionalization and community integration in Latin America and Europe. Discussants will examine the issues that arise when institutions are closed, explore options for transforming prior systems, and present resources for the effective integration of people with disabilities into local communities.
3:30 - 4:00 PM Reception to follow in Founder's Hall Lobby
- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
Mindfulness Mondays
Join instructor Aurora Hutchinson for a mindfulness session in N100B Wellness Space (first floor of the library, to the left).
- Workshop
- Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Loyola Patent Law Interview Program Workshop
Join Professors Jay Lytle and David Grossman, and current and former WCL-Loyola participants for an information session on the Loyola Patent Law Interview Program and the Patent Bar. Learn application and resume tips, plus critical pointers for what to do at the interview sessions!
Watch the webcast here: http://media.wcl.american.edu/Mediasite/Play/152197fff8b7417fb0dc6e043f8668361d
- Information Session
- Open To Students AND Faculty/Staff
Gender and the Practice of Employment Law
The Women and the Law Program is hosting a conversation for students with distinguished alumni about the practice of employment law and the intersection of gender with the work that they do on a day to day basis. This is not only an excellent opportunity to learn from more seasoned professionals working in the field, but an incredible networking opportunity and a chance to dialogue with awesome lawyers. Please RSVP if you plan to attend by emailing womenlaw@wcl.american.edu. Lunch will be provided.
- Presentation
- Open To Students
Genocide on Our Watch?
Join Professor Rebecca Hamilton and
Professor Juan Méndez, former U.N. Special Advisor
on the Prevention of Genocide, as they discuss the
Rohingya crisis with journalist
Doug Bock Clark, who has recently reported from
Myanmar for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE