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Georgia State University's 2009-2010
Law Review Symposium
The Long Road Home
Perspectives On Olmstead Ten Years Later
Friday, October 23, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia State University College of Law will hold a one-day symposium on Friday, October 23, 2009, to mark the tenth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's integration mandate in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), a landmark decision considered by some to be the disability law parallel to Brown v. Board of Education.
Georgia State University's 2009-2010
Law Review Symposium
The Long Road Home
Perspectives On Olmstead Ten Years Later
Friday, October 23, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia State University College of Law will hold a one-day symposium on Friday, October 23, 2009, to mark the tenth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's integration mandate in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), a landmark decision considered by some to be the disability law parallel to Brown v. Board of Education.
Attorneys and the surviving plaintiff from the Olmstead litigation, which originated in metropolitan Atlanta, will participate in the Symposium. United States District Court Judge Marvin Shoob, who ruled on the original summary judgment motion in Olmstead, will speak at the luncheon.
The Symposium is co-sponsored by the College of Law, the Center for Leadership in Disability, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and the Georgia Advocacy Office. Attorneys from Atlanta Legal Aid and Sutherland participated in the original Olmstead litigation.
The symposium will include discussions on the history, current status, and future of Olmstead initiatives, as well as Olmstead's potential implications for other areas of law.
Speakers will include:
Susan Stefan, Esq., Center for Public Representation
David Ferleger, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, Lead Counsel in Pennhurst v. Halderman State School
Steven J. Schwartz, Esq., Executive Director, Center for Public Representation
Ira A. Burnim, Esq., Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Sidney D. Watson, Esq., Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
Carrie Griffin Basas, Esq., Post-Graduate Research Fellow at Harvard Law School
Daniel Crimmins, Ph.D., Director, Jessica Howell, M.P.H., Assistant Director,
Sidney D. Watson, Esq., Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
Carrie Griffin Basas, Esq., Post-Graduate Research Fellow at Harvard Law School
Daniel Crimmins, Ph.D., Director, Jessica Howell, M.P.H., Assistant Director,
Stacey Ramirez, Georgia State University Center for Leadership in Disability
Charlie Bliss, Esq., Director of Advocacy, & Talley Wells, Esq., Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Kathy E. Sawyer, ASCW, Consultant and Former State Mental Health Commissioner Alabama)
Charlie Bliss, Esq., Director of Advocacy, & Talley Wells, Esq., Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Kathy E. Sawyer, ASCW, Consultant and Former State Mental Health Commissioner Alabama)
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Please visit http://law.gsu.edu/lawreview/index/symposium for more information. Cost of attendance is $30, which includes breakfast and lunch. Click on the registration tab to register. Continuing Legal Education credits also available. If you need any additional information at this time, please contact Laurice Rutledge (mlmr2112@gmail.com), Law Review Symposium Editor.
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GSU Center for Leadership in Disability
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Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
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Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
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