Americans with Disabilities Act Symposium
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); the 15th anniversary of the Disability Law and Policy Program; and the Syracuse Law Review ADA Special Volume
Thirty years ago, the ADA became law, ensuring basic civil rights for people with disabilities in all areas of public life. Over the past few decades, the field of disability rights law has experienced rapid growth, as scholars, practitioners, and legislators alike have sought to advance the mission of the ADA to create a more fair, just, and equal world.
To that end, Syracuse University College of Law founded, in 2005, the award winning Disability Law and Policy Program, which has become the most extensive disability law program in the United States. DLPP faculty and students work on the front lines of domestic and international issues of paramount significance to people with disabilities all around the world.
Volume 71 of Syracuse Law Review hopes to recognize, and continue, this progress with the publication of a Special Volume. This latest issue features scholarship that discusses both where we have been, and, perhaps more importantly, where we have yet to go in the field of disability rights law.
10:00 a.m. Arrival of Participants
10:05 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
IntroductionsSpeakers:
10:15 a.m. Morning Keynote
Biden Administration Goals for Community Living and Disability Inclusion
Speaker:
10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion I
Presentations by Special Volume Contributors
Panelists:
Moderator: Doron Dorfman, Associate Professor of Law
12:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. Afternoon Keynote
Overview of the ADA: The Past, Present, and Future
Speakers:
Moderator: Professor Arlene S. Kanter
1:30 p.m., Panel Discussion II
Presentations by Special Volume Contributors
Panelists:
Moderator: Professor Arlene S. Kanter
2:30 p.m. Q&A Session
Special Volume Contributors and Speakers Panel
3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
*Subject to alteration before April 23, 2021.
CART and sign language interpreters will be provided. Additional accommodation requests can be made on the registration form.