Equip for Equality

Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on June 24th -- Focusing on Using the ADA/Section 504 in Education Cases.

The next meeting of the Disability Rights Consortium will take place on Wednesday, June 24th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality (20 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 300, Chicago, IL).


Topic: Professor Weber's presentation "The ADA in the Classroom: Of Reasonable Accommodations and Gross Misjudgments" will discuss recent research casting doubt on the widespread belief by judges that in ADA Title II and Section 504 cases about failure to provide reasonable modifications for students with disabilities, plaintiffs have to show the school engaged in intentional wrongdoing, that is, acting with deliberate indifference, bad faith, or gross misjudgment. The presentation will take up authorities from the Supreme Court and other sources that support awarding a full range of remedies-including compensatory damages, where appropriate-when schools and other entities violate Section 504 and the Title II of the ADA, even when they act without any discriminatory animus. 


Presenter
Our speaker this month will be Professor Mark Weber from the DePaul University College of Law.   


Accommodations
If you need other accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Barry Taylor at barryt@equipforequality.org or at 312-895-7317 a week prior to the meeting.

CLE Credit
Illinois attorneys attending this session will receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.

Webcast
For those who cannot attend in person, the meeting will also be webcast on www.illinoislegaladvocate.org and clicking on "Calendar" and then clicking on the link to the Consortium.  A captioner will be at the meeting.  

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Also, Equip for Equality is currently revising our priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. To provide input, you can attend a meeting we will be hosting in our office on Tuesday, June 23rd from 10am to 12pm. Or you can provide your input online by completing a short survey here. Thank you in advance for your participation.