Location:
Equip for Equality
20 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
Dear Disability Rights Consortium Members,
The next meeting of the Disability Rights Consortium will take place on Wednesday February 26th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality's Chicago office (20 N. Michigan, Suite 300) and via webcast at www.illinoislegaladvocate.org This month's meeting will focus on the special education rights of court-involved youth with disabilities. Our featured speakers will be Rachel Shapiro, a staff attorney at Equip for Equality, Aimee Rodriguez, a staff attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow at Equip for Equality, and Rick Tekip, a Cook County Juvenile Court Probation Officer in the Advocacy Division. Rachel and Aimee will discuss the prevalence rates of exclusionary school discipline policies for these youth, common educational problems these youth face, and creative legal strategies to combat these educational problems. Rick will discuss the role of educational advocates at juvenile court and his efforts to educate the school and court personnel about the youths’ educational rights.
Illinois attorneys attending this meeting will receive 1.5 hours of CLE credit. A captioner will be present for the meeting. If you need any other accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact Barry Taylor at barryt@equipforequality.org by February 21st.
Finally, attached (see below) are the dates and topics for the 2014 Consortium meetings. Note that our meeting in March will focus on veterans with disabilities.
Hope to see you on February 26th for our discussion of juvenile justice issues,
Barry C. Taylor
Equip for Equality
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2014 Disability Rights Consortium Schedule and Topics
All meetings will take place at Equip for Equality’s Chicago office (20 North Michigan, Suite 300) from 9:30-11:00
1/22/14 Affordable Care Act
2/26/14 Juvenile Justice
3/26/14 Veterans with Disabilities
4/23/14 Olmstead Legal Update
5/28/14 IDEA/Special Education Legal Update
6/25/14 Marca Bristo and the Disability Rights Movement
7/23/14 Commissioner Karen Tamley and the Mayors Office for People with Disabilities
9/24/14 Charter Schools
10/22/14 The Illinois Attorney General’s Disability Rights Bureau
12/10/14 TBA