ILS Law College, Pune organising a three day international summit in Collaboration with Oxford Human Rights Hub, Harvard Law School Project on Disability and Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds, UK.

SCHEDULE
01 December 2020–Tuesday – 06.00 to 08.00 pm (IST) Session dedicated to Academicians

Keynote :Professor Gerard Quinn, University of Leeds

Speakers :

  1. Professor Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School
  2. Professor Peter Blanck, University Professor, Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, USA.
  3. Professor Anna Lawson, School of Law, University of Leeds, Joint Director, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds
  4. Dr. Paul Harpur, Associate Professor, University of Queensland Law School; Academic Fellow, Harvard Law School Project on Disability; Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA;
  5. Prof. Shirish Deshpande, Professor, Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, India.
  6. Dr. Sanjay Jain, Associate Professor; Additional Charge-Principal, ILS Law College, Pune, India

Moderator : Prof. Sandra Fredman-Professor of Law, Oxford University; Director, Oxford Human Rights
Hub

02 December 2020 – Wednesday – 06.00 to 08.00 pm (IST) Session dedicated to Lawyers

Keynote :Ms. Maria Soledad Cisternas (video message)
UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility

Speakers :
1. ZHANG, Wanhong
Professor, Wuhan University School of Law
Executive Director, Wuhan University Institute for Human Rights Studies (National Human Rights
Education and Training Base); Director, Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law
Institute, Wuhan, China
2. Ms. Laura Wolk, Advocate, Washington.
3. Ms. Carol Taylor, Advocate, Principal Solicitor, Taylor Law & Conveyancing
4. Mr. S.K. Rungta, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
General Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of India
5. Mr. Amar Jain, Advocate, Mumbai
6. Mr. David Lepofsky, Advocate, Toronto (TBC)
Moderator : Adv. Rahul Bajaj

For more details, refer International Summit of Legal Professionals with Disability 2020, Final Flyer with Schedule. & logos pdf

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