Scheduled at 11:15 am in Colorado F on Thursday, November 14.
#39381Speaker(s)
- Mary Lou Mobley, National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education
- Judith Risch, Title IX & Equity Access Services Special Advisor, Grand River Solutions
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format: Lecture
- Expertise Level: Beginner
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
The attorneys who lead OCR’s National Digital Accessibility Team will discuss the changing legal landscape and offer practical steps educational institutions and their vendors should take now, and to prepare for the future. They share lessons learned from their enforcement experience under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Abstract
This is your opportunity to hear directly from some of the nation’s top enforcement officials. Learn how they view and resolve hundreds of post-secondary technology accessibility allegations each year. Get tips on how to stay in compliance with current law and learn promising practices to navigate the next few years, when new regulations go into effect. This will be a practical session aimed at helping you forecast your resource needs and strategic decisions.
Keypoints
- Learn what steps to take to set your institution up for success in a changing legal landscape.
- Learn how to stay in compliance with Section 504 and Title II before any changes go into effect.
- Learn what will change for your institution when regulatory changes go into effect and how to prepare.
Disability Areas
All Areas
Topic Areas
Legal, Uncategorized
Speaker Bio(s)
Mary Lou Mobley
Mary Lou Mobley graduated from Duke University in 1990 with a law degree and a Master’s in Philosophy. After clerking for a Federal judge, she joined the Federal government in Washington, DC, as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, where she earned numerous awards including the John Marshall Award for Distinguished Service. In 2006, she moved to Denver and joined the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, where she currently serves as OCR’s National Disability Expert and Lead of OCR's National Digital Access Team.
Judith Risch
Judith Risch, J.D., Ph.D., is the Title IX & Equity Access Services Special Advisor at Grand River Solutions. Judy brings over two decades of invaluable experience from her tenure at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education. Judy is nationally recognized as a foremost expert in digital accessibility, having served as a senior attorney at the Department of Education, where she co-led the Office for Civil Rights National Digital Accessibility Team. Her role involved overseeing a team of attorneys and investigators across twelve regional offices, enforcing digital accessibility policies and advising educational institutions and business leaders on compliance with federal disability discrimination laws.