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MICHAEL STEIN

Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Austin Hall 305 Cambridge, MA 02138 USA (617) 495-1726; [email protected]

SHORT BIO Professor Michael Ashley Stein is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School since 2005. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on disability law and policy, Dr. Stein participated in the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; works with disabled peoples’ organizations and non-governmental organizations around the world; actively consults with governments on their disability laws and policies; advises a number of UN bodies and national human rights institutions; and has brought landmark disability rights litigation globally. Professor Stein has received numerous awards in recognition of his transformative work, including the inaugural Morton E. Ruderman Prize for Inclusion; the inaugural Henry Viscardi Achievement Award; and the ABA Paul G. Hearne Award. His authoritative and path-breaking scholarship has been published worldwide by leading journals and academic presses, and has been supported by fellowships and awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research, among others. Dr. Stein holds an Extraordinary Professorship at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights, is a visiting professor at the Free University of Amsterdam, and teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School (where he became the first known person with a disability to be a member of the Harvard Law Review), and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Professor Stein previously was Professor (and Cabell Professor) at William & Mary Law School, taught at New York University and Stanford law schools, and was appointed by President Obama to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Harvard Law School

Executive Director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability (Spring 2004-date); Visiting Professor (Fall 2010-Spring 2019; Spring 2009; Spring 2008; Fall 2005-Spring 2006); Affiliated Faculty, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics (Fall 2013-date); Research Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies Program (Spring 2004-date)

University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights Extraordinary Professor (Spring 2015-date)

Free University of Amsterdam Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Athena Institute Visiting Professor (Spring 2014-date)

Harvard Kennedy School of Government Affiliated Faculty (Fall 2014-date)

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University Faculty Associate (Fall 2014-date)

mailto:[email protected]

Michael Stein, of 34

Current courses: Disability Law and Policy (HKS Spring 2018; Spring 2019); Comparative Disability Rights (Pretoria Spring 2018); Disability Rights Law (HLS Spring 2018; Spring 2019) AWARDS Honoree, United States Embassy to the State of Israel for “supporting the rights of persons with disabilities in Israel” (May 2016) [Israel]

American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights Paul G. Hearne Award for “outstanding contributions in furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities” (August 2014) [United States]

Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion for “extraordinary contributions to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the Jewish world and beyond” (inaugural recipient) (January 2014) [Global]

Henry Viscardi Achievement Award for “profoundly impacting the lives of persons with disabilities” (inaugural class recipient) (July 2013) [Global]

National Grassroots Disability Organization and National Counsel of Women with Disabilities Certificate of Recognition for “tireless efforts, dedication, and solidarity” with local disability rights groups (July 2013) [Bangladesh]

International Higher Education and Disability Student Group of Harvard Graduate School of Education Annual Award for “recognition of outstanding leadership, scholarship, and real life contributions to people with disabilities” (April 2013) [United States]

Boston Globe Magazine “Bostonians Changing the World” (July 2012) [United States]

Association for Higher Education and Disability “International Disability Rights Champion” (April 2011) [Global]

PAVIC (Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children) “National Advocate Award” (May 2011) [Philippines]

Special Olympics Global Youth Activities Summit/Project Unity “Disability Human Rights Award” (February 2009) [United States]

National Federation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities “Appreciation Award” (April 2008) [Philippines] PUBLICATIONS

A. Books DISABILITY SOCIAL RIGHTS (Cambridge University Press 2019) (ed. with Malcolm Langford)

THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A COMMENTARY (Oxford University Press 2018) (ed. with Ilias Bantekas & Dimitris Anastasiou)

DISABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (University of Pennsylvania Press 2017) (ed. with Jonathan Lazar)

DISABILITY AND EQUITY AT WORK (Oxford University Press 2014) (ed. with Jody Heymann & Gonzalo Moreno)


DISABILITY AND EQUALITY LAW (Ashgate Publishing 2013) (ed. with Elizabeth F. Emens)

B. Articles and Essays Transposing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa: The Role of Disabled Peoples’ Organisations (DPOs), 27 AFRICAN J. COMP. & INT’L L. ___ (2019) (with Faraaz Mahomed & Janet E. Lord)

Universities as Disability Rights Change Agents, 9 NE. U. L. REV. ___ (2018) (with Paul Harpur) [symposium issue]

Mainstreaming Disability in the United Nations Treaty Bodies, 17 J. HUM. RTS. 1 (2018) (with Kjersti Skarstad) [peer-reviewed]

De-stigmatising Psychosocial Disability in South Africa, 5 AFRICAN Y.B. ON DISABILITY RTS. 64 (Charles Ngwena ed. 2017) (with Faraaz Mahomed) [peer-reviewed] Does Supported Decision-making in India’s Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 Measure up to the CRPD’s Standards?, 1 INDIAN J. MED. ETHICS 229 (2016) (with Mukul Inamdar & Joske Bunders) [peer-reviewed]

Constitutional Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Analysis of 193 National Constitutions, 29 HARV. HUM. RTS. J. 203 (2016) (with Amy Raub, Isabel Latz, Aleta Sprague & Jody Heymann)

Expressive Law and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 114 MICH. L. REV. 1061(2016) (with Alex C. Geisinger)

Persons with Disabilities and their Sexual, Reproductive, and Parenting Rights: An International and Comparative Analysis, 11 FRONTIERS L. CHINA 53 (2016) (with Robyn M. Powell) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

Disability, Repressive Regimes, and Health Disparity: Assessing Country Conditions in North Korea, 2014 HAGUE Y.B. INT’L L. 27 (2016) (with Jae-Chun Won, Janet E. Lord &Yosung Song) [peer-reviewed]

Credit Scores, Lending, and Psychosocial Disability, 95 B.U. L. REV. 1807 (2015) (with Christopher P. Guzelian & Hagop S. Akiskal)

Peacebuilding and Reintegrating Ex-Combatants with Disabilities, 19 INT’L J. HUM. RTS. 277 (2015) (with Janet E. Lord) [peer-reviewed]

Integrating the Internet, 83 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 449 (2015) (with Bradley Allan Areheart)

The Disability-Employability Divide: Bottlenecks to Equal Opportunity, 113 MICH. L. REV. 877 (2015) (with Bradley A. Areheart)

The Politics of Federal Judicial Selection, 1789-1861, 100 IOWA L. REV. 551 (2015) (with Michael J. Gerhardt) [centennial volume]

Expert Testimony in Nineteenth Century Malapraxis Actions, 55 AM. J. LEG. HIST. 284 (2015) (with Christopher P. Guzelian & Kristina M. Guzelian) [peer-reviewed]

Self-Perception of Disability and Prospects for Employment among U.S. Veterans, 50 WORK: J. PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT & REHAB.49 (2015) (with Christopher L. Griffin, Jr.) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]


Psychosocial Adjustment of Israeli Veterans with Disabilities: Does Employment Status Matter?, 50 WORK: J. PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION 59 (2015) (with Tal Araten-Bergman & Patricia Tal-Katz) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

Accommodating Every Body, 81 U. CHI. L. REV. 689 (2014) (with Anita Silvers, Bradley A. Areheart & Leslie Pickering Francis)

The Democratic Life of the Union: Toward Equal Voting Participation for Europeans with Disabilities, 55 HARV. INT’L L.J. 71 (2014) (with János Fiala-Butora & Janet E. Lord)

Disability, Development, and Human Rights: A Mandate and Framework for International Financial Institutions, 47 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. 1231(2014) (with Penelope J.S. Stein)

Facilitating an Equal Right to Vote for Persons with Disabilities, 6 J. HUM. RTS. PRAC. 115 (2014) (with Janet E. Lord & János Fiala-Butora) [peer-reviewed]

Prospects and Practices for CRPD Implementation in Africa, 1 AFRICAN Y.B. ON DISABILITY RTS. 97 (Charles Ngwena & Frans Viljoen eds. 2014) (with Janet E. Lord) [peer-reviewed] Inheritance, Poverty, and Disability 29 DISABILITY & SOC. 1554 (2014) (with Nora Ellen Groce & Jillian London) [peer-reviewed]

Danger, Danger! Evaluating the Accessibility of Web-Based Emergency Alert Sign-ups in the Northeastern United States, 31 GOV’T INFO. Q. 488 (2014) (with Brian Wentz & Jonathan Lazar) [peer-reviewed]

The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: What is at Stake for Physiatrists and the Patients we Serve, 6 PHYSICAL MED. & REHAB. J. 356 (2014) (with Dorothy Weiss Tolchin) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

Employment, Social Capital, and Community Participation among Israelis with Disabilities, 47 WORK: J. PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT & REHAB. 381 (2014) (with Tal Araten-Bergman) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

Surviving Polio in a Post-Polio World, 107 SOC. SCI. & MED. 171 (2014) (with Nora Ellen Groce & Lena Morgon Banks) [peer-reviewed]

Mainstreaming and Accountability: (Really) Including Persons with Disabilities in Development Aid and Humanitarian Relief Programming, 31 NORDIC J. HUM. RTS. 292 (2013) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

Disability Cause Lawyers, 53 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1287 (2012) (with Michael E. Waterstone & David B. Wilkins)

Implications of the UN Disability Convention for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons with Disabilities, 28 ARIZ. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 401 (2012) (with Janet E. Lord) [symposium issue]

China and Disability Rights, 33 LOY. L.A. INT’L & COMP. L. REV. 7 (2011) [symposium issue]

Assessing Post-ADA Employment: Some Econometric Evidence and Policy Considerations, 8 J. EMPIRICAL L. STUD. 477 (2011) (with John J. Donohue III, Christopher L. Griffin, Jr. & Sascha Becker) [peer-reviewed]


Monitoring the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Innovations, Lost Opportunities, and Future Potential, 31 HUM. RTS. Q.689 (2010) (with Janet E. Lord) [peer- reviewed]

Cause Lawyering for People with Disabilities, 123 HARV. L. REV. 1658 (2010) (with David B. Wilkins & Michael E. Waterstone)

The United States and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2 EUR. Y.B. DISABILITY L. 29 (Gerard Quinn & Lisa Waddington eds. 2010) (with Janet E. Lord & Penelope J.S. Stein)

Health Care and the UN Disability Rights Convention, 374 LANCET 1796 (2009) (with P.J.S. Stein, Dorothy Weiss & Raymond Lang) [invited contribution] [peer-reviewed]

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Opportunity to Provide Guidance on CRPD Interpretation and Engage with the Disability Community, in 58 INT’L REHAB. REV. 2 (2009) (with Janet E. Lord)

Social Rights and the Relational Value of the Rights to Participate in Sport, Recreation, and Play 27 BU INT’L L. J. 249 (2009) (with Janet E. Lord) [symposium issue]

Victorian Tort Liability for Workplace Injuries, 2008 ILL. L. REV. 933 (2008)

Rational Choice, Reputation, and Human Rights Treaties, 106 U. MICH. L. REV. 1129 (2008) (with Alex Geisinger)

Jacobus tenBroek, Participatory Justice, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 TEX. J. C.L. & C.R. 167 (2008) (with Janet E. Lord) [symposium issue] [Farsi translation posted online]

Disabling Prejudice, 102 NW. U. L. REV. 1351 (2008) (with Michael E. Waterstone)

The Domestic Incorporation of Human Rights Law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 83 U. WASH. L. REV. 449 (2008) (with Janet E. Lord) [symposium issue], reprinted in SELECTED READINGS ON THE STUDIES OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 265 (2014) [Chinese translation]

Disability and the Social Contract, 74 U. CHI. L. REV. 1615 (2007) (with Anita Silvers)

Disability Human Rights, 95 CAL. L. REV. 75 (2007), reprinted in NUSSBAUM AND LAW 3 (Robin West ed. 2015); reprinted in VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 665 (David Weissbrodt & Mary Rumsey eds. 2011)

A Theory of Expressive International Law, 60 VAND. L. REV. 77 (2007) (with Alex Geisinger)

Beyond Disability Civil Rights, 58 HASTINGS L.J. 1203 (2007) (with Penelope J.S. Stein) [symposium issue]

A Quick Overview of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 31 MENTAL & PHYSICAL DISABILITY L. REP. 679 (2007)

Disability, Disparate Impact, and Class Actions, 56 DUKE L.J. 861 (2006) (with Michael E. Waterstone)


Emergency Preparedness and People with Disabilities, 30 MENTAL & PHYSICAL DISABILITY L. REP. 338 (2006) (with Michael E. Waterstone)

Disability and Employment Discrimination at the Rehnquist Court, 75 MISS. L. J. 945 (2006) (with Anita Silvers & Michael E. Waterstone) [symposium issue]

Foreword: Disabling Brown, 14 WM. & MARY BILL OF RTS. J. 1421 (2006) [symposium issue]

Same Struggle, Different Difference: ADA Accommodations as Antidiscrimination, 153 U. PA. L. REV. 579 (2004)

Under the Empirical Radar: An Initial Expressive Law Analysis of the ADA, 90 U. VA. L. REV. 1151 (2004)

Generalizing Disability, 102 U. MICH. L. REV. 1373 (2004)

The Law and Economics of Disability Accommodations, 53 DUKE L.J. 79 (2003)

Human Rights and Genetic Discrimination: Protecting Genomics’ Promise for Public Health, 31 J. L. MED. & ETHICS 377 (2003) (with Anita Silvers) [peer-reviewed]

Priestley v. Fowler (1837) and the Emerging Tort of Negligence, 44 B.C. L. REV. 689 (2003)

Foreword: Disability and Identity, 44 WM. & MARY L. REV. 907 (2003) [symposium issue]

Disability, Employment Policy, and the Supreme Court, 55 STAN. L. REV. 607 (2002)

An Equality Paradigm for Preventing Genetic Discrimination, 55 VAND. L. REV. 1341 (2002) (with Anita Silvers)

War, Society, and Disability: Some Thoughts on Applying Under-Utilized Methodologies, 11 J. TRANSNAT’L. L. & CONTEMP. PROB. 107 (2002) [symposium issue]

Disability, Equal Protection, and the Supreme Court: Standing at the Crossroads of Progressive and Retrogressive Logic in Constitutional Classification, 35 U. MICH. J. L. REF. 81 (2002) (with Anita Silvers) [symposium issue]

Empirical Implications of Title I, 85 IOWA L. REV.1671 (2000) [symposium issue]

Labor Markets, Rationality, and Workers with Disabilities, 21 BERK. J. EMP. & LAB. L. 314 (2000) [symposium issue]

The Domestic Relations Exception to Federal Jurisdiction: Rethinking an Unsettled Federal Courts Doctrine, 36 B.C. L. REV. 669 (1995)

From Crippled to Disabled: The Legal Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities, 43 EMORY L.J. 247 (1994)

Mommy Has a Blue Wheelchair: Recognizing the Parental Rights of People with Disabilities, 60 BROOKLYN L. REV. 1069 (1994)

Uniformity in the Federal Courts: A Proposal for Increasing the Use of En Banc Appellate Review, 53 U. PITT. L. REV. 805 (1993)

C. Book Chapters Introduction, in DISABILITY SOCIAL RIGHTS ___ (ed. with Malcolm Langford 2019) (with


Malcolm Langford)

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in THE UNITED NATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL ___ (Philip Alston & Frédéric Mégret eds. 2018) (with Janet E. Lord)

Article 32: International Cooperation, in THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A COMMENTARY (Oxford University Press 2018) ___ (ed. with Ilias Bantekas & Dimitris Anastasiou) (with Janet E. Lord)

Preface, in THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A COMMENTARY ___ (Oxford University Press 2018) (ed. with Ilias Bantekas & Dimitris Anastasiou) (with Ilias Bantekas & Dimitris Anastasiou)

Article 30 as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: Harnessing the CRPD’s Potential for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, in RECOGNISING RIGHTS IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS: THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) ___ (Kelley Johnson & Emily Kakoullis eds. 2018) (with Matthew S. Smith)

Accessing Socio-Economic Rights: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in EQUALITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONTEXT ___ (Malcolm Langford & Eibe Reidel eds. 2018) (with Janet E. Lord)

Critical Social and Economic Issues of Development and Human Rights: Disability, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT ___ (Stephen P. Marks & Balakrishnan Rajagopal eds. 2018) (with Janet E. Lord)

Strategic Litigation and Inclusive Education, in THE RIGHT TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ___ (Gauthier de Beco, Janet E. Lord & Shivaun Quinlivan eds. 2018) (with Peter Barnett)

Mexico, in THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN PRACTICE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF COURTS___ (Anna Lawson & Lisa Waddington eds. 2018) (with Matthew S. Smith)

Children with Disabilities, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development, in CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: IMPLEMENTING THE CRC FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS __ (Claire Fenton-Glynn ed. 2018) (with Paul Harpur)

Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, and Aging: Medical-Legal Issues, in GERIATRIC FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 265 (Jacob C. Holzer, Robert Kohn, James M. Ellison & Patricia R. Recupero eds. 2017) (with Mark J. Hauser, Robert Kohn, Mathew D. Lerner, Becca Lory & Harold J. Bursztajn)

Introduction, in DISABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1 (ed. with Jonathan Lazar 2017) (with Jonathan Lazar)

Equality and Non-Discrimination, in THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: A COMMENTARY 253 (Malcolm Langford ed. 2017) (with Lilian Chenwi & Rebecca Brown)


Charting the Development of Human Rights Law through the CRPD, in THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A COMMENTARY 731(Giuseppe Palmisano, Valentina Della Fina & Rachele Cera eds. 2017) (with Janet E. Lord)

Disability and Health Law, in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF U.S. HEALTHCARE LAW 375 (I. Glenn Cohen, Allison K. Hoffman & William M. Sage eds. 2016) (with Leslie Pickering Francis & Anita Silvers)

Law as a Source of Stigma or Empowerment: Legal Capacity and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY & STIGMA: STEPPING OUT FROM THE MARGINS 195 (Katrina Scior & Shirli Werner eds. 2016) (with János Fiala-Butora)

Disability Human Rights, in NUSSBAUM AND LAW 3 (Robin West ed. 2015)

Deaf Identity and Rights in Africa: Advancing Equality through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in CITIZENSHIP, POLITICS, DIFFERENCE: PERSPECTIVES FROM SUB-SAHARAN SIGNED LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES 200 (Audrey C. Cooper & Khadijat K. Rashid eds. 2015) (with Janet E. Lord)

Connecting Disability Human Rights with the Shoah, in GOD, FAITH AND IDENTITY IN THE ASHES: PERSPECTIVES OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS 246 (Menachem Z. Rosensaft ed. 2014)

Genes, Identity, and Clinical Ethics under Conditions of Uncertainty, in GENETIC DISCRIMINATION: TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE CASE FOR A EUROPEAN-LEVEL LEGAL RESPONSE 52 (Gerard Quinn, Aisling de Paor & Peter Blanck eds. 2014) (with Rebecca Brom Wolf, Michael Joseph Young & Harold J. Bursztajn)

Disability, Employment and Inclusion Worldwide, in DISABILITY AND EQUITY AT WORK 1 (ed. with Jody Heymann & Gonzalo Moreno 2014) (with Jody Heymann & Gonzalo Moreno)

The Employment Equity Mandate of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Some Preliminary Observations for Canada, in EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN CANADA: THE LEGACY OF THE ABELLA REPORT 242 (Carol Agocs ed. 2014)

The Domestic Incorporation of Human Rights Law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in SELECTED READINGS ON THE STUDIES OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 265 (2014) (with Janet E. Lord)

Education and HIV/AIDs: Disability Rights and Inclusive Development, in MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 274 (Malcolm Langford, Andy Sumner & Alicia Ely Yamin eds. 2013) (with Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo & Janet E. Lord)

Introduction, in DISABILITY AND EQUALITY LAW xiii (ed. with Elizabeth F. Emens 2013) (with Elizabeth F. Emens)

Contingent Participation and Coercive Care: Feminist and Communitarian Theories Consider Disability and Legal Capacity, in COERCIVE CARE: LAW AND POLICY 31 (Bernadette McSherry & Ian Freckelton eds. 2013) (with Janet E. Lord)


General Provisions Dealing with Equality, in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 287 (Mark Tushnet, Thomas Fleiner & Cheryl Saunders eds. 2013) (with Brun-Otto Bryde)

Equal Access to Health Care under the UN Disability Rights Convention, in MEDICINE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: ESSAYS ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND CARE 245 (Rosamond Rhodes, Margaret Battin & Anita Silvers eds. 2d ed. 2012) (with Janet E. Lord & Dorothy Weiss Tolchin)

Forging Effective International Agreements: Lessons from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in MAKING EQUAL RIGHTS REAL: TAKING EFFECTIVE ACTION TO OVERCOME GLOBAL CHALLENGES 27 (Jody Heymann & Adele Cassola eds. 2012) (with Janet E. Lord)

The United States, Disability Law and Policy, and the CRPD, in ON THE ROAD TO INCLUSION: IMPLEMENTING THE UNCRPD IN G20 COUNTRIES 319 (Helmut Reifeld & Maria Michalk eds. 2012) (with Janet E. Lord)

Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons with Disabilities, in ASPECTS OF DISABILITY LAW IN AFRICA 31 (Ilze Grobbelaar-du Plessis & Tobias Van Reenan eds. 2011) (with Janet E. Lord)

The Law and Politics of US Participation in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES: BEYOND EXCEPTIONALISM 199 (Shareen Hertel & Kathryn Libal eds. 2011) (with Janet E. Lord)

Assessing the Policy Divide between Veteran and Non-Veteran Americans with Disabilities, in ADVANCING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A US-IRAN DIALOGUE ON LAW, POLICY AND ADVOCACY 67 (Allen Moore & Sarah Kornblet eds. 2011) (with Michael E. Waterstone)

Disability Human Rights, in VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 665 (David Weissbrodt & Mary Rumsey eds. 2011)

United States Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Would it make a Difference?, in ADVANCING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: A US-IRAN DIALOGUE ON LAW, POLICY AND ADVOCACY 21 (Allen Moore & Sarah Kornblet eds. 2011) (with Janet E. Lord)

Ensuring Respect for the Rights of People with Disabilities, in THE HUMAN IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS: ISSUES FOR THE INQUIRY-BASED CLASSROOM 77 (Valerie Ooka Pang, William Fernekes & Jack Nelson eds. 2010)

Future Prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: EUROPEAN AND SCANDINAVIAN PERSPECTIVES 17 (Gerard Quinn & Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir eds. 2009) (with Janet E. Lord)

Challenges in Realizing the Right to Live in the Community, in FOCUS ON ARTICLE 19 OF THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 27 (European Coalition for Community Living 2009) (with Gerard Quinn)

Natural Disasters and People with Disabilities, in LAW AND RECOVERY FROM DISASTER: HURRICANE KATRINA 71 (Robin Paul Malloy ed. 2009) (with Janet E. Lord & Michael E. Waterstone)


Comparative Perspectives on Ratifying and Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN EUROPE: TOWARDS FULL PARTICIPATION, INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT 47 (Council of Europe ed. 2009)

Disability, Disparate Impact and Class Actions, in EMPLOYMENT CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS 593 (David Sherwyn ed.2009) (with Michael E. Waterstone)

Participatory Justice, the UN Disability Human Rights Convention, and the Right to Participate in Sport, Recreation, and Play, in THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 226 (Jukka Kumpuvuori & Martin Scheinin eds. 2009) (with Janet E. Lord)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Process, Substance, and Prospects, in INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES 495 (Felipe Gomez Isa & Koen De Feyter eds. 2009) (with Janet E. Lord)

Workplace Disability, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND ECONOMICS: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW AND ECONOMICS 342 (Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Seth D. Harris & Orly Lobel eds. 2009) (with Seth D. Harris)

The Normative Value of a Treaty as Opposed to a Declaration: Reflections from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 27 (Stephen P. Marks ed. 2008) (with Janet E. Lord)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a Vehicle for Social Transformation, in NATIONAL MONITORING MECHANISMS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 109 (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de México, Network of the Americas & Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2008) (with Janet E. Lord) [English original, with Spanish and French translation], reprinted in DISABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH 18 (Action on Disability & Development ed. 2008)

Empirical Implications of Title I, in DISABILITY RIGHTS 363 (Peter Blanck ed. 2005)

Essentially Empirical: The Role of Biological and Legal Classification in Effectively Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination, in SCIENCE AND OTHER CULTURES: ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 129 (Robert Figueroa & Sandra Harding eds. 2003) (with Anita Silvers)

Labor Markets, Rationality, and Workers with Disabilities, in FOUNDATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW 539 (John J. Donohue III ed. 2003)

From Plessy (1896) and Goesart (1948) to Cleburne (1985) and Garrett (2001): A Chill Wind From the Past Blows Equal Protection Away, in BACKLASH AGAINST THE ADA: REINTERPRETING DISABILITY RIGHTS (CORPOREALITIES: DISCOURSES ON DISABILITIES) 221 (Linda Hamilton Krieger ed. 2003) (with Anita Silvers)

Disability and Post-ADA Employment Effects: Alternative Approaches to Traditional Economic Analysis, in EMERGING WORKFORCE ISSUES: W.I.A., TICKET TO WORK, AND TRANSITION 95 (L. Robert McConnell ed. 2001)


Employing People with Disabilities: Some Cautionary Thoughts for a Second Generation Civil Rights Statute in EMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: ISSUES IN LAW, PUBLIC POLICY, AND RESEARCH 51 (Peter David Blanck ed. 2000)

Market Failure and ADA Title I in AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES: EXPLORING IMPLICATIONS OF THE LAW FOR INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS 193 (Leslie Pickering Francis & Anita Silvers eds. 2000)

D. Comments, Editorials, and Sundry Pieces Foreword, in Kunho KIM & BRAD RIEW, 20 STATES ON WHEELS (2015), available at: <http://20statesonwheels.com/>.

Understanding the Connection between Human-Computer Interaction and Freedom of Information and Access Laws, 20.6 ACM INTERACTIONS MAG. 60 (2013) (with Jonathan Lazar & Tim Elder), available at: <http://interactions.acm.org/archive/toc/november-december-2013>

Ratify the UN Disability Treaty, Foreign Policy in Focus (July 9, 2009) (with Janet E. Lord), available at: <http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6247>

Tennessee v. Lane, in 3 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN DISABILITY HISTORY 895 (Susan Burch ed. 2009) (with Martha A. Field)

Youngberg v. Romeo, in 3 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN DISABILITY HISTORY 988 (Susan Burch ed. 2009) (with William P. Alford)

Disability, in 2 OXFORD INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEGAL HISTORY 334 (Stanley N. Katz et al. eds. 2009) (with Penelope J.S. Stein & Peter Blanck)

Finding the Gaps: A Comparative Analysis of Disability Laws in the United States to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (National Council on Disability, June 6, 2008) (with Michael E. Waterstone)

Lessons from the Americans with Disabilities Act Experience: Proceedings of a Conference at Renmin University Law School on Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007) [English original, with Chinese translation]

Bodies of Difference: Experiences of Disability and Institutional Advocacy in the Making of Modern China, 33 J. L. & SOC. 485 (2006) (with Penelope J.S. Stein)

Americans with Disabilities Act Policy Implications for Reforming Japanese Disability Employment Law, Proceedings of a Presentation to the Japan Diet, JAPAN DISABILITY FORUM BULLETIN 5 (April 2005) [English original, with Japanese translation]

The Challenge of Disability Human Rights: Proceedings of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program 106 (2005)

The Definition of Disability in the Americans with Disabilities Act: Its Successes and Shortcomings, Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools Joint Sections on Employment Discrimination Law, Labor Relations and Employment Law and Law, Medicine, and Health, 9 EMPLOYEE RTS. & EMP. POL’Y J. 473 (2005)

Remembering Andrew I. Batavia, 14 STAN. L. & POL’Y. REV. 351 (2003)

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http://interactions.acm.org/archive/toc/november-december-2013

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6247


Americans with Disabilities Act in 1 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY 172 (3rd ed. 2002) (with Paul Longmore)

Discrimination: Disabled in 3 DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY 47 (3rd ed. 2002)

Hardball, Politics, and the NLRB, 22 BERK. J. EMP. & LAB. L. 507 (2001)

Scholarly Reflections (Book Note on Archibald Cox, The Court and the Constitution), 101 HARV. L. REV. 865 (1988)

E. Book Reviews Margot E. Salomon, Global Responsibility for Human Rights: World Poverty and the Development of International Law, 20 EURO. J. INT’L. L. 922 (2009)

Thomas Pogge ed., Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right, 68 CAM. L. J.475 (2009)

Susan Burch & Hannah Joyner, Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson, 27 L. & HIST. REV. 470 (2009) (with Aviam Soifer)

R.W. Kostal, A Jurisprudence of Power: Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law, 26 L. & HIST. REV. 201 (2008)

Benedicte Ingstad & Susan Reynolds Whyte eds., Disability in Local and Global Worlds, 4 REV. DISABILITY STUD. 60 (2008) [peer-reviewed]

Rachel Murray, The Role of National Human Rights Institutions at the International and Regional Levels: The Experience of Africa, 67 CAM. L. J. 433 (2008)

Neil J. Diamant et al. eds., Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice, 66 CAM. L. J. 243 (2007)

Anna Lawson & Caroline Gooding eds., Disability Rights in Europe: From Theory to Practice, EUROPEAN LAW BOOKS <http://www.europeanlawbooks.org/reviews/detail.asp?id=190> (2006)

Philip Alston ed., Non-State Actors and Human Rights, 65 CAM. L. J. 464 (2006)

P.W.J. Bartrip, The Home Office and the Dangerous Trades: Regulating Occupational Disease in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, 64 CAM. L. J. 778 (2004)

Robert Post et al., Prejudicial Appearances: The Logic of American Antidiscrimination Law, 63 CAM. L. J. 773 (2003)

Matt Cavanagh, Against Equality of Opportunity, 63 CAM. L. J. 771 (2003)

Mark Bell, Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union, 62 CAM. L. J. 508 (2003)

Katherine O’Donovan & Gerry R. Rubin eds., Human Rights and Legal History: Essays in Honour of Brian Simpson, 21 L. & HIST. REV. 412 (2003)

David Wright, Mental Disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum 1847-1901, 61 CAM. L. J. 469 (2002)

Anthony Brundage, The English Poor Laws, 1700-1930, 61 CAM. L. J. 736 (2002)

Willibald Steinmetz ed., Private Law and Social Inequality in the Industrial Age, 44AM. J. LEG. HIST. 446 (2000)


GRANTS/FUNDING Independent consultant on projects sponsored by: African Child Policy Forum; British Council; GTZ; International Labour Organization; Joint Distribution Committee (Israel); New Zealand Human Rights Commission; Norwegian Centre for Human Rights; South African Human Rights Commission; UNDESA; UNDP; UNICEF; UNESCO; USAID; USIP; WHO; World Bank

Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminar (2018)

United States Department of State-DRL (2017-2020)

Jones Day Foundation (2015-2018)

Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminar (2015)


Open Society Foundation (2008-2013)


US-China Business Cooperation (2010-2012)

Harvard University China Fund (2008-2011)

Fulbright Senior Specialist Award (2005-2010)

Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Grant (Spring 2004-Spring 2005)

American Council of Learned Societies Andrew W. Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship (2004)

Reves Center for International Studies Travel Grant (Fall 2002, Spring 2004)

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Merit Fellowship (2001-2002)

Mark DeWolfe Howe Fund (Harvard Law School) (Fall 2001, Fall 2004)

National Endowment for the Humanities (Summer 2001)

College of William & Mary Minor Research Grant (Spring 2001)

Olin Center for Law & Economics, Stanford Law School (Summer 2000)

W.M. Tapp Studentship in Law at Gonville & Caius College (1994-1997)

Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar (1995-1997)

Charlie Bayne Travel Scholar (1995)

SERVICE TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION/ACADEMIC COMMUNITY Faculty Steering Committee, Harvard University Iinitiative on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development (2018-2020)

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Ethiopian Law (2018-date)

Faculty Member, Harvard Law School Reunion Engagement Committee (2018)

Chair, Global Advisory Committee of Beit Issie Shapiro (2017-date)


Board Member, Community Advisory Committee of the Institute for Community Inclusion (2017-date)

Academic Advisory Committee, Queensland University Disability Action Plan (2017)

Faculty Committee, Salzburg/Cutler Fellowship Harvard Law School (2017)

Publication Review, Health Policy and Technology (2017)

Publication Review, LAWS (2017)

Publication Review, Cambridge University Press (2016-date)

Publication Review, Oxford University Press (2016-date)

Publication Review, Edward Elgar Publishing (2016-date)

Publication Review, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2016- date)

Board Member and Secretary, Friends of the Research Institute for Global Heritage (2016-date)

Publication Review, Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2016-date)

Publication Review, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (2016-date)

Publication Review, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (2016-date)

BlueLaw International Senior Associate (2016-2019)

Publication Review, Springer International Publishing (2016)

Publication Review, PLOS ONE (2016)

Richards Family Disability Law Scholar in Residence, University of Iowa Law School (2016)

Disability Civil Rights Team, Hilary Clinton for President Campaign (2016)

Disability Employment Task Force, Hilary Clinton for President Campaign (2016)

Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition Judge (2016)

Grant Review Board, Israel Science Foundation (2016)

Publication Review, Medicine, Conflict, and Survival (2016)

Editorial Review Board, Human Rights Quarterly (2015-date)

Advisory Board, Norwegian Social Research (2015-date)

Member, Education Committee of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2014-2017)

Member, Academic Committee of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2014-2017)

Scientific Committee, Beit Issie Shapiro International Conference (2014-2015)

Academic Committee, Disability Rights Studies in China (2014-date)

Publication Review, Oxford University Press (2014-date)


Publication Review, Ashgate Press (2014-date)

Publication Review, Law & Social Inquiry (2014-2015)

Publication Review, Asia Pacific Law Review (2014-2015)

Publication Review, Routledge Press (2013-2014; 2015-2016)

Editorial Board, African Yearbook on Disability Rights (2013-date)

Senior Advisor, Tavan Samaneh/Iranian Disability Rights Umbrella (2013-2016)

Grant Review Board, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (2013-2014)

Publication Review, Health Affairs (2013-2014)

Publication Review, Journal of Human Rights (2013-2014)

Member, Massachusetts Task Force on Increasing Access to Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (2013-2014)

Publication Review, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (2013-2014)

Publication Review, Law and Policy (2013-2014)

Honor Jury, American Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Essay Award (2013)

Finalist Judge, Source America National Achievement Award Program (2013)

Scientific Committee, Zero Project/Essl Foundation (2012-date)

Board Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council (2012-2017) [Appointed by President Barack Obama]

Partner, UNICEF Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities (2012-2015)

Founding Advisory Board Member, Israeli Disability Research Forum (2012-2015)

Grant Review Board, American Council of Learned Societies (2012-2015)

Publication Review, Journal for Juridical Science (2012-2013)

Publication Review, Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2012-2013)

International Scientific Advisory Board, World Future Council (2012-2013)

Founding Board Member, UNESCO American Bioethics Unit, Harvard Medical School (2011-date)

Board Member, National Organization on Disability (2009-date)

Advisor, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Working Group on Disability and the MDGs (2009-2014)

Co-Chair, Disability and Equity Initiative, McGill University Institute for Health and Social Policy (2009-2012)

Advisor, UNICEF Working Group on Disability (2009-2011)


Academic Member, United Nations Working Group on Disability and Development (2009-2011)

Academic Advisor, European Union SSttuuddyy oonn IImmpplleemmeennttiinngg tthhee UUNN CCoonnvveennttiioonn oonn tthhee RRiigghhttss ooff PPeerrssoonnss wwiitthh DDiissaabbiilliittiieess ((22000099--22001100))

Academic Member, South African Human Rights Commission Section 5 Disability Convention Committee (2008-date)

Advisory Council, European Coalition for Community Living (2008-date)

Executive Committee, AALS Disability Law Section (2008-2015)

Advisory Board, Stellenbosch University Evidence to Action in Disability (2007-2009)

Pro Bono Advisor, South African Human Rights Commission (2007-date)

Advisory Board, European Yearbook of Disability Law (2007-date)

Pro Bono Advisor, National-Level Shadow Reports to the CRPD Committee (2007-2014)

Pro Bono Advisor, National Human Rights Commission of Korea (2007-2010)

Advisory Committee, National Monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2007-2009)

Grant Review Board, National Endowment for the Humanities (2007-2009)

Advisory Board, United Nations Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communications Technologies (2007-2008)

International Review Board, Human Rights. Yes! Handbook (2007)

Editorial Board, Cambridge University Press Disability Law and Policy Series (2006-date)

Founding Board Member and Mentoring Coordinator, American Association of Law Schools Disability Law Section (2006-2012)

Blue Ribbon Advisory Board, Disability Rehabilitation Research Project on Emergency Evacuation and Individuals with Disabilities (2006-2008)

Affiliated Partner, BBI Institute, Syracuse University (2006-2008)

American Bar Association Commissioner on Mental and Physical Disability Law (2006-2008)

American Bar Association Subcommittees on Mental and Physical Disability Law (2006-2008)

Blue Ribbon Advisory Board, National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research Demand-Side Employment Models for Americans with Disabilities Study (2006-2008)

Publication Review, Yale University Press (2006-2007)

Publication Review, Remedial & Special Education (2006-2007)

Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court (January 2006)


Pro Bono Counsel before the European Court of Human Rights and National-Level Supreme and Constitutional Courts (2006-date)

Examiner and/or Supervisor on S.J.D./LL.M./Ph.D./D.Phil./MA. theses (2004-date)

Pro Bono Advisor on International Disability Issues, Special Olympics (2004-date)

Research Fellow, New York University School of Law Center for Labor & Employment Law (2004-2006)

Senior Legal Advisor, Rehabilitation International Delegation to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2004-2006)

Blue Ribbon Advisory Board, National Council on Disability Americans with Disabilities Act Impact and Implementation Study (2004-2005)

NGO Topic Working Group on the Definition of Disability in the United Nations Disability Human Rights Convention (2004-2005)

NGO Topic Working Group on Monitoring the United Nations Disability Human Rights Convention (2004-2005)

Publication Review, Behavioral Sciences and the Law (2004)

Publication Review, Aspen Publishers (2004)

Co-founder, Harvard Law School Project on Disability (2004)

Grant Review, United States Department of Education (2003-2004)

Tenure and Promotion Review for Professors at AALS Schools (2002-date)

Advisory Board, Technology for Independence: A Community-Based Resource Center (2002- 2005)

Advisory Board, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodation (2002-2005)

Board of Directors, AUTONOMY (2002-2004)

Grant Review, National Institute of Health (2002-2004)

Senior Researcher, Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa (2001- 2005)

Advisory Board, Community Options: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workforce Investment and Employment Policy for People with Disabilities (2001-2003)

ADA Advisory Committee, National Center for State Courts (2000-2003)

President, National Disabled Bar Association (1992-1994)

Pro Bono Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Environmental Division (1993-1994)

Pro Bono Counsel, Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division (1991-1994)


PUBLIC/SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Co-convener and Co-moderator, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Advanced Seminar on Accessible Technology and the Developing World (June 2018)

Welcoming Remarks, Petrie Flom Center-HPOD conference on Disability, Law, and Bioethics (June 2018)

Presenter, Bar Ilan University, School of Social Work (May 2018)

Presenter, National Self-Advocates of Israel Workshop (May 2018)

Presenter, Boston Bar Association (May 2018)

Presenter, Harvard Law School 200 Celebration: HLS in the Community (April 2018)

Presenter, Harvard Law School 30th Reunion (April 2018)

Presenter, Boston College Interdisciplinary Human Rights Seminar (April 2018)

Presenter, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (April 2018)

Presenter, Harvard Graduate School of Education (April 2018)

Keynote, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford University (March 2018)

Keynote, Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Conference (March 2018)

Presenter, American Constitutional Society, Harvard Law School (March 2018)

Welcoming Remarks, ReelAbilities Film Festival Screening (March 2018)

Keynote and Moderator, Afrika Tikkun Disability Rights Symposium (March 2018)

Presenter, Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria (March 2018)

Presenter, Cambridge Senior Center (March 2018)

Co-Presenter, Human Rights in an Age of Populism, Harvard Law School (February 2018)

Welcoming Remarks, National Organization on Disability Launch of Campus to Careers Program (February 2018)

Co-Presenter, McGill University (December 2017)

Co-Presenter, Suave Foundation ISID Lecture (December 2017)

Keynote, Third International Disability Studies Conference (November 2017)

Panel Moderator, Third International Disability Studies Conference (November 2017)

Presenter, Northeastern Law School Hope Lewis Symposium (November 2017)

Presenter, Athena Institute, Free University of Amsterdam (November 2017)

Panel Moderator, Ruderman Foundation Forum for Inclusion (November 2017)

Presenter, HLS Advocates Workshop on Disability Rights in Taiwan (November 2017)

Presenter, Harvard Law School 200 Celebration (October 2017)


Presenter, Faculty Roundtable on Harvard Africa-Asia Initiative (October 2017)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Faculty Book Talk (November 2017)

Moderator and Presenter, Harvard Graduate School of Education Conference on Higher Education and Disability (October 2017)

Moderator, HPOD Open House (September 2017)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Conference on Law and Development (July 2017)

Presenter, Jindal-Harvard Summer School on Human Rights and Development (July 2017)

Panelist, Side-Session on Innovations in Legal Capacity at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (June 2017)

Panelist, Side-Session on Scaling up Innovative Policies at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (June 2017)

Commentator, Side-Session on National Human Rights Institutions and the CRPD at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (June 2017)

Welcoming Remarks, HPOD/Disability Law Center Daylong Workshop on Autism and Health Care Rights (May 2017)

Presenter, Israeli Commission for Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Workshop (May 2017)

Presenter, National Israeli Self-Advocates Workshop (May 2017)

Panelist and Moderator, Harvard Graduate School of Education International Conference (April 2017)

Presenter, HLS Advocates Workshop on African National Human Rights Institutions (April 2017)

Moderator, HPOD/Olmstead Workshop (April 2017)

Moderator, HPOD/Gary Siperstein Lecture (April 2017)

Keynote, Afrika Tikkun Disability Rights Symposium (March 2017)


Panelist, United Nations Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the CRPD (December 2016)

Presenter, Haifa University School of Social Welfare and Health Sciences (December 2016)

Presenter, SHALVA Workshop on Disability and Poverty (December 2016)

Presenter, Al-Manarah: The Association for Arab Persons with Disabilities (December 2016)

Presenter, Beit Issie Shapiro Workshop (December 2016)

Moderator, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Disability Justice Caucus Workshop (December 2016)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health FXB Center (December 2016)


Greetings, Israeli Arabs with Disabilities Workshop (November 2016)

The 2016 Professor James Lecture, Leeds University Faculty of Law (November 2016)

Master Class, Leeds University Faculty of Law/Disability Studies (November 2016)

Roundtable, Leeds University Faculty of Law/Disability Studies (November 2016)

Master Class, Athena Institute, Free University of Amsterdam (November 2016)


Greetings, Campus to Careers Job Fair (November 2016)

Presenter, Covington & Burling Diversity Speaker Series (October 2016)

Moderator, HPOD/Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Workshop on Disability and Race (October 2016)

Moderator and Presenter, Harvard Graduate School of Education Conference on Higher Education, Employment, and Disability (October 2016)

Presenter, Askwith Forums Harvard Graduate School of Education (October 2016)

Presenter, Barclay’s Investment Bank Diversity Taskforce (October 2016)

Keynote, International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (October 2016)

Presenter, Special Olympics International Leadership Academy (October 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (October 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Annual Conference (September 2016)

Presenter, HPOD Open House (September 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (September 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (August 2016)

Presenter, Job Path Legal Capacity Workshop (August 2016)

Greetings, Finnish Disability Rights Leadership Conference (August 2016)

Presenter, Jindal-Harvard Summer School on Human Rights and Development (July 2016)

Presenter, Hong Kong Summer Institute on Disability Rights (July 2016)

Presenter, Harvard EALS Summer Institute on Comparative Law (July 2016)

Chair, Panel for the United Nations General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals and the CRPD (June 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (June 2016)

Honoree and Presenter, United States Embassy to the State of Israel (May 2016)


Presenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (April 2016)

Presenter, Special Olympics International Leadership Academy (April 2016)

Panelist and Moderator, Harvard Graduate School of Education International Conference (April 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (April 2016)

Greetings, Leadership Conference of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan (April 2016)

Presenter, University of Iowa Law School Human Rights Clinic (April 2016)

The 2016 Richards Lecture, University of Iowa Law School (March 2016)

Presenter, South African Human Rights Commission Workshop (March 2016)


Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health (March 2016)

Keynote, University of Virginia Disability Studies Symposium (February 2016)

Presenter, Program on Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School (February 2016)

Presenter, Asperger’s Association of New England Skills Workshop (February 2016)

Presenter, Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Workshop (February 2016)

Keynote, Lahore University of Management Sciences (January 2016)

Presenter, Job Path Training Workshop (January 2016)

Opening Speech and Panelist, Bigli Law School Disability Rights Workshop (December 2015)

Presenter, University of Oslo Workshop on the Human Right to Education (November 2015)

Presenter, Ruderman Foundation Forum for Inclusion (November 2015)

Panelist, Jewish Funders Network (November 2015)

Presenter, Harvard Law Students Mental Health Awareness Panel (October 2015)

Presenter, Thinking Together: Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Harvard University (October 2015)

Keynote, Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health/Tata Institute of Social Sciences (September 2015)

Keynote, Stella Maris College (September 2015)

Keynote, Madras Christian College (September 2015)

Keynote, MIT School of Government, Pune (September 2015)

Moderator, HPOD Open House with Keynote by Luis Gallegos (September 2015)

Keynote and Panelist, Beit Issie Shapiro Sixth International Forum (July 2015)

Chair, Stanley Herr Memorial Lecture, Beit Issie Shapiro Sixth International Forum (July 2015)


Moderator, Beit Issie Shapiro International Workshop (July 2015)

Keynote and Panelist, Hong Kong Summer Institute on Disability Rights (June 2015)

Keynote, Frontiers in the Law of China (May 2015)

Keynote, Renmin University Law School (May 2015)

Panelist, Inclusive Education in Indonesia’s Islamic Educational Institutions (May 2015)

Keynote, Harvard School of Public Health (April 2015)

Panelist, Harvard Law School Academic Services Seminar (April 2015)

Panelist, Harvard South Asia Institute/American India Foundation Gala (April 2015)

Presenter, Cambridge Montessori School (April 2015)

Panelist, Harvard Law School ACLU (March 2015)

Moderator and Panelist, South African Human Rights Commission Workshop (March 2015)


Panelist, Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria (March 2015)

Presenter, American Studies Program, Middlebury College (March 2015)

Co-convener and Co-moderator , Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Seminar on Disability, ICT, and Human Rights (February 2015)

Co-convener and Moderator, Harvard Law School/Sydney Law School Workshop on Disability and Humanitarian Law (January 2015)

Panelist, Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton (December 2014)

Presenter, Cambridge Montessori School (December 2014)

Presenter, Jewish Self-Advocates with Disabilities (December 2014)

Brandeis University Lurie Institute Distinguished Lecture in Disability Policy (November 2014)

Keynote, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (November 2014)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Faculty Book Talk (November 2014)

Keynote, Grand Research Seminar, Athena Institute, Free University of Amsterdam (November 2014)


Panelist, Athena Institute, Free University of Amsterdam (November 2014)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health Global Human Rights Course (November 2014)

Presenter, Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria (November 2014)

Keynote, USAID Workshop on CRPD Ratification in Vietnam (October 2014)

Moderator, HPOD Open House with Keynote by Rosalie Abella (October 2014)


Presenter, Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (October 2014)

Panelist, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program Thirtieth Anniversary Conference (September 2014)

Panelist, New York Law School Workshop on a Disability Rights Tribunal in Asia-Pacific (September 2014)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School (July 2014)

Presenter, Center for Modern Torah Leadership Summer Beit Midrash (July 2014)

Presenter, Article 19 Experts Workshop on Freedom of Expression (June 2014)

Chair, Side-Session on National Human Rights Institutions and the CRPD at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (June 2014)

Chair, Side-Session on Changing Attitudes and Fighting Stereotypes for an Inclusive Society at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (June 2014)

Presenter, Disability Rights Fund (June 2014)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Central (April 2014)

Presenter, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley (April 2014)

Presenter, Cambridge Montessori School (April 2014)

Presenter, Drexel Law School Faculty Workshop (April 2014)

Speaker, York University School of Health, Policy, and Management (April 2014)

Presenter, Columbia University Law School (March 2014)

Presenter, Harvard Graduate School of Education (March 2014)

Panelist, Harvard Graduate School of Education (March 2014)

Presenter, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (February 2014)

Keynote, Bridgewater State University (February 2014)

Testimony to a United Kingdom Parliamentary Committee on Disability-Inclusive Development Practices (January 2014)

Presenter, Athena Institute, Free University of Amsterdam (January2014)

Keynote, Joint Ministries of Norway (December 2013)

Moderator and Keynote Speaker, University of Oslo Disability and Development Conference (December 2013)

Moderator, Massachusetts Task Force on Increasing Access to Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Public Forum (November 2013)

Moderator and Panelist, HPOD Open House with Keynote by Albie Sachs (November 2013)


Panelist, Special Olympics Workshop (November 2013)

Presenter, American Constitution Society-William & Mary Chapter (November 2013)

Presenter, UNICEF/Harvard School of Education Global EQL Training (October 2013)

Presenter, Beit Issie Shapiro/Elwyn Self-Advocates with Intellectual Disabilities (October 2013)

Panelist, Harvard Law School Reunion Weekend (October 2013)

Moderator, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Book Workshop for Angela Onwauchi-Willig (October 2013)

Discussant, Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights, Harvard Law School (September 2013)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health Global Human Rights Course (September 2013)

Panelist, Side-Session on Independent Living at the UN High Level Meeting on Post-2015 Disability & Development (September 2013)

Commentator, UNICEF Global Partnership for Children with Disabilities (September 2013)

Commentator, Side-Session on Canadian Research on Disability-based Social Policies at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (July 2013)

Presenter, Asperger’s Association of New England Annual Meeting (July 2013)

Keynote, Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria (March 2013)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Student Advocates (February 2013)

Presenter, Orchard Cove Hebrew Senior Life Residence (February 2013)

Presenter, UC Davis Law School Faculty Workshop (January 2013)

Keynote, International Disability Human Rights Day, Trinity College (December 2012)

Co-Chair and Panelist, Disability and Development, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (October 2012)

Co-Chair and Panelist, Disability Social Rights, Harvard Law School (September 2012)

Chair, Side-Session on Ensuring the Participation of Women and Children with Disabilities at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2012)

Chair, Side-Session on Shadow reporting at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2012)

The Josephine Mills Memorial Lecture, Down Syndrome International (August 2012)

Plenary Panelist, Down Syndrome International (August 2012)

Presenter, University of the Western Cape (August 2012)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health (June 2012)



Co-Director and Presenter, European Union Policymakers Summer Institute on the CRPD (June 2012)

Plenary Panelist, Canadian Human Rights Commission Conference on Mental Health and Stigma (June 2012)

Panelist, Canadian Human Rights Commission Conference on Mental Health and Stigma (June 2012)

Presenter, Israeli Disability Research Forum (May 2012)

Presenter, Haifa University School of Social Welfare (May 2012)

Panelist, US State Department Leadership Conference on Disability Rights (May 2012)

Co-Chair and Panelist, McGill Institute on Health and Social Policy Global Workshop on Disability and Equity in the Workplace (May 2012)

Presenter, Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Workshop (March 2012)

Plenary Panelist, Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (October 2011)

Keynote, Weaver Institute, University of Cincinnati (October 2011)

Presenter, Nanjing University Law School (September 2011)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School (September 2011)

Chair and Moderator, Side-Session on National Human Rights Institutions and Domestic Monitoring at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2011)

Presenter, Oslo University Law School Summer Human Rights Program (July 2011)

Keynote, Beit Issie Shapiro Fifth International Forum (July 2011)


Presenter, Special Olympics International Policy Forum (June 2011)

Presenter, USAID Democracy, Governance & Human Rights Center for Excellence (June 2011)

Co-Director/Instructor, European Union Policymakers Summer Institute on CRPD (June 2011)

Presenter, Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children, Manila (May 2011)

Keynote, Philippine National Parents of Children with Disabilities Congress (May 2011)

Presenter, William & Mary Law School Faculty Workshop (May 2011)

Keynote, NYC Bar Association (April 2011)

Presenter, Human Rights Watch Global Brownbag (April 2011)

Presenter, Harvard School of Education Conference (April 2011)

Presenter, Disability Law Center, Boston (April 2011)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School (March 2011)


Presenter, Columbia University Law School (March 2011)

Presenter, Emory Law School Faculty Workshop (March 2011)

Moderator, Disability & Race Seminar Harvard Law School (March 2011)

Presenter, Human Rights & Development Harvard Law School (February 2011)

Presenter, University of Arizona Law School Immigration Law Symposium (February 2011)

Presenter, Community Law Centre, University Western Cape (February 2011)

Presenter, South Africa Human Rights Commission (January 2011)

Presenter, US Department of State (January 2011)

Presenter, United Nations Department Economic and Social Affairs (December 2010)

Presenter, Wuhan University Law School (December 2010)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School (December 2010)

Panelist, University College London Disability and Development Conference (December 2010)

Commentator, Seton Hall Law School Annual Employment Law Conference (October 2010)

Presenter, Northeastern University Law School Conference on Economic and Social Rights (October 2010)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School International Disability Law Conference (October 2010)

Keynote Speaker, McGill University Institute of Health and Social Policy (September 2010)

Chair and Panelist, Side-Session on Implementing Economic and Social Rights at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2010)

Presenter, Oslo University School of Law/Norwegian Human Rights Commission (August 2010)

Presenter, Copenhagen Business School/Danish Human Rights Institute (August 2010)

Participant, National Council on Disability Working Group on Embassy Access (June 2010)

Presenter, Accion/World Bank Seminar on Inclusive Microfinance (June 2010)

Presenter, American University School of International Service (May 2010)

Presenter, William & Mary Law School (May 2010)

Presenter, Hebrew University School of Law (May 2010)

Presenter, Haifa University School of Social Work (May 2010)

Presenter, Boston University School of Law (April 2010)

Presenter, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (April 2010)

Keynote Speaker, PacRim Conference on Disabilities (April 2010)

Panelist, Harvard Law School Conference on Millennium Development Goals (March 2010)


Presenter, Loyola-LA Law School (March 2010)

Presenter, Loyola-LA Law School Disability Law Conference (March 2010)

Keynote Speaker, Korean Human Rights Commission (March 2010)

Keynote Speaker, University of the Philippines School of Law (March 2010)

Presenter, Boston University School of Law (February 2010)

Presenter, South Africa Human Rights Commission (January 2010)

Presenter, University of Western Cape (January 2010)

Presenter, Renmin University Law School (December 2009)

Presenter, Vietnam Ministry of Health (December 2009)

Keynote Speaker, Finland Department of Foreign Affairs (December 2009)

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, Abo Akademi of Human Rights (November 2009)

Presenter, Harvard China Fund University Seminar (October 2009)

Presenter, William & Mary Law School International Law Panel (October 2009)

Chair, Side-Session on Implementing the Millennium Development Goals at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2009)

Chair, Side-Session on National Human Rights Institutions/Civil Society Partnerships at the UN CRPD Conference of States Parties (September 2009)

Presenter, USAID Democracy & Governance Brownbag (June 2009)

Keynote Speaker, Disability Rights Tribunal for Asia and Pacific Conference (July 2009)

Presenter, USAID Democracy & Governance training (June 2009)

Moderator and Co-Organizer, Second ABA Conference on Hiring Lawyers with Disabilities (June 2009)

Presenter, Unite for Sight Global Health Conference (April 2009)

Keynote Speaker, American University Center for Global Peace (April 2009)

Presenter, Brandeis University (April 2009)

Presenter, United Nations Mission of Finland (March 2009)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession (March 2009)

Presenter, Youth Congress, Worldwide Special Olympics (February 2009)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, University of Wisconsin School of Law (February 2009)

Presenter, World Bank/Gallaudet University Development Seminar (February 2009)

Presenter, Sungkyunkwan University Law School (November 2008)

Presenter, Harvard Program on Negotiation Fireside Chat (November 2008)


Plenary Panelist, Council of Europe (October 2008)

Presenter, International Legal Theory Roundtable, Vanderbilt University (October 2008)

Presenter, Vanderbilt University Law School (October 2008)

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, Minerva Center Conference on Transposing the CRPD into Israeli Law (September 2008)

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, Conference on Implementing the CRPD in the Philippines (August 2008)

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, VIKE Conference on Disability and Development (May 2008)

Presenter, Institute for Human Rights, Abo Akademi University (May 2008)

Presenter, University of Turku (May 2008)

Presenter, Irish Aid/International Labour Organization/University Western Cape Conference on International Disability Law (May 2008)

Presenter, Yale Law School (April 2008)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health (April 2008)

Presenter, Northeastern University School of Law (April 2008)

Presenter, Disability Human Rights in Asia Conference, University of Washington School of Law (April 2008)

Presenter, Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium (April 2008)

Presenter, The Fletcher School, Tufts University (April 2008)

Blackstone Lecture, William & Mary Law School (March 2008)

Keynote Speaker, Joint Ministries of the People’s Republic of Vietnam Disability Law Drafting Commission (March 2008)

Presenter, Yonsei University School of Social Welfare (March 2008)

Presenter, Sungkyunkwan University Law School (March 2008)

Keynote Speaker and Panel Chair, Asia Pacific Disability Forum on Disability and Development (March 2008)

Keynote Speaker, Action in Disability and Development Bangladesh (March 2008)

Presenter, American Constitutional Society, William & Mary Law School (January 2008)

Panelist, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (January 2008)

Presenter, Experts Meeting on the Human Right to Development (January 2008)

Keynote Speaker, South African Human Rights Commission (December 2007)

Keynote Speaker, GTZ (German Technical Cooperation Agency) (December 2007)


Presenter, The Fletcher School, Tufts University (November 2007)

Presenter, Harvard Law School International Legal Studies Program (November 2007)

Keynote Speaker, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Annual Conference (October 2007)

Presenter, Worldwide Special Olympics Disability Policy Seminar, Shanghai (October 2007)

Presenter, General Assembly of the National Human Rights Institutions of the Americas, Mexico City (October 2007)

Presenter, Tokyo University (September 2007)

Presenter, Japan International Cooperation Agency (September 2007)

Presenter, Reykjavik University School of Law/Icelandic Human Rights Centre Disability Human Rights Symposium (September 2007)

Presenter, Korean Law & Society Association International Conference (September 2007)

Presenter and Moderator, Disabled Peoples International, Seoul, South Korea (September 2007)

Presenter, Korean National Human Rights Commission (September 2007)

Keynote Speaker, Job Accommodation Network Annual Conference (August 2007)

Keynote Speaker, Association for Higher Education and Disability Annual Conference (July 2007)

Presenter, British Legal History Conference, Oxford University (July 2007)

Keynote Speaker, New Zealand Legal Research Foundation (March 2007)

Instructor, Master Course on International Disability Law, University of Auckland Faculty of Law (March 2007)

Presenter, New Zealand Human Rights Commission (March 2007)

Co-Organizer and Moderator, Disability Human Rights Implementation Conference, Harvard Law School (February 2007)

Presenter, National University of Ireland, Galway Law School Seminar (February 2007)

Presenter, National University of Ireland, Galway Law School Faculty Colloquium (February 2007)

Presenter, Disability Law Symposium, Hastings Law Journal (February 2007)

Presenter, Ford Foundation/China Disabled Persons Federation Comparative Disability Law Seminar, Renmin University Law School, Beijing, China (January 2007)

Presenter, United Nations Development Program Antidiscrimination Law Drafting Seminar for Serbia (December 2006)

Presenter, Law & Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago Law School (November 2006)


Presenter, Harvard Law School East Asian Studies Program (November 2006)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Advocates European Law Training Session (October 2006)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (October 2006)

Presenter, California Law Review/Berkeley Journal of International Law Workshop, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (October 2006)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, George Washington University Law School (October 2006)

Presenter, Cornell Law School Faculty Workshop (September 2006)

Speaker, Northeastern University School of Law Human Rights Workshop (August 2006)

Speaker, Symposium, Special Olympics U.S. National Games (July 2006)

Presenter and Commentator, European Union Seminar on Applying the Disability Employment Framework Directive, National University of Ireland, Galway (June 2006)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, University of Connecticut School of Law (May 2006)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, Northeastern University School of Law (May 2006)

Organizer and Presenter, The Americans with Disabilities Act: Empirical Perspectives, New York University School of Law Center for Labor & Employment Law (April 2006)

Presenter, World Bank Legal Department Training Session on Inclusive Development (March 2006)

Moderator, United Nations Side-Session on Implementing Disability Human Rights (January 2006)

Commentator, United Nations Side-Session on Self-Advocacy for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (January 2006)

Co-Organizer and Moderator, International Disability Human Rights Monitoring Conference, Harvard Law School (December 2005)

Presenter, ADA Fifteenth Anniversary Symposium, University of Mississippi School of Law (November 2005)

Presenter, Harvard School of Public Health (November 2005)

Presenter, DePaul University College of Law Human Rights Workshop (November 2005)

Presenter, Harvard Law School East Asian Studies Program (October 2005)

Organizer and Moderator, International Disability Law Speaker Series, Harvard Law School (September-December 2005)

Presenter, United Nations Side-Session on Disability Human Rights Stakeholders (August 2005)

Presenter, European Union Seminar on Applying the Disability Employment Framework Directive, National University of Ireland, Galway (July 2005)

Presenter, British Legal History Conference (July 2005)


Presenter, Bizchut: Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities (May 2005)

Presenter, Legal History Colloquium, Tel Aviv University Law School (May 2005)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, University of Connecticut School of Law (May 2005)

Presenter, Center for Social Justice, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (April 2005)

Presenter, Disability Law Society, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (April 2005)

Organizer, Presenter, and Moderator, Legal Rights in Historical Perspective Symposium, Institute of Bill of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School (April 2005)

Presenter, Japan Diet (Parliament) (March 2005)

Presenter, Japan Disability Forum (March 2005)

Presenter, American Society of International Law/Library of Congress Conference on International Disability Law (March 2005)

Moderator and Presenter, Worldwide Special Olympics Seminar on Human Rights and Intellectual Disability (March 2005)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Public Interest Forum on Current Issues in United States and International Disability Law (February 2005)

Presenter, United Nations Side-Session on Disability Human Rights Monitoring (January 2005)

Participant, Conference on the Professions and Professionalism in China, Harvard Law School (January 2005)

Panelist, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (January 2005)

Plenary Panelist, British Council Seminar on Disability and Human Rights (December 2004)

Presenter, New York University School of Law Center for Labor & Employment Law (November 2003)

Presenter, Elizabeth Battelle Clark Legal History Series, Boston University School of Law (November 2004)

Plenary Panelist, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program Twentieth Anniversary Conference (October 2004)

Presenter, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Authors Luncheon (October 2004)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program (October 2004)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, Northeastern University School of Law (October 2004)

Facilitator, Comparative Disability Law and Policy Reading Group, Harvard Law School (October 2004-April 2005)

Presenter, Legal History Colloquium, New York University School of Law (September 2004)


Presenter, Faculty Workshop, Valparaiso University School of Law (September 2004)

Presenter, Law and Labor Colloquium, Northwestern University School of Law (September 2004)

Plenary Panelist, National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems (June 2004)

Panelist, Harvard International Development Conference, Harvard University (April 2004)

Presenter, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program (March 2004)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, Boston College Law School (January 2004)

Presenter, Duke Law Journal Annual Lecture, Duke University School of Law (November 2003)

Presenter, Center for Social Justice, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (October 2003)

Presenter, The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa (October 2003)

Keynote Speaker, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Switzer Seminar (May 2003)

Presenter, New York University School of Law Center for Labor & Employment Law (March 2003)

Presenter, Working Group on Law, Culture and the Humanities (March 2003)

Panel Moderator, Prosecuting White Collar Crime Symposium, Institute of Bill of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School (March 2003)

Opening Panel Presenter, Disabled Peoples International, Sapporo Japan (October 2002)

Presenter, Legal History Workshop, Harvard Law School (September 2002)

Commentator, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Annual Conference (September 2002)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, William & Mary Law School (May 2002)

Presenter, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Switzer Fellow Seminar (May 2002)

Presenter, Working Group on Law, Culture and the Humanities (March 2002)

Organizer, Presenter, and Moderator, Disability and Identity Symposium, William & Mary Law School (October 2001)

Presenter and Panel Chair, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Annual Conference (October 2001)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, William & Mary Law School (October 2001)

Panelist, Supreme Court Preview, Institute of Bill of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School (September 2001)


Presenter, The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the University of Iowa (June 2001)

Presenter, University of Auckland Law School (March 2001)

Presenter, ADA Symposium, University of Michigan Law School (November 2000)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, William & Mary Law School (October 2000)

Presenter and Facilitator, National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research Summer 2000 Researchers’ Symposium (July 2000)

Commentator, ADA Symposium, University of Virginia School of Law (April 2000)

Keynote, Israeli Bar Association (April 2000)

Special Guest, ADA Symposium, Ohio State University School of Law (April 2000)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, Cambridge University Law Faculty (February 2000)

Presenter, Fundacíon ONCE (February 2000)

Presenter, Center for Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (October 1999)

Presenter, Faculty Workshop, Stanford Law School (October 1999)

Presenter, Law and Society Annual Conference (May 1999)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, Stanford Law School (April 1999)

Presenter and Commentator, ADA Symposium, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (March 1999)

Distinguished Visiting Speaker, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Research Seminar, University of Iowa (June 1997)

Presenter, Work in Progress Seminar, University of Cambridge (June 1997)

Lecturer, Saturday School Program, Harvard Law School (1990-1996)

Moderator, Speaker and Panelist, Conferences on Minorities in the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School (1990-1992)

EDUCATION AND DEGREES Ph.D. 1998, M.A. 1995 (Honorary), Cambridge University (Gonville & Caius College) Dissertation Title: “The Development of Employer/Employee Liability for Personal Injuries during the Reign of Victoria” Honors: W.M. Tapp Studentship in Law, Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar, Charlie Bayne Travel Scholar

J.D. 1988, Harvard Law School Honors: Editor, Book Review & Commentary Office, Harvard Law Review

B.A. 1985, New York University (Washington Square & University College) Major: Politics; Minors: Religion; Medieval & Renaissance Studies


Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Alumni Bowl (outstanding graduate of the class), Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List (4 years), Kerrigan Memorial Scholar, Sandham Prize in Public Speaking, Presidential Citation for Student Service, Chancellor’s Award for Student Leadership PRIOR ACADEMIC/EMPLOYMENT AFFILIATIONS Harvard Law School

Visiting Fellow, Human Rights Program (Spring 2004-Spring 2005)

William & Mary Law School Professor (Fall 2005-Spring 2015); Cabell Professor (Fall 2006-Fall 2007); Associate Professor (Fall 2003-Spring 2005); Assistant Professor (Fall 2000-Spring 2003)

Stanford Law School Consulting Assistant Professor (Fall 1998-Spring 2000)

New York University School of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (Spring 1994-Fall 1997)

New York University Department of English Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 1990, Spring 1994)

Attorney, New York Law Firm Practice (1988-1990; 1991-1994)

Clerk, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., United States Supreme Court (while on the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit) (1990-1991)

BAR ADMISSIONS Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York; New York State (First Judicial Department) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Harvard Faculty Club

Selden Society PERSONAL Appreciates wheelchair-accessible venues. Very happy husband of Penelope; very proud father of Sophie and Ariella.

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