A Conversation with Katherine Macfarlane

Speakers

Katherine Macfarlane
Katherine Macfarlane
Associate Professor of Law, Syracuse University
Barry Whaley
Barry Whaley
Project Director – Southeast ADA Center

Description

Professor Macfarlane is a leading expert on civil procedure, civil rights litigation, and disability law. She has also served as the Special Counsel to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, working on the overhaul of regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, focusing on the regulations’ higher education provisions. Professor Macfarlane will also talk about her experiences as a child with a disability and how they shaped her life and work as a disability rights advocate, student, lawyer, author, professor, and policymaker.