Aging, Health, Equity, and The Law

September 13, 2021 12:00pm ET
09/13/21 12:00 PM Aging, Health, Equity, and The Law Zoom Aging, Health, Equity, and The Law
Touro Law / Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Zoom

Hosted by Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Center the virtual Aging, Health, Equity, and the Law Conference focuses on structural and systemic questions about discrimination and equity that older adults experience, and on policies recognizing these different challenges and promoting equity. 

There is no registration fee for this online conference. New York CLE credit will be available.

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Conference Schedule

12:00pm EST

Welcome

Lior Strahilevitz
Sidley Austin Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

Elena B. Langan, Dean and Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

12:10pm EST

Opening Remarks

Patricia E. Salkin, Provost, Graduate and Professional Divisions, Touro College & University System and Professor of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

12:20pm EST

Keynote Address

Nina A. Kohn, David M. Levy Professor of Law, Faculty Director of Online Education Syracuse University College of Law, and Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy, Yale Law School

 TRACK 1TRACK 2

1:00pm EST

Property Law for the Ages

Lior Strahilevitz
Sidley Austin Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

(50-minute presentation)

Health, Equity, Opportunity, and Vulnerability in the 100-Year Life

Naomi Cahn
Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School

Clare Huntington
Joseph M. McLaughlin Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

Elizabeth Scott
Harold R. Medina Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Curriculum, Columbia Law School

(25-minute presentation)

1:30pm EST

 

Allocating Scarce Medical Resources During a Public Health Crisis: Should Age Matter?

Jessica Mantel
Professor of Law, Co-Director Health & Law Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center

(25-minute presentation)

2:00pm EST

Anti-Racism in Nursing Homes

Elizabeth Chen
Acting Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law

(50-minute presentation)

How Policy Pariah-tizing the Elderly Increased COVID Deaths

Dr. Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Research Professor of Scientific Statecraft, Institute of World Politics, and Professor of Law, International Program of Bioethics, University of Porto, Portugal

(25-minute presentation)

2:30pm EST

How American Corporate Media Can Help to Challenge Ageism

Peter H. Huang
Professor and DeMuth Chair of Business Law, University of Colorado Law School

(25-minute presentation)

Equity in Elder Care: When Age Factors into the Rationing of Resources in the Delivery of Care

Lindsey Betsill, RN
Nurse Manager, Intensive Care United, Medical City Arlington

Nicole Dillard
Assistant Professor, Howard University, Cathy Hughes School of Communications

Dr. Nelda Godfrey, Ph.D., RN
Associate Dean, Innovative Partnerships & Practice Professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing

Dr. Katrina Hawkins, MD
Intensivist & Hospitalist, GW Medical Faculty Associates, and Assistant Professor, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Patricia Horgas, RN, MSN
Vice President, Nursing, Inova Medicine & Nursing Resources and Performance, Inova Health System

Esperanza Sanchez, JD, RN
Rapid Response Team, The George Washington University Hospital, and Attorney Advisor, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor

(50-minute discussion group)

3:00pm EST

Incorporating Cultural Sensitivity in Elder Law Courses

Richard Kaplan
Guy Raymond Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois College of Law

(25-minute presentation)

 

3:30pm EST

Coffee Break & Networking Break Out Rooms

4:00pm EST

End of Life, Elder Abuse, and Guardianship: An Exploration of New York’s Surrogate Decision- making Framework

Deirdre Lok
Assistant Director & General Counsel, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice, and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School

Tristan Sullivan-Wilson
Staff Attorney, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice

(50-minute discussion group)

Last in Line: Vaccine Scarcity and the Deprioritization of Individuals with Disabilities

Jessica Gunder
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law

(25-minute presentation)

4:30pm EST

 

Eliminating the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy to Improve the Health of Aging Prisoners

Mira Edmonds
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

(25-minute presentation)

5:00pm EST

Elder Abuse

Denise Doty
Senior Staff Attorney, Senior Citizens Law Program, and Adjunct Professor, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

AveMaria Thompson
Staff Attorney, Senior Citizens Law Program, and Adjunct Professor, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

(25-minute presentation)

Speed Mentoring Session

5:30-5:40pm EST

Closing Remarks

Joan Foley
Kermit Gitenstein Distinguished Professor of Health Law & Policy and Professor of Legal Process, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

For conference updates, please visit www.tourolaw.edu/ahelc.

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