Join us for a livestream conversation with Jennifer Mathis, deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Right Division, where she reviews the work of the Disability Rights Section and the Special Litigation Section’s disability work.
Previously, Mathis served as legal director and director of policy & legal advocacy at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. There she used litigation, as well as legislative and administrative policy advocacy, to promote equal opportunity for people with disabilities in all areas of life, including community living, health care, housing, employment, education, parental and family rights, voting, and other areas. She played a key role in coordinating strategy and briefing when the Olmstead case was heard by the Supreme Court and has litigated numerous community integration cases before and after. She also served on the disability community negotiating team that worked with representatives of the business community to craft language that became the ADA Amendments Act and played a lead role in securing its passage.
Moderating the discussion is Janni Lehrer-Stein ’78, co-chair of the Yale Disability Alumni Group (formerly the Yale DiversAbility Alumni Group), an emerging shared interest group for alumni with disabilities and allies.
