D02 – A Belated Celebration of the ADA and the IDEA’s 36th and 51st Anniversaries (2026CLC-D02) [Room 21]

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

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The DE&I Track

Presented by the DE&I Committee

About the Program

Connecticut's Commission on Human Rights and Disability CT will speak about the anniversaries of the ADA and IDEA, giving a brief history of the laws, landmarks cases and impactful CT cases, and the ripple effect on the laws given the current political climate, and the dismantling of the Department of Education.

You Will Learn

About the history of the two laws, landmark cases and significant CT cases
How the enforcement of the laws is being affected in the current political climate

Who Should Attend

Attorneys interested in the ADA and the IDEA.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credit (0.75 General; 0.75 Ethics)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credit (0.75AOP; 0.75 D&I)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for experienced attorney CLE credits.

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

Speakers

Kasey Considine
Disability Rights Connecticut, Hartford

Cheryl Sharp1 Cheryl A. Sharp
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Hartford

Moderator

simmons_bryce1 Bryce H. Simmons
Robinson+Cole, Hartford