美国驻华使领馆联袂出品:在线对谈美国密西根州第一位盲人最高法院法官 A Virtual Conversation with Justice Richard Bernstein, the first blind justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
时间:8月4日,周五,19:00 Time: Friday, August 4, 19:00 地点:各使领馆美国中心请详见海报 Venue: American Centers in different areas, please see posters 语言:英文配有中文翻译 Language: English with Chinese translation
注: 此活动为线下活动,嘉宾线上出席 Note: This is an offline event, the speaker will join online
上海美国中心、北京美国中心、广州美国中心、沈阳美国中心和美国驻武汉领事馆携手合作,非常荣幸地邀请到密歇根州全州选民选出的第一位盲人最高法官Richard Bernstein,与感兴趣的公众进行在线对谈,讲述他的职业和个人生活故事。作为一名从出生起就失明的人,伯恩斯坦法官不得不与法学院招生委员会进行斗争,以允许他参加 LSAT 考试并进入法学院学习,而他的大部分法律工作都是保护残疾人的权利,并且大部分的案件都是公益的。他称残疾人权益倡导是他毕生的工作。业余时间,伯恩斯坦还是一名长跑者,完成了 25 场马拉松比赛和1个铁人赛事。欢迎参加这个励志的讲座! In collaboration with Beijing American Center, Guangzhou American Center, Shenyang American Center and Wuhan Consulate, Shanghai American Center is honored to invite Justice Richard Bernstein, the first blind justice elected by voters statewide in Michigan to have a virtual conversation with interested public on his professional and personal life story. As a legally blind person from birth, Justice Bernstein had to fight the Law School Admission Council for equal opportunity to take the LSAT test and enter law school. As a lawyer, much of his legal work focused on protecting the rights of people with disabilities, often taking on cases pro bono. He considers advocacy for persons with disabilities as his life's work. In his spare time, Justice Bernstein is an avid runner, completing 25 marathons and completed one iron man challenge. Please join us for this inspiration talk!
在被选举成为密西根州最高法院律师之前,作为一名律师,伯恩斯坦法官就因其坚持不懈倡导残障权利而闻名,曾是位于密西根州法明顿的The Sam Bernstein Law Firm律师公司的公共服务部门负责人。生为盲人,伯恩斯坦法官毕业于密西根大学,并入选Phi Beta Kappa学会(美国大学优等生荣誉学会),并在伊利诺伊州芝加哥的西北大学法学院获得法学博士学位。
Justice Richard Bernstein became the first blind justice, elected by voters statewide, to the Michigan Supreme Court in November 2014. With a commitment to justice and fairness, Bernstein began his eight-year term in January 2015.
Prior to being elected to Michigan’s highest court, Justice Bernstein was known as a tireless advocate for disability rights as an attorney, heading the public service division for The Sam Bernstein Law Firm in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Blind since birth, Justice Bernstein is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and earned his juris doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
Justice Bernstein believes advocacy is about action. He has been committed to using his skills and training to achieve justice for his clients. Justice Bernstein’s cases often set national standards protecting the rights and safety of people with and without disabilities. Among his cases in private practice, he represented the Paralyzed Veterans of America in partnership with the United States Department of Justice in an action against the University of Michigan to allow for safe access for individuals with disabilities when the university’s alterations to the stadium failed to accommodate and represent disabled visitors. The case helped establish guidelines that are used by all commercial facilities across the country. He also challenged the City of New York to make Central Park and all of its parks safer for visitors and accessible for people with disabilities and visual impairments.
He also successfully partnered with the United States Department of Justice to force the City of Detroit to fix broken wheelchair lifts on its buses, establishing a precedent for accessibility in public transportation. Justice Bernstein also represented residents with disabilities against the Oakland County Road Commission in Michigan after “roundabout” traffic circles were built without accessibility for people with disabilities, impacting future Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (ADA) compliance for road construction throughout the United States. Further, in a landmark settlement against Delta Airlines and Detroit Metro Airport, Justice Bernstein gained accessibility for fliers with disabilities, setting the standard for how airlines and airports are to be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
A proponent of education, Justice Bernstein argued for, and won, preservation of special education funding throughout the state and filed a federal suit against the American Bar Association to put an end to its discriminatory practices toward blind students via requirement of the Law School Admissions Test.
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