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

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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.

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 1	TRACK 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.

Aging, Health, Equity, and The Law

Conference Schedule

12:00pm EST

Welcome

12:10pm EST

Opening Remarks

12:20pm EST

Keynote Address

1:00pm EST

Property Law for the Ages

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

1:30pm EST

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

2:00pm EST

Anti-Racism in Nursing Homes

How Policy Pariah-tizing the Elderly Increased COVID Deaths

2:30pm EST

How American Corporate Media Can Help to Challenge Ageism

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

3:00pm EST

Incorporating Cultural Sensitivity in Elder Law Courses

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

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

4:30pm EST

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

5:00pm EST

Elder Abuse

Speed Mentoring Session

5:30-5:40pm EST

Closing Remarks