HIV/AIDS Law and Practice Conference
Rights Protection through Representation

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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Renaissance Hotel
Washington, DC

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Immediately preceding the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), lawyers, physicians, policy advocates, social service providers and case managers will gather for a one-day, one-of-a-kind experience.  Get updated on the latest issues from the best legal and medical practitioners in the field, network with colleagues, and gain new inspiration through a broad range of substantive programming and social events at this premier conference in HIV law and policy.

Topics include:

• HIV and AIDS: An overview of Domestic Policies, Regulations, and Practice Implications in Light of the National HIV and AIDS Strategy
• HIV Forensics: The Science of Transmission
• Overcoming Challenges of Legal Representation of Clients with HIV/AIDS
• The Latest Science: the forensics of transmission, PreP, and more!
• Incorporate Human Rights Principles into Nuts-and-Bolts HIV Advocacy
• Test and Treat as Prevention: Implications on Practice
• Leveraging existing legal services to address HIV and AIDS

On Friday, July 20, 2012, the ABA AIDS Coordinating Committee is pleased to be sharing space with our community partners - the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services, the Positive Justice Project, and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Women’s Health – for our first ‘Community Partners Day.’  Conference registrants are welcome to join the day time sessions and are invited to attend an evening reception to network, foster relationships, and hear the day’s recaps.

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Saturday, July 21, 2012: The Alexander D. Forger Awards and Luncheon

On July 21, 2012, the ABA will present the inaugural Alexander D. Forger Awards for Sustained Excellence in HIV Legal Services and Advocacy to Mr. Forger and 10 lawyers and organizations at a luncheon in their honor. Learn more about the Alexander D. Forger Awards and purchase tickets today!

Conference Planning Committee

Dawn Siler-Nixon, Chair
Ford & Harrison LLP

Richard A. Wilson, Vice Chair*
Grund Leavitt PC

Scott Burris
Temple University

Virginia A. Caine
Marion County Health Department

Guillermo Chacon
Latino Commission on HIV/AIDS

Iris McCollum Green
Green & Foushee

Marjorie A. Hill
Gay Men's Health Crisis

Brook Kelly*
WORLD/US Positive Women's Network

Marsha A. Martin
Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services

William McColl
AIDS United

Jesse Milan
Altarum Institute

David A. Pusateri
McGuireWoods

Valerie L. Rochester
Black Women's Health Imperative

Evora A. Thomas
Legal Services Corporation

Evelyn Tomaszewski*
National Association of Social Workers

*Planning Committee Co-Chair

Conference Advisory Committee

Kevin M. Cathcart
Lamba Legal

Marcia D. Greenberger
National Women's Law Center

Robert Greenwald
Harvard Law School

Wade Henderson
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Eva Jefferson Patterson
Equal Justice Society

James J. Sandman
Legal Services Corporation

Kurt L. Schmoke
Howard University Law School