April 13, 2009
Who's Minding Our Elders in the Struggle for Social Justice?
12:00 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
Location: Room C5
Refreshments will be served.
Who is attending to and taking care of our elders? The elderly are a too often-overlooked population in the struggle for social justice and within progressive legal movements. Yet, in many ways, the elderly represent one of the most vulnerable and underserved populations among us, especially the many elderly who must contend with poverty or disability, or who lack a social support network. In addition, the incidence of elder abuse and financial exploitation is rising.
How are we - as champions of social justice, as members of the legal community and as elder law practitioners - failing our elders? What progress is being made - in the field of elder law, in the Legislature, in terms of building alliances with other disciplines, and in other contexts - that is helping to raise awareness about and better meet the legal and other needs of the elderly? How can each of us, whether as a client-seeing attorney or as a proponent of social justice, be a superior advocate for the elderly?
The panelists will include:
- James Brown, Elder Law Professor, Seattle University School of Law, and managing partner at Phillips, Krause & Brown, where his practice emphasizes Elder Law
- Eric Brunstrom, elder law practitioner at Reed, Longyear, Malnati and Ahrens, PLLC
- Jeff Crollard, Crollard Law Offices, Legal Counsel to the Washington State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, and WSBA Elder Law Section Chair
- Denise Klein, Executive Director, Senior Services, a non-profit serving older adults and caregivers in King County
- Page Ulrey, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Elder Abuse Project
Your questions and contributions to the discussion are welcome.
For more information, please contact James Tan at tanj@seattleu.edu.
This event is part of Access to Justice Institute's Social Justice Mondays.