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News from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University 555 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-0283 614-247-7079 (fax) For immediate release: September 28, 2001 Contact: Molly Davis, (614) 292-5881 Americans With Disabilities Act: How Has It Been Enforced? COLUMBUS, Ohio "Good language, bad enforcement" typifies the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to Moritz College of Law Professor Ruth Colker. She contends that each of the three areas of the ADA -- employment, public entities, and public accommodations -- has suffered from problems of underenforcement. She also feels there are challenges faced in the State of Ohio in achieving better enforcement of disability discrimination law, particularly as enforcement responsibility is moved from the federal government to the states. These are issues Professor Colker will explore during the University Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m. EST, October 17, 2001 at the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High Street, Columbus. "The Americans with Disabilities Act: The First Decade of Enforcement" will be broadcast live on the World Wide Web at <http://www.osu.edu/lecture/html>. To view the lecture at a later time, see <http://www.osu.edu/lecture/archive/html>. To increase accessibility for the entire community, the Web cast will be closed captioned. In the lecture hall, assistive listening devices and an American Sign Language interpreter will be available. The text of Professor Colker's lecture is also available in Braille upon request. For more information, see <http://www.osu.edu/lecture> or call Molly Davis at (614) 292-5881 or L. Scott Lissner (TDD/TTY) at (614) 688-8605. Professor Colker, the Heck-Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, is the second faculty member from the college to be tapped to present the University Distinguished Lecture in three years. In May 1999, Professor Deborah Jones Merritt was selected to present the lecture. Professor Colker holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an articles editor for the Harvard Women's Law Journal. After graduating from law school, she practiced as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice for four years. She has taught in the law schools at Tulane University, University of Toronto, and University of Pittsburgh. At Ohio State, Professor Colker teaches Constitutional Law, Legislation, Sexual Orientation and the Law, Feminist Legal Theory, and Disability Discrimination. The University Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated in 1996 as one of the University's highest honors for a senior faculty member. The lectureship is awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement, particularly, but not exclusively, in research, scholarship, or creative activity. The President's and Provost's Advisory Committee reviews nominations and recommends candidates to the President and Provost for final selection. The Michael E. Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University is Ohio's flagship law school and ranked 17th nationally among public law schools, according to U.S. News and World Report. More than 650 students attend classes at the school's John Deaver Drinko Hall, which is located at 55 West 12th Avenue, Columbus. --30-- Moritz College of Law Contact: Liz Cutler Gates, (614) 292-0283 L. Scott Lissner ADA Coordinator, Academic Affairs 2054 Drake 1849 Cannon Drive Columbus, Ohio 43210-1266 (614) 292-6207 (v); (614) 688-8605 (tty); (614) 688-3665 (Fax) [log in to unmask]