Lawyers, Healthcare Providers and Social Service Professionals to Explore Common Issues at Interactive Conference

The American Bar Association's HIV Law and Practice: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead, was a pre-eminent multidisciplinary continuing legal education (CLE) conference addressing HIV/AIDS-related legal and policy issues.  Held in conjunction with the ABA Midyear Meeting, the 2010 conference featured a track designed specifically for healthcare providers, case workers, and social service professionals to examine how HIV-related law and policy affects their work and, in turn, to enlighten lawyers about their needs and experiences in working with HIV-positive patients. In addition, this year's innovative conference offered a maximum of eighteen (18) hours of continuing medical education (CME) credit.

* “This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and
policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint
sponsorship of the National Medical Association and the American Bar Association AIDS
Coordinating Committee. The National Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

* “The National Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.”

* “The National Medical Association has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized
Provider by the International Association for Continuing Medical Education and Training
(IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102-5120. The National Medical
Association has awarded 1.8 of CEUs to participants who successfully complete this
program.”

CME Program Co-Chairs

Shelley D. Hayes, J.D.
Gladys Branic, M.D., M.P.H.

Benefits Institute (February 3)
Interactive primers for non-lawyers on the legal dimensions of securing public benefits for people living with HIV/AIDS. Among the topics was a "Social Security Mock Hearing," "How to File a Successful Claim," and "Access to Care: Equality for All?"

Other multidisciplinary conference topics included:

Cities at the Forefront: Municipal Responses to HIV

What's New? Recent Litigation and Legislation

Ryan White Reauthorization: 2009 - 2013

How to Get Grant Funding and How to Keep It

Intersecting Epidemics: HIV, Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking

Medical-Legal Partnership

. . . And many more

Introduction:
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Greetings:
Thomas M. Liberti, M.D.
Chief, Bureau of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis
Florida Department of Health

Confirmed plenary speakers included:

• Christopher Bates, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services



• Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Founding Director
  National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Boston Medical Center



• Janet Cleveland, Deputy Director for Prevention Programs
  Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention



• Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director
  American Public Health Association