Service Animals and the Law
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $208
Non-Member Price: $260
Areas of Law: Animal, For All Attorneys
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 4.0). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Professional Practice Transitional: 4.0 |
| PA CLE: | PA Substantive Credit: 3.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Featured Speaker
Moderator
Presenters
- Melissa Allman, JD
- Sr. Specialist Advocacy & Government Relations
The Seeing Eye, Inc., Morristown - Beth C. Manes, Esq.
- Manes & Weinberg, LLC, Mountainside
- Charles McKenna, Esq.
- NJ Commission For the Blind and Visually Impaired, Newark
- Michael D. Ridenour, Esq.
- Law School Admission Council, Newtown
If you represent business owners, schools, public employees or service animal handlers, you won’t want to miss this special presentation on the legal issues surrounding service dogs.
There are approximately 400,000 service dogs known to work in the United States, and this number does not include other service animals such as miniature horses. They may be the eyes or ears for people they serve, the first to alert their handler of an impending medical episode or may provide the psychological support that enables a person to live independently. The animals are highly trained, intelligent and sensitive. However, as their use has increased, so have the legal questions. The issues are many, from the legal obligations of businesses, to attacks on service animals, fraudulent service animals and more.
In addition to the legalities, you’ll also get an inside look into The Seeing Eye – an organization that breeds, raises and trains dogs to enhance the independence, dignity and self-confidence of people who are blind.
Topics include:
- Overview of The Seeing Eye – What a dog means to someone’s life, introduction to service animals, including examples of the types of tasks that they can be trained to perform
- ADA Title 1 – The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination in the workplace, including reasonable accommodations, what types of animals qualify, addressing negative reaction/responses from co-workers and whether a service dog is allowed at a job interview.
- ADA Title 2 – The protection of qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in services, programs and activities provided by state and local government entities
- ADA Title 3 - Discrimination based on disability in the activities of places of public accommodations (businesses that are generally open to the public and that fall into one of 12 categories listed in the ADA, such as restaurants, movie theaters, etc.)
- FHA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – Protects people with disabilities from discrimination in housing, schools, jobs and the community.
- Air Carrier Access Act – The federal law which, under the purview of the U.S. Department of Transportation, regulates what animals can travel on airplanes.