Sentences with phrase «at education lawyers»

It is aimed not just at education lawyers but at teachers, school administrators and parents.

Not exact matches

The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) will present an all - day conference for divorce lawyers and judges called «Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues in Divorce» on Monday, January 19, 2015, from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at...

Possible candidates at the time included Ronald Castorina Jr., a Republican commissioner for the City Board of Election; Lisa Grey, a lawyer; Janine Materna, president of the Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley Civic Association; Carmine Morano, who ran as the Independence Party candidate for Congress in 2008; and Michael Reilly, a retired NYPD lieutenant and currently president of Community Education Council 31.

Also at 9 a.m., the NYS Bar Association is hosting a continuing legal education (CLE) program for lawyers on how to handle key issues when representing LGBT clients in light of the recent Supreme Court decision, CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

As the reality of the decline in «assessables» has begun to sink in over at the City School District of New Rochelle, the Board of Education has been furtively discussing the idea of hiring «tax cert» lawyers to «recoup» property tax money.

The 37 - year - old studied law but chose not to become a lawyer but to stay in education, where he taught public law for thirteen years at the University of Strathclyde and London South Bank University.

Christopher Pyne, a lawyer and veteran politician who has been serving as the conservative government's education minister, was sworn in to his new post [Monday] as part of a reshuffle by new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,» Leigh Dayton reported at ScienceInsider that day.

28 - 30 — Technology: Annual Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, sponsored by the New Hampshire School Administrator Association, for K - 12 educators, administrative personnel, school board members, education lawyers, and interested citizens and parents, at the Sheraton Nashua in Nashua, N.H. Contact: NHSAA, 12 Cross St., Penacook, NH 03303; phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.nhsaa.org.

The nation's best boss for working mothers is a lawyer at the Department of Education, according to this month's issue of Redbook magazine.

The New Orleans teachers» union and a lawyer for several local families have sued to force the opening of more public schools in the storm - ravaged city, but state education officials contend that enough space is available at the schools already operating.

Though Bersin's undergraduate degree at Harvard was in government, and he spent years as a corporate lawyer and federal prosecutor, he made a career shift to education in 1998 when a group of San Diego civic leaders asked him to consider becoming the school superintendent in that city.

Plaintiffs» lawyers in the Reed lawsuit had argued that the disproportionately high percentage of layoffs at the middle schools — 70 percent of teachers at one school — violated students» constitutional right to an equal opportunity for an education.

Liz Finne, director of the Center for Education Reform at the Washington Policy Center, is another lawyer and education advocate who would like Education Reform at the Washington Policy Center, is another lawyer and education advocate who would like education advocate who would like to serve.

«I don't think we're looking at a domino effect here,» said Paul O'Neill, an education lawyer based in New York City and the author of theCharter School Law Deskbook.

Maree Sneed, an education lawyer and partner at the Washington, D.C. — based law firm Hogan and Hartson, explained that legal questions often do not have yes or no answers.

If the bar for becoming a teacher was as high as it is to become a lawyer or doctor, and the job was appropriately compensated, the conversation about «bad» teachers wouldn't be at the forefront of discussions about education.

His wife, Katie Homer Ryan, is a lawyer for the Education Law Clinic and Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative at Harvard Law School and an adjunct lecturer in education who graduated from Education Law Clinic and Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative at Harvard Law School and an adjunct lecturer in education who graduated from education who graduated from the U-Va.

Wayne has taught school law at the graduate level for the University of Louisville and has published numerous articles on education law, including in the Kentucky Bar Journal, the official professional publication for Kentucky lawyers.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

«Alarmingly, the percentage of teachers of color in BPS is basically what it was 24 years ago, when the final judgment in Boston's desegregation case was signed,» said Matt Cregor, Education Project Director at the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice.

Parents» rights lawyer Deborah G. Stevenson was among those in the audience watching the proceedings and today issued a statement in response to the events at the State Department of Education on Monday.

That being said, Adler recently presented his work at a conference of the National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations that was held in Washington DC in October of 2014.

At the very least, we would expect that as lawyers, these «education leaders» would appreciate the need to follow the law.

Maria Morelli - Wolfe, a lawyer with Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc., which last year filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on behalf of children with disabilities at the public charter school, said that very often those students spend too many hours out of the classroom — suspended in school or out of school — because of behaviors they weren't necessarily able to control.

Battalions of Justice Department lawyers can't make state education officials good at their jobs.

Instead, the Department of Education must retain its school discipline guidance and focus on building the positive, nurturing school climates that will ultimately lead to safer schools for all students,» said Brenda Shum, director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

In addition to being considered the attorney of choice for credit matters at companies such as Platinum Capital, Washington Mutual, Merrill Lynch and numerous law firms, Edward is certified by the State Bar of California and the California Department of Real Estate to provide continuing education and regularly conducts credit seminars around the country for lawyers, accountants, mortgage brokers, financial planners and real estate professionals.

Late last year, the Student Loan Report covered a story regarding a lawsuit directed at the Department of Education from several affected lawyers and the American Bar Association.

Just like lawyers, human medical doctors, and other specialized professions, veterinarians must complete at least 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years according to South Carolina law.

But in Susskind's view, legal education is even less effective because it trains lawyers to be craftsmen at a time when that role is being phased out.

While in the legal practice world many are discussing «the end of lawyers» and «the end of bespoke», here in the legal education world, we are at the cusp of what could be the Age of the Bespoke Casebook.

Super Lawyers and Findlaw are at the forefront of creating digital strategies, tools, attorney education and metrics to jump - start an enterprise transformation from a status quo - led growth strategy to one where the innovation is digitally and socially inspired for all law firms throughout North and South Carolina.

Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice agrees that law school education needs to change, and focus on what ought to be its mission: preparing students to become lawyers.

Alice Stobart tutored for many years on the Diploma in Legal Education at the University of Edinburgh and often carries out training for other lawyers and delivers seminars on employment law and advocacy skills.

Justice Smith has been extensively involved for several years in the education of lawyers and judges, is a member of the Superior Court of Ontario Judicial Education Committee, a faculty member of the National Judicial Institute and past instructor at the Ontario Bar Admission Peducation of lawyers and judges, is a member of the Superior Court of Ontario Judicial Education Committee, a faculty member of the National Judicial Institute and past instructor at the Ontario Bar Admission PEducation Committee, a faculty member of the National Judicial Institute and past instructor at the Ontario Bar Admission Programme.

I think we need to step back and look at legal practice, legal education and the career development of young lawyers.

Trial lawyers and experts from all over the country gathered in San Francisco to discuss the latest developments in the legal world and specialized topics at numerous Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs designed to help litigators better represent clients.

At their best, lawyers can guide parents through a mystifyingly complex system at a time of great emotional turmoil, identify problem - solving strategies to help their children, encourage them to participate in education and mediation, and prepare and present their cases in court with full knowledge of the formal rules of procedurAt their best, lawyers can guide parents through a mystifyingly complex system at a time of great emotional turmoil, identify problem - solving strategies to help their children, encourage them to participate in education and mediation, and prepare and present their cases in court with full knowledge of the formal rules of procedurat a time of great emotional turmoil, identify problem - solving strategies to help their children, encourage them to participate in education and mediation, and prepare and present their cases in court with full knowledge of the formal rules of procedure.

Holly LeValliant spoke at Osgoode Hall's Powers of Attorney and Guardianship Program last week, an seminar in which estate law experts gave presentations as a continuing education opportunity for lawyers working in the field.

I think we are looking at a time where legal education is very strong, built on a very strong foundation across the country, but what we're looking at, at a time when the paradigm shift is happening in the way in which legal services are being delivered and the way in which our understanding of what it means to be a lawyer is changing... legal education has to be flexible, adaptable, and changing in order to respond, to make sure the lawyers of the future are ready for those new challenges.

Law.com today published my Law Technology News review of Solo Practice University, a website that offers a mix of practical legal - education courses and professional networking targeted at solo and small - firm lawyers.

While I was at law school, I remember hearing time and time again from junior lawyers that it was not necessary to worry about what electives one took or how much one learned or did not learn during those three years of legal education as «the real learning, unless you are planning on pursuing a career in academia, starts once you enter the workplace.»

If you want to learn more, the Canadian Bar Insurance Association (CBIA) offers excellent insurance education articles and planning tools for lawyers at www.barinsurance.com.

What's fascinating about Russeth's story about his work at Pillsbury — and why it's worth revisiting and expounding on here — is that Stringer, Lund, and Schneider weren't ordinary lawyers: After Pillsbury, Stringer became general counsel for the Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush, and later served as an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court; Lund went on to become general counsel for Medtronic; and Schneider became general counsel for Hormel Foods.

The note, clearly aimed at tyros in the social media scene (which will likely include most lawyers, whether there or here, I'd guess), begins by asserting that social media offer the professional benefits of marketing, interaction with clients, networking, and public education, and present risks such as «the blurring of the boundaries» between professional and personal lives.

The Civil Rights Appellate Clinic at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP on behalf of six national organizations — the National Employment Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, AARP, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center.

Stephen has been a guest lecturer at Osgoode Professional Development, The Law Society of Upper Canada, Queen's University Law School, The Ontario Trial Lawyers» Association, The Ontario Bar Association, The Legal Education Society of Alberta, The Hamilton Law Association, The Halton County Law Association and The Advocates Society.

White - collar defense lawyers are in demand at Chadbourne & Parke, Katten Muchin, and Goodwin Procter; Crowell & Moring makes a hire in Orange County; and a higher education specialist joins DLA Piper.

A member of the state and federal bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia, Joe has taught Maryland Civil Procedure at the University of Maryland School of Law and taught classes on handling lead poisoning cases for the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers.

Plaintiff lawyers are continually reminded at education seminars that they must «carefully screen» their clients.