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The 2019 symposium will again overlap with a separable two-day (June 27-28) Section 504 Coordinators Institute, designed to provide both a conceptual framework and “nuts and bolts” implementation guidance for school personnel designated to implement this emerging non-discrimination mandate.
The Section 504 Coordinators Institute will feature nationally prominent Alabama attorney Julie Weatherly, who has appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes; Lisa Hardcastle, a veteran Texas Section 504 administrator; and Lehigh’s Dr. Perry Zirkel, university professor emeritus of education and law.
During the week-long Special Education Law Symposium, the following nineteen accomplished special education attorneys (both sides) will lecture, conduct discussions with registrants, and provide detailed lecture outlines with case law citations: Hope Blackburn (New Jersey), Maria Blaeuer (Maryland), Matt Cohen (Illinois), Gina DeCrescenzo (New York), Allyson Britton DiRocco (Delaware), Justin Gilbert (Tennessee), Isabel Machado (New Jersey), Thomas Mayes (Iowa), Kathleen Mehfoud (Virginia), Courtney Spencer (Connecticut), Rachel Stafford (District of Columbia), Julie Weatherly (Alabama), and Pennsylvania attorneys Andrew Faust, Brian Jason Ford, Dr. Stephen Jacobson, Hollie John, Maura McInerney, Brooke Say, Liliana Yazno-Bartle, and Dr. Perry Zirkel.
Earn three Lehigh University graduate credits, qualify for CLE attorney credits approved by the PA Continuing Legal Education Board, earn Act 48 credits for PA educators, or enroll for non-credit professional development.
Attend the full week or per day, depending upon registrant interest.
For Monday through Thursday sessions, select either a basic track for those new to special education law, or an advanced track for experienced registrants.
Attend the Section 504 Coordinators Institute on Thursday/Friday as a stand alone conference, or add on extra symposium days to the Section 504 Institute.
All registrants will receive a comprehensive, downloadable electronic manual with the latest legislation, regulations, complete Supreme Court decisions, and detailed case law outlines prepared by the attorneys. This manual has over the years proved to be an invaluable resource back home at work.
Registrants interact with a broad-based mix of special education directors, special or regular education teachers, school psychologists, administrators, parent representatives, state officials, charter school personnel, and attorneys from several jurisdictions.
The symposium begins on Sunday evening with a dinner and keynote lecture provided by Laurie VanderPloeg, Director, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U. S. Department of Education, and concludes on Friday with Dr. Zirkel’s National Case Law Update and Crystal Ball. The Friday session includes a working luncheon.
The 2018 Special Education Law Symposium and Section 504 Coordinators Institute attracted 196 registrants from across the country who attended one or both of these offerings, instructed during the course of the week by eighteen prominent special education attorneys from eleven states, carefully balanced to provide school and parent perspectives. As space is limited to assure registrants the comfort and interaction opportunities that have made the symposium popular, please consider an early registration.