2026 School Law Conference
Date: Feb 4, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Location: Pines Manor, 2085 State Route 27, Edison
Member Price: $203.00
Non-Member Price: $254.00
Section Price: $191.00
Areas of Law: School
Earn up to 6.1 credits, including 1.0 in Ethics and 1.0 in Diversity! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Staci J. Greenwald, Esq.
- Sussan Greenwald & Wesler, Cranbury
- David B. Rubin, Esq.
- David B. Rubin, PC, Metuchen
Presenters
- Cherie L. Adams, Esq.
- Adams Lattiboudere Croot & Herman, LLC, Iselin
- Stacey T. Cherry, Esq.
- Fogarty, Hara, LaPira & Cherry, LLC, Fair Lawn
- Steven R. Cohen, Esq.
- Selikoff & Cohen, Mount Laurel
- William S. Donio, Esq.
- Cooper Levenson, Atlantic City
- Lori Gaines, Esq.
- Barger & Gaines, Fair Haven
- Robert Kim, Esq.
- Executive Director, Education Law Center, Newark
- Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Esq.
- Professor, Rutgers Law School Camden
- Anthony P. Sciarrillo, Esq.
- Sciarrillo ADR, Cranford
- Sonja H. Trainor, Esq.
- Executive Director, National School Attorneys Association, Washington
- Liza Weisberg, Esq.
- Supervising Attorney, ACLU Of New Jersey, Newark
- Kerri Wright, Esq.
- Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC, Morristown
- Arsen S. Zartarian, Esq.
- Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC, Oakland
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA School Law Special Committee
Hailed as the top school law conference in New Jersey for board, employee and parent/child attorneys.
NJICLE is pleased to present the 23rd Annual School Law Conference. Whether you represent students, employees or school districts, this panel of highly respected authorities in school law will equip you with the tools to better represent your clients in situations that arise in the school law arena.
This comprehensive program features timely sessions on the following topics:
- The Trump Education Agenda: One Year In
- NJ Case Law and Legislative Update
- The U.S. Supreme Court Docket: Implications for K-12 Education
- Legal Ethics for School Law Practitioners
- Protest on Campus: The First Amendment Framework
- Programming for Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or Speech Disabilities under IDEA, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- Discipline, Discharge and Other Issues Facing Labor-Management Attorneys in 2026
Program Agenda
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9:00 | Welcome - Staci J. Greenwald, Esq. and David B. Rubin, Esq.
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9:05 | The Trump Education Agenda: One Year In - Kerri Wright, Esq.; Robert Kim, Esq. and Professor Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Esq.
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9:55 | New Jersey Case Law and Legislative Update - Cherie L. Adams, Esq.
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10:45 | Break
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11:00 | The U.S. Supreme Court Docket: Implications for K-12 Education – David B. Rubin, Esq. and Sonja H. Trainor, Esq.
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11:40 | Legal Ethics for School Law Practitioners – David B. Rubin, Esq.
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12:30 | Lunch
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1:30 | Protest on Campus: The First Amendment Framework - Liza Weisberg, Esq. and William S. Donio, Esq.
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2:30 | Breakout Sessions
- Programming for Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or Speech Disabilities under IDEA, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Staci J. Greenwald, Esq.; Lori Gaines, Esq. and Stacey T. Cherry, Esq.
- Discipline, Discharge and Other Issues Facing Labor-Management Attorneys in 2026 - Anthony P. Sciarrillo, Esq.; Steven R. Cohen, Esq. and Arsen S. Zartarian, Esq.
- Programming for Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or Speech Disabilities under IDEA, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Staci J. Greenwald, Esq.; Lori Gaines, Esq. and Stacey T. Cherry, Esq.
- 3:45 | Adjourn
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