Hot Topics in Special Ed
Date: Oct 9, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick and Online
Member Price: $177.00
Non-Member Price: $209.00
Section Price: $157.00
Areas of Law: Labor & Employment, School
Earn up to 4.5 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Rebecca K. Spar, Esq.
- , Suffern
Presenters
- Hon. Ellen S. Bass (Ret.), (Former Director OAL/Chief ALJ)
- The Busch Law Group, LLCis Of Counsel to The Busch Law Group LLC in Metuchen, New Jersey, and has more than 40 years of experience working with public school districts. She was formerly Acting Director of the Office of Administrative Law, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, and sat in Newark, New Jersey.
Judge Bass is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment, she served as In-House Counsel to the South Orange Maplewood School District, and prior to that was in private practice with the Morristown firm of Rand, Algeier, Tosti and Woodruff. Judge Bass also served as In-House Counsel to the New Jersey Association of School Administrators. She has lectured to the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, school districts and other organizations, and has guest lectured at Seton Hall University’s Graduate School of Education.
Judge Bass received her undergraduate degree from Mt. Holyoke College and her law degree from Boston University School of Law. - David R. Giles, Esq.
- David Giles Law, South Orange
- Denise Lanchantin Dwyer, Esq.
- Law Office of Denise Lanchantin Dwyer, LLC, Princeton Junction
- Walter M. Luers, Esq.
- Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP, Saddle Brook
- Marc Mucciolo, Esq.
- Busch Law Group LLC, Metuchen
- Catherine M. Reisman, Esq.
- Reisman Carolla Gran & Zuba LLP, Haddonfield
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA School Law Special Committee
This popular seminar returns with new information for 2024! Led by respected education law attorney Rebecca Spar, a panel of experienced attorneys will bring you up to date on the latest developments in regulations, case law and current issues affecting special education. The program will provide the timeliest information for attorneys who represent school districts, parents of children with disabilities and the educators and professionals who work with this population of children.
Register today to hear an authoritative panel of attorneys discuss the current key cases and issues that will help you effectively represent clients or school districts in special education matters.
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Introduction - Rebecca K. Spar, Esq.
- 9:10 | Case law review - Denise Lanchantin Dwyer, Esq.
- 9:45 | Panel discussion on the implementation of the 45-day settlement agreement - Catherine M. Reisman, Esq.; Marc Mucciolo, Esq.
- 10:20 | Making sense of IDEA’s stay put - Rebecca K. Spar, Esq.
- 10:55 | Break
- 11:05 | Transportation as a related service: “Curb to Curb” and other issues - David R. Giles, Esq.
- 11:40 | What fact finders look for in determining credibility of witnesses - Hon. Ellen S. Bass (Ret.)
- 12:15 | What you need to know about the new OPRA statute - Walter M. Luers, Esq.
- 12:50 | Questions and concluding remarks
- 1:00 | Adjourn
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