Representing School Employees and Boards of Education
Date: Apr 22, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick,
Member Price: $159.00
Non-Member Price: $199.00
Section Price: $149.00
Areas of Law: School
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Arsen S. Zartarian, Esq.
- Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC, Oakland
Presenters
- Katrina M. Homel, Esq.
- New Jersey Education Association, Trenton
- Colin M. Lynch, Esq.
- Zazzali, P.C.
- Aileen O'Driscoll, Esq.
- New Jersey Education Association, Trenton
- Joseph L. Roselle, Esq.
- Schenck Price Smith & King, Florham Park
- Andrew Schwartz, Esq.
- Schwartz Law Group, LLC, Monroe Township
- John L. Shahdanian, II, Esq.
- Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian, Hackensack
- Hop Wechsler, Esq.
- Selikoff & Cohen PA, Mount Laurel
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA School Law Special Committee
Learn how to effectively represent school boards and employees
This highly requested program returns with detailed information and practice tips on some of the hottest issues to help you effectively represent school boards, teachers, supervisors, or other school employees. This esteemed panel of public employment litigators will guide you through some of the increasingly complex current issues in this area of law.
This year’s program will include discussions of developments in the tenure law, union animus and teacher discipline, First Amendment rights of school employees, and more.
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Introduction
- 9:05 | Union Animus and Discipline - Colin Lynch, Esq.
- 9:35 | Tenure Charges and Cert Revocation - Andrew Schwartz, Esq. and Hop Wechsler, Esq.
- 10:05 | School Safety - Katrina M. Homel, Esq. and Aileen O’Driscoll, Esq.
- 10:45 | Break
- 11:00 | First Amendment Rights and Investigations - John L. Shahdanian, II, Esq.
- 11:35 | Subcontracting - Joseph L. Roselle, Esq.
- 12:05 | Teachers and CEPA - Arsen S. Zartarian, Esq.
- 12:35 | Adjourn
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