MCLE: Advocacy Basics in Special Education Law: Rights of Students with Disabilities

Wednesday, July 6, 2016
12:15 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.

Learn about an important niche, yet growing, practice area with this class on special education rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). The class will explore the basics of advocating for the education rights of public school students with disabilities, including the substantive rights to a proper evaluation and provision of services, and the procedural rights involved in disputes heard at the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Class covers:

  • Overview of IDEA
  • Advocacy for proper evaluations and special education services
  • Disputes in the special education context, and administrative hearing procedures

Earn 1 hour general MCLE credit

Presented by Janeen Steel:
Janeen Steel is the author of the Learning Rights Manual, an advocacy guide for families of students with disabilities, and co-founder and co-executive director of the nonprofit Learning Rights Law Center. She has served a Visiting Professor at several law schools and regularly conducts workshops, trainings and seminars on special education law. She graduated from UCLA School of Law.

Registration fees: $35
Non-refundable, payment reserves spot.

No legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.

ON DEMAND: What Is Due Process? Know Your Rights

Class recorded April, 30, 2021

Due process of law is a hallmark of the American legal system. But what exactly is due process? This class will provide a basic introduction to the elements of a due process claim under both the United States and California Constitutions.

Class covers:

  • Where do due process rights come from?
  • Who is entitled to these rights?
  • Do immigrants and refugees have due process rights?
  • What are the elements of a due process claim?
  • What is the difference between substantive and procedural due process?

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Course Materials: If you would like to receive a copy of the course materials for any of the classes, including any PowerPoint used, please register at the Register Now! button for the class, provided below. A staff member will email you the course materials (usually within one business day).

Registration fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

 

Identifying and Managing Compassion Fatigue

Class recorded Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

Providing direct legal services to vulnerable clients can lead to great professional satisfaction for attorneys, law students, and volunteers. At the same time, heavy workloads and continued exposure to client stress and trauma can have the opposite effect, leading to compassion fatigue and even burnout.

This training will help advocates understand what compassion fatigue is and how to identify it in order to manage its effects so that they remain able to provide effective and competent legal assistance.

Presented by:

Jo Bloomfield, Managing Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Services

Marissa Mowery, Staff Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Services

Course Materials: If you would like to receive a copy of the course materials for any of the classes, including any PowerPoint used, please register at the Register Now! button for the class, provided below.

Registration Fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Legal Aid as Racial Justice Work

Class recorded June 8, 2022

This session will explore the intersection between legal services and racial justice. It will begin with a discussion of the role of racial justice in legal aid work historically and the evolution of that role, particularly during this recent period of racial reckoning. A panel of experts will then discuss how legal aid attorneys, law students, and pro bono attorneys can use the civil legal system to continue fighting to dismantle systemic racism.

Presented by:

Tyler Press Sutherland (pronouns: she/her/hers), Moderator, Director of Racial Justice and Equity, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Jessica Mark (pronouns: she/her/hers), Senior Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid

Jeanne Nishimoto, (pronouns: she/her/hers), Associate Director, UCLA Veterans Legal Clinic

Sabrina Forte, Director of Policy & Impact Litigation, Alliance for Children’s Rights 

Course Materials: If you would like to receive a copy of the course materials for any of the classes, including any PowerPoint used, please register at the Register Now! button for the class, provided below.

Registration Fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Post-Graduate Fellowship Opportunities

Class recorded June 22, 2022.

This panel discussion will provide information regarding a variety of post-graduate fellowship opportunities, including the Equal Justice Works, Skadden, Justice Catalyst, and Immigrant Justice Corp Fellowships. Topics covered will include how to find a sponsor organization, how to ensure quality recommendations, how to develop a project proposal, how to shop it to sponsor agencies, and more.

Presented by:

Rachel Kronick Rothbart, Moderator, Director or Career Services Office, USC Gould School of Law

Stephano Medina, Skadden Fellow, Eviction Defense Network

Courtney Mendoza, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Equal Justice Works

Kathleen Rivas, Justice Catalyst Fellow, Catalyst

Rebecca Taylor, Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow, Immigrant Justice Corps

Registration Fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

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