Hi all,

 

The Disability Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law (WCL)
at American University and the American University Journal of Gender,
Social Policy & the Law are putting on a symposium conference focused on
current issues in special education advocacy on 2/25/11 at WCL.  The
conference is targeted at clinical faculty, non-clinical law faculty,
and practitioners who represent parents and children in special
education matters.  Please circulate to those individuals (or listservs)
who you think might be interested.  

 

Below find a save the date and call for panelists and papers.  Please
note that you should send panel topic proposals to me at this e-mail
address ([log in to unmask]).  Paper submissions, as described
below and in the attached document should be submitted in final and
complete format to the journal directly by 1/17/11 at
[log in to unmask]

 

Registration information will follow soon.  Bob Dinerstein and I hope to
see many of you there!

 

Thanks,

Yael

 

 

Yael Cannon

Practitioner-in-Residence

American University, Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-8181

(202) 274-4176
(202) 274-0659 (fax)

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SAVE THE DATE AND CALL FOR PANELISTS AND PAPERS

Keeping the Needs of Students with Disabilities on the Agenda: 

Current Issues in Special Education Advocacy

 

Symposium Presented By The American University Journal of Gender, Social
Policy & the Law and The Washington College of Law Disability Rights Law
Clinic

 

Friday, February 25, 2011

American University, Washington College of Law

 

While the school house doors have technically been opened to students
with disabilities, children, parents, advocates, teachers, and education
officials face new challenges in this era of school reform and of
difficult financial constraints that states and local school districts
are experiencing.  As schools and the systems that govern them, in the
wake of a financial crisis and in an era of school reform, aim to
improve the quality of public education in school districts across the
nation, it is more important than ever that the needs of special
education students remain on the agenda.  Individual advocacy strategies
and systemic reform efforts are adapting to take on these new
challenges.  This symposium will provide a forum for academics and
practitioners to discuss these and other issues related to special
education advocacy in today's times.  Registration information will
follow at a later date.  The symposium will be free of charge to
registered participants.  

 

CALL FOR PANELISTS: Ideas for panel topics are welcome.  Among the
topics that could be addressed by panelists and authors wishing to
contribute to the symposium and/or accompanying journal issue are:
implications of school reform efforts for special education students;
challenges for special education systems and students as a result of the
financial crisis; empowerment of children with disabilities and their
parents and models for effective client-centered legal representation;
protecting the rights of students with disabilities in an era of zero
tolerance in school discipline; teaching strategies for special
education law and practice courses; the interplay between the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA); legislative reform efforts in anticipation of the
re-authorization of IDEA; impact litigation as a means of special
education system reform; and collaboration with other government systems
that serve children and their families, especially toward effective
transition planning.  Those interested in presenting as a panelist at
the symposium should send brief panel topic proposals to Yael Cannon,
Practitioner-in-Residence with the Disability Rights Law Clinic at the
Washington College of Law, at [log in to unmask]  

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: The American University Journal of Gender, Social
Policy & the Law will publish articles presented or related to this
symposium, with preference given to those who both submit papers and
attend the conference. Articles may address one of the topics noted
above or another topic related to a current issue in special education
advocacy.  The Journal will consider traditional law review- style
articles, as well as recent development pieces and shorter essays. The
ideal length for submissions is 25 pages (double-spaced, including
footnotes), although both shorter and longer submissions are welcome.
Footnotes should be formatted according to the latest edition of The
Bluebook.  Accepted articles will appear in Volume 19, Issue 3, with
expected publication shortly after the symposium takes place.
Submissions will be accepted for publication based on both the quality
of the article and the Journal's publication restraints. The Journal
ultimately reserves the right to make offers of publication to papers
submitted.  Please note that in order to meet publication deadlines, no
articles submitted after January 17, 2011, will be considered for
publication.  All essays, articles, and questions regarding publication
can be emailed to [log in to unmask]