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)
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].