Legal representation for children, teens, and their families in the school, home, and community.
For the basics in online resources and authorities check out the following group of sites and web pages. I emailed this recently to the members of the Ed Law section of our local bar...
Poolesville Elementary School is amazing. Earier this year when a happy little 5th grader fell seriousy ill and was left unable to attend class, Poolesville’s PTA came to the rescue. The PTA helped the...
Finally, our nation’s large population of under age juveniles (now grown men and most well into middle age) who were once sentenced to life in prison – some younger than 13 years old –...
You shoulda been there! On June 12th Jennifer Barmon, Esq., Maryland’s powerhouse attorney with the Office of Public Defender and expert in all all things education and juvenile law related, joined us Friday for our monthly meeting...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has aggressively taken on a significant number of highly predatory, unethical business groups disguised as colleges and post high school training centers and only too eager to rip off...
When a youg Massachusetts high school couple recently posted their pre-prom photo shoot on FB – all dressed up for their big night and holding realistic looking assault airsoft rifles, instead of that special...
The shameful legislative ice age we are all living in affects children and teens as much as — or, perhaps, even more so than — adults. Since 1974, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
The Obama administration issued a series of guidelines this Wednesday calling for school systems to relax their harsh disciplinary measures that often introduce the criminal justice system into the lives of students, effectively widening...
Does zero tolerance achieve its intended effect?
Florida’s Boward County Public Schools had the highest arrest record among districts in the state. Now, it’s following the lead of other school districts around the country and revising its zero tolerance policy. Read...