College Park and Title IX, Really?
The University of Maryland, like all other Big Ten schools – along with virtually all colleges and universities in the US – maintains an active and robust Title IX Office for investigation and adjudication...
Category: Summer School
Students and Family’s Draw Near…
If you have any questions or concerns about your current or future school’s placement, program or treatment and the fast approaching Fall term, summertime is the best time to get it right! Now’s the time...
Student Rights: Maryland Attorneys Up Front!
When the Supreme Court heard the closely watched oral argument last Wednesday in Endrew v. Douglas County School District, a number of Maryland attorneys, close colleagues all, were present in support of this important...
Quick Email Tip: Google’s Inbox App = Fantastic
If, like me, you’re your often inundated with an unwieldy, impenetrable email jungle, try Google’s Inbox App. Recently updated and revised, Inbox has been a great help in navigating email for nearly all users and...
Basic Resources – Education Law in Montgomery County, Maryland and beyond…
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...
Friday's Ed Law Lunch Meetup With Jennfer Barmon, Esq.
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...
New Best Bud 4 College Students
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...
No Prom 4U2! High School Couple Post Pre-Prom AirRifle Pic's Get Suspended …
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...
Juvenile court may not be only option, but often is
By: Sara Gates and Patrick Hoover If your minor child gets in trouble with the law, going to court may not have to be the only option. Similar to programs in a few other jurisdictions...
Attorneys help students through maze of higher education
Imagine you’re in the middle of a series of long, dark hallways full of twists, turns, switchbacks and dead-ends. You’ve been traveling these halls for a long time. Or did you just enter them...