Live Events
April
Defining the Limits: Schools, Students, Staff, and the First Amendment
Auburn, ME
Students and school employees retain their First Amendment rights both on and off campus – but those rights aren’t unlimited. Schools have authority to restrict or discipline speech, but must be careful to ensure that they do not infringe on constitutional rights as they do so.
May
NH Special Education Summit - Finding FAPE after Endrew F.
Concord, NH
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled on what appropriate programming is for complicated children with disabilities, schools must really look hard at the child’s “unique circumstances” in order to develop “appropriately ambitious” programming!
NH - Playing By the Rules: Schools, Sports and the Law - New Date!
Concord, NH
Athletics are a source of great excitement, emotion, and interest in New Hampshire schools. They are also one of the most common sources of potential legal liability and adverse publicity when something goes wrong.
June
School Law for Board Members
Portland, ME
Attend School Law for Board Members and participate in in-depth discussions of employment issues; collective bargaining; student issues; duties of school boards and superintendents; and special education.
July
2018 Maine Special Education Summer Institute
Waterville, ME
This four-day Institute has been designed with busy educators in mind. In a short period of time, the participants will cover materials that would traditionally be taught in a semester-long course.
2018 Maine School Law Summer Institute
Waterville, ME
The School Law Institute is renowned as the most rewarding, useful and enjoyable school law course for educators in Maine.
2018 Maine School Finance Summer Institute
Portland, ME
This intensive four-day Institute is designed with busy administrators in mind. In a short period of time, participants will cover materials traditionally taught in a semester-long course.
$1,400.00
Learn MoreSeptember
School Record Retention - the Law, the Rules, Policy and Best Practices - New Date!
Portland, ME
Schools generate and receive enormous quantities of paper and digital records in the conduct of their normal operations. Organizing, managing and retaining all of these records presents difficult challenges, particularly in light of the complex web of federal/state laws, regulations and court rules that apply.
School Record Retention - the Law, the Rules, Policy and Best Practices - New Date!!
Bangor, ME
Schools generate and receive enormous quantities of paper and digital records in the conduct of their normal operations. Organizing, managing and retaining all of these records presents difficult challenges, particularly in light of the complex web of federal/state laws, regulations and court rules that apply.