Mar. 24, 2010

RESCHEDULED Special Education for Children in Foster Care Advocacy Training!

The Special Education for Children in Foster Care Advocacy training has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Registration will begin at 9:00, and the first presenter will begin at 9:30. The location for the training is Rutgers-Newark Law School, in the Baker Trial Courtroom. Directions and parking information is available at http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/about-school/visiting-us.

The training is free and CLE credit is available; attendees are asked to commit to taking at least one pro bono special education case within the next year. Law guardians, deputy attorneys general, and judges are also welcome to attend. Please see the attached registration form for more information.

If you registered for the original date and plan to attend the rescheduled training, there is no need to reregister. If you had registered for the original date but can not attend the rescheduled training, please let me know as soon as possible.

If you did not previously register but would like to attend, please register either online at http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/IPEreg (select “Special Education for Children in Foster Care” from the pull-down menu at the top of the page) or by faxing, mailing, or emailing the attached registration form.

Lauren S. Michaels, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig LLP Equal Justice Works Fellow
Education Law Center
60 Park Place Suite 300
Newark, NJ 07102
973-624-1815, ext. 15
fax 973-624-7339
lmichaels@edlawcenter.org

Mar. 25, 2010

Kids in Concert

Thursday, March 25
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Long Branch High School
404 Indiana Avenue
Long Branch, NJ

Kids in Concert celebrates the artistic talents of students attending urban public schools throughout New Jersey. The selected groups perform original artistic works through song, dance and spoken word. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Chantelle Brown at 973-624-1815 ext. 12 or cbrown@edlawcenter.org.

Apr. 27, 2010

Lecture by Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond

Tuesday, April 27
4:00 to 5:30 pm
Bloustein School of Public Policy and Planning (Auditorium)
33 Livingston Ave
New Brunswick, NJ

Noted educator and Stanford University Professor Dr. Darling-Hammond will address education inequity in the United States and how New Jersey's Abbott programs can serve as a national model for reform. To attend the lecture, which is free and open to the public, RSVP to Renee Douge at Rutgers University. 732-932-5475 ext. 638 or douge@rci.rutgers.edu.

Apr. 27, 2010

A Taste for Public Education

Tuesday, April 27
6:00 to 8:00
Heldrich Hotel
New Brunswick, NJ

"A Taste for Public Education" is a wine and food tasting fundraiser for the Education Law Center. Individual tickets are available for $50.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Chantelle Brown at 973-624-1815 ext 12 or cbrown@edlawcenter.org.

ELC is available to speak at meetings or events about Abbott v. Burke, special education and other areas of education law and policy.

To inquire about a speaking engagement, or ELC participation in training, workshops or conferences, contact Chantelle Brown, 973-624-1815, ext. 12, or cbrown@edlawcenter.org