Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline in its “infancy.”
A Goal of the Kienan Ellis Education Project (KEEP) is Stopping The School-to-Prison Pipeline, with a service area focusing on Seattle Public Schools.
To Meet That Goal: Attorneys are needed to represent students in school discipline hearings to ensure equitable and appropriate educational outcomes. Attorneys are needed to represent students in school discipline hearings to ensure equitable and appropriate educational outcomes. This is an opportunity to exercise your trial advocacy skills while:
- Keeping students in their classrooms rather than experiencing unwarranted school exclusions, and,
- Ensuring that a student who may need additional services is not wrongfully excluded from school or access to other necessary services.
Approaches include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring due process is provided and inaccurate allegations are disproven.
- Ensuring that educational plans for disabled students are followed.
- Facilitating a healthy and timely return to school for your student client.
- Advocating for and identify additional social and educational supports to help prevent future exclusionary discipline.
This will be both paid and pro bono advocacy (sliding fee scale, donations also accepted).
2-15 hours of work in 90% of cases.
Training and support provided. Hearing memorandums already developed for modification based on the specific facts of your case.
Must be a licensed attorney.
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE HEARING TRAINING
January 6, 2022 from 3:30 to 5:30
In person MOVED TO ZOOM TRAINING DUE TO COVID CONCERNS
Note: Capacity is limited to 20 attendees, with preference going to licensed attorneys who can help with KEEP referrals
With DLA Piper’s Support, Cedar Law Attorneys will be offering KEEP’s first in-person training for attorneys new to school discipline matters on January 6th, 2022. Please contact info@cedarlawpllc.com to RSVP and to provide the necessary Covid-19 vaccination confirmation (mandatory). First-come, first-served.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89361446426?pwd=cVp3eEhPbndza2lpMGVNL3doejlTdz09
DLA PIPER
701 5th Ave, Unit 7000, Seattle, WA
Even if you cannot attend the training on January 6th, find out how to help stop discriminatory discipline practices in K-12 Education. Simply send an email expressing your general interest in KEEP to info@cedarlawpllc.com so we can put you on the list of advocates willing to help stop the school-to-prison pipeline.