Education Law Blog

September 22, 2023

How Grassroots Effort Saved a Deaf Program at Evergreen Public Schools

How Grassroots Effort Saved a Deaf Program at Evergreen Public Schools Cedar Law recently had the exciting opportunity to come together with teachers of the Deaf, […]
September 21, 2023

Oregon litigation team: Lara Hruska, Anna “Mickey” Moritz, and Alex Hagel

“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil” – Ralph Waldo Emerson What does it look like for a school or district to respect their […]
August 1, 2023

Cedar Delivers Big Win Against Peninsula School District on Dyslexia

The tides may finally be turning for students with dyslexia in the state of Washington. Parents across the state have been clamoring for evidence-based dyslexia interventions, […]
July 11, 2023

Cedar Wins its First Artificial Intelligence (AI) Case

On May 25, 2023, the vice president of student services at Olympic College overturned the decision to issue a ChatGPT discipline sanction. Our client was a […]
April 18, 2023

Cedar Wins Stay Put Order Requiring Travel Escorts for Student Placed Out of State

On February 14, 2023, ALJ Matthew Wacker ordered that a School District in Washington State arrange for, fund, and provide a student a Student Travel Escort […]
March 14, 2023

IEP Meetings

IEP meetings can be overwhelming, but don’t have to be! Join our founding partner Lara Hruska in this comprehensive video as she walks you through the whole […]
November 18, 2022

Class Action Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against OSPI and Superintendent Chris Reykdal in Order to Expand Eligibility for Special Education Services

(Seattle, WA) – The law offices of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. and Cedar Law PLLC have filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the United States […]
October 12, 2022

UW Paid Out Six Figures to Keep Me from Reading Their Law School Syllabi

I am the senior paralegal at Cedar Law PLLC, a Rule 9 Intern, and a law clerk studying to be an attorney through Washington state’s APR6 […]
May 24, 2022

Washington is sending youth in crisis to out-of-state boarding schools

NWNews | By Austin JenkinsPublished May 23, 2022 at 2:12 PM PDT Some parents with kids in crisis in Washington are making a heart wrenching decision. They’re sending […]