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LOYOL A U N I V ER SI T Y CH ICAG O S C H O O L o f L AW Children’s legal rights Journal pReSeNtS: Discipline in Schools: Moving Beyond Zero Tolerance FRIDAY, octobeR 17, 2014 • 8:30 Am – 3:30 pm pHILIp H. coRboY LAW ceNteR poWeR RogeRS & SmItH ceRemoNIAL coURtRoom, 10tH FLooR 25 eASt peARSoN StReet, cHIcAgo Symposium Editor: Melissa Anderson • Assistant Symposium Editor: Sharon Falen CONFERENCE AGENDA FRIDAY, oc tobe R 17, 2014 8:30-9:00 Am • Check-in and Breakfast 9:00-9:15 Am • Introductory Remarks A lexandraHunsteinRoffman Children’s Legal Rights Journal AmandaWalsh Children’s Legal Rights Journal 9:15-9:45 Am • Overview of School Discipline Reform D anLosen Civil Rights Project 9:45-10:30 Am • Special Address C atherineLhamon U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 10:30-10:45 pm • Break 10:45-11:10 Am • Focus on Illinois Reform and Potential Legislation 11:10-11:35 Am • Local Accomplishments and Challenges in School Disciple Reform MariameKaba Project NIA 11:35-11:50 Am • Break & Bring Boxed Lunches into Courtroom 11:50 Am -12:20 pm • Luncheon Panel – Teens Talk: Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) M oderator:JoseSanchez VOYCE 12:20-1:30 pm • Panel #1 SpecialFocus:Schoolto PrisonPipelinePanel MichelleRappaport Building Bridges RachelShapiro Equip for Equality ElissaJohnson Southern Poverty Law Center Moderator:DanLosen Civil Rights Project 1:30-1:45 pm • Break 1:45-3:00 pm • Panel #2 SpecialFocus:PolicyReformIssues andCharterSchools J essicaSchneider Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights CharlieWysong Equip for Equality J ulieWaterstone Southwestern Law School Moderator:MirandaJohnson Loyola University Chicago School of Law 3:00-3:30 pm • Closing Remarks RegIStRAtIoN LUc.edu/law/clrjsymposium SpeAKeR bIogRApHIeS DANIeL J. LoSeN is director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies, an initiative at UCLA’s Civil Rights Project. Mr. Losen’s work concerns the impact of law and policy on children of color and language minority students, including IDEA and racial inequity in special education; school discipline; and revealing and redressing the “School-to-Prison Pipeline.” Mr. Losen regularly provides guidance to policymakers, educators, and advocates at the state and district level. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Losen taught in public schools for ten years. Mr. Losen received his law degree from Georgetown University and a MEd at Lesley University. cAtHeRINe e. LHAmoN is the assistant secretary for civil rights at the US. Department of Education. Ms. Lhamon’s 17-year track record of success has earned her accolades as one of California’s top women lawyers, and as a lawyer of the year for civil rights. She was also named one of California’s Top 20 Lawyers Under 40 in 2007. Immediately prior to coming to the Department of Education, Ms. Lhamon was the director of impact litigation at Public Counsel, which is the nation’s largest pro bono law firm. Before coming to Public Counsel, Ms. Lhamon practiced for a decade at the ACLU of Southern California, ultimately as assistant legal director. Before then, Ms. Lhamon was a teaching fellow and supervising attorney in the Appellate Litigation Program at Georgetown University Law Center after clerking for the Honorable William A. Norris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She received her JD from Yale Law coNFeReNce coSt School, where she was The Outstanding Woman Law Graduate and graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College. mARIAme KAbA is the founding director of Project NIA, an innovative program that offers a new way of thinking about crime and violence using the principles of restorative justice, which has been shown to meet the needs of victims, reduce recidivism, and improve satisfaction with the legal system. She has written and published several articles and essays about urban education, youth leadership, and most recently, a series of neighborhood-specific juvenile justice data snapshots. She also co-authored a report on juvenile arrests in Chicago titled “Arresting Justice” (with Caitlin Patterson). mIcHeLLe RAppApoRt obtained her MSW from Loyola University Chicago. She has worked within the field of special education for over 25 years, specializing in working with at-risk youth who are frequently in crisis. Throughout her career she has worked as a school social worker and crisis intervention specialist. In her current position, she serves as an office intervention social worker with high school students in a public therapeutic day school. She has worked with all levels and all ages of students in primary and secondary education. Ms. Rappaport travels to many cities and helps schools or districts implement her Building Bridges program, an in-school curriculum used as an alternative to suspension by helping students build skills and process behaviors that would have ended in suspended. No cHARge • For Loyola students and faculty, and individuals who do not wish to obtain CLE credits RAcHeL SHApIRo is a supervising attorney in the Special Education Clinic at Equip for Equality (EFE), where she provides legal representation to children with unmet special education needs involved in the Cook County juvenile court system. Juveniles in the court system have a right to a free and appropriate public education under IDEA. Ms. Shapiro has seen first-hand the positive effects of appropriate special education services through working with children with autism. She also was an Equal Justice Works Fellow, where she began her work addressing the educational needs of juveniles involved in the court system to increase children’s chances at getting a proper education and decrease their chances of re-entering juvenile court. JeSSIcA ScHNeIDeR is currently a staff attorney eLISSA JoHNSoN (MSW ’11, JD ’11 ) is a staff attorney at Equip for Equality. Mr. Wysong represents students with disabilities and their families in school discipline proceeding and special education matters throughout Illinois, with a focus on charter schools. He has several projects underway to examine the discipline policies, due process protections, and outcomes of students in Illinois charter schools. Prior to working at Equip for Equality, Mr. Wysong clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He received his undergraduate degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, law degree from Stanford Law School, and MEd in Education Policy from the Stanford University School of Education. attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Jackson, Mississippi and a fellow in the National Juvenile Justice Network’s Youth Justice Leadership Institute, a year-long program that aims to create a more effective foundation for the juvenile justice reform movement. Ms. Johnson advocates on behalf of incarcerated children to address unconstitutional and abusive conditions in juvenile detention centers. The goal of her project as a fellow is to pass legislation that would create licensing standards for all of the juvenile detention centers in Mississippi. The purpose of licensing standards would be to set a standard of care across the board, to reduce recidivism, and to make sure that resources are spent as effectively as possible. Elissa received both her MSW and JD degrees from Loyola University Chicago. $50 $40 • Individuals seeking CLE credits • Loyola graduates seeking CLE credits at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in the Educational Equity and Fair Housing Projects. She began at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee in 2011 as a Civil Rights Fellow. Ms. Schneider coordinates the Educational Equality Project, including a pro bono project representing students in expulsion hearings and other educational civil rights issues. Prior to joining the Committee Ms. Schneider volunteered at the CARPLS, coordinated advice and referral program where she provided legal advice in family law, housing, and consumer debt. Ms. Schneider received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis and her JD from DePaul University. cHARLIe WYSoNg is a Skadden Fellow and staff 50% Fee ReDUctIoN for attorneys working in the areas of government or public interest JULIe WAteRStoNe is a visiting clinical professor of law from Southwestern Law School, where she is the associate dean for experiential learning and a clinical professor of law. At Southwestern, Professor Waterstone teaches and directs the Children’s Rights Clinic and teaches a Special Education Law Seminar. Her work focuses on the rights of children, particularly in the areas of special education and school discipline. Professor Waterstone received her BA degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her JD from Northwestern University School of Law. mIRANDA JoHNSoN is the associate director of the Education Law and Policy Institute at Loyola University Chicago School of Law where she teaches experiential learning courses in special education and school discipline. Prior to assuming this position, Ms. Johnson served as the Salisbury Clinical Teaching Fellow in Child and Family Law in Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Clinic, where she supervised law students in the representation of parents and students in school discipline and special education cases. Ms. Johnson completed a joint law and policy degree program, obtaining a JD from New York University School of Law and a MA in Public Affairs from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. RegIStRAtIoN LUc.edu/law/clrjsymposium AboUt tHe coNFe Re Nce • The Children’s Legal Rights Journal proudly announces “Discipline in Schools: Moving Beyond Zero Tolerance,” to be held on October 17, 2014. This one-day conference will explore the issue of school discipline. In January 2014, the Obama administration issued guidelines calling for an end to zero-tolerance policies in schools across the nation. Speakers will discuss the changing landscape of school discipline, including achievements and challenges in implementing new school practices. This event will also focus on how reform efforts impact both the school-to-prison pipeline and discipline in charter schools. coNFe Re Nce Loc AtIoN • The conference will be in the Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom located on the 10th floor of the Philip H. Corboy Law Center, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago. Validated parking is available in a number of locations adjacent to the School of Law. coNFe Re Nce coSt • Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to present this Conference at no charge for Loyola students and faculty and individuals not seeking CLE credits. For those who wish to obtain credit, registration fees are $50, or $40 for School of Law alumni. There is no charge for CLE credit for current faculty, staff, or students, and an immediate 50% fee reduction is offered for attorneys working in the areas of government or public interest. Seating is limited and registration is appreciated. Open seating will be available on a first-come basis to those who do not register. For registration information, please visit LUC.edu/law/clrj. Thisprogramhasalsobeenapprovedfor5.5hoursofCEUcredit.AnyoneseekingCEUcreditscanregisterata discountedrateof$25.ThisconferencehasbeenapprovedbytheIllinoisMCLEBoardfor4.5hoursofGeneral MCLEcredit. AboUt Ch i ldre n ’s legal right s Journal • The Children’s Legal Rights Journal (CLRJ) is a multidisciplinary journal published three times annually in conjunction with the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, the National Association of Counsel for Children, and Loyola University Chicago’s Civitas ChildLaw Center. The CLRJ focuses on the broad range of legal issues confronting children. Its goal is to provide practitioners in law and related fields with the practical resources they need to be effective advocates for their child clients. CLRJ readership consists of lawyers, social workers, physicians, researchers, mental health professionals, law enforcement personnel, and educators. The majority of the readership has direct contact with school-aged children at some point in their professional careers. The Children’s Legal Rights Journal is now available in an online format published by Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Civitas ChildLaw Center. To access the Journal, beginning with Volume 33, Issue 1 (Spring 2013), please visit www.childrenslegalrightsjournal.com. For more information, please visit: LUC.edu/law/student/publications/clrj or MelissaAndersonat [email protected]@luc.edu. Philip H. Corboy Law Center 25 E. Pearson St. Chicago, IL 60611