STUDENT LEGAL ISSUES

Our attorneys have experience advising school administrators on a daily basis with respect to the following issues:

Student records;

Tuition and residency problems;

Custody and guardianship issues;

Child abuse reporting requirements;

Sexual harassment, including peer-to-peer harassment;

Home schooling;

Parochial school/church and state concerns;

Title IX issues;

Drug searches and testing of students;

Student attendance issues;

Student suspension and/or expulsion procedures; and

First Amendment issues such as freedom of speech, censorship and editing of student newspapers, and the distribution of religious and/or political materials by students.

In addition to providing day-to-day advice and consultations on these matters, our attorneys are available to conduct Code of Conduct/Student Handbook reviews and staff in-service training to keep them up-to-date with regard to recent changes in these evolving areas of the law.