Name: Forty-Sixth Annual School Law Forum - Separate registration for this program is required.
Start: 2016-10-27T08:30:00-0400
End: 2016-10-27T15:30:00-0400

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Forty-Sixth Annual School Law Forum - Separate registration for this program is required.

Designed Particularly for School Board Attorneys, Administrators and Board Members

Sponsored by:

New Jersey School Boards Association
New Jersey Association of School Attorneys
Phoenix Advisors, LLC

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8:30 a.m.         Registration - (Coffee and Danish)

9:00 a.m.         Introductions
   Hope R. Blackburn, Esq., General Counsel, Jersey City Public Schools
Dr. Lawrence S. Feinsod, Exeuctive Director, NJSBA
Michael F. Kaelber, Esq., Director, Legal and Labor Relations, NJSBA

9:15 a.m.         School Law Update
Carl Tanksley, Esq., Counsel, NJSBA

10:10 a.m. TEACHNJ Four Years Later: What have we Learned?
Brenda C. Liss, Esq., Ricker, Danzing, Schere, Hyland & Perretti LLP
Yoland Mendez, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Newark Public Schools
Bernard Mercado, Esq., Office of General Counsel, Newark Public Schools

11:00 a.m.       Coffee Break

11:10 a.m.       Breakout Sessions #1 (Choose 1 of 5)

                        A. Recent Developments in Special Education – A Case Law Update and Discussion Room 403

Paul C. Kalac, Esq., Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein & Celso
Marc G. Mucciolo, Esq., Methfessel & Werbel

B. Tenure – Implementation Issues - Room 419

Bryant Lawrence Horsley, Jr., Esq., General Counsel, Camden City School District
Joseph L. Roselle, Esq., Schenck, Price, Smith & King

C. To Pay Not to Pay (Don't) - Salary Guides, Increments and Negotiations Room 405-406
Patrick Duncan, Manager, Labor Relations, NJSBA

D. Residency Room 404

Sanford D. Brown, Esq., Law Office of Sanford D. Brown
William S. Donio, Esq., Cooper Levenson

E. Employee Disability Accomodations/Fitness for Duty Exams Room 407

Lisa M. Fittipaldi Esq., DiFrancesco,Batuman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman
Lester E Taylor III, Esq., Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader

12:05 p.m. Breakout Sessions #2 (Choose 1 of 5)

A. Recent Developments in Special Education – A Case Law Update and Discussion Room 403
B. Tenure – Implementation Issues - Room 419
C. To Pay Not to Pay (Don't) - Salary Guides, Increments and Negotiations Room 405-406
D. Residency Room 404
E. Employee Disability Accomodations/Fitness for Duty Exams Room 407

1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:20 p.m. Distinguished Service Award

1:50 p.m. Transgender Issues Inmpacting Students, Staff and Administrators Cherie L Adams Esq., Adams Gutierrez & Lattiboudere
Robyn B. Gigl, Esq., Gluck Walrath
2:40 p.m. The Legal Ethics of Internal Investigations
David B. Rubin, Esq.

3:40 p.m. Adjournment

* PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration for this program is required.

* 4 Board Member Academy Credits

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