Conference Program: Monday, July 20, 2009

8:00 am - 10:00 pm Registration
8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 am

Wingspread for Newcomers

  • Louise Dempsey, Assistant Dean for External Affairs, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University and Board Member Cleveland Metropolitan School District
  • Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech University School of Law, Assistant Dean for Academic Success, Lubbock, TX
9:00 am - 9:15 am

Welcome and Introduction

  • Peter Pitegoff, Esq., Dean, University of Maine School of Law, Portland, ME
9:15 am - 10:30 am

MAM00 Keynote: Thinking Outside the Box [Wingspread / Diversity / Reform / Law / Curriculum]

  • Gregg B. Betheil, Senior Executive for Career & Technical Education, Office of Portfolio Development, New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
  • Karina Hamilton, Esq., Co-Director, Saturday Law Academy at the University of California Irvine
  • Karen Sanchez-Griego, Principal, Atrisco Heritage Academy, Albuquerque, NM
  • Ayla Dickey, President, University of Phoenix Foundation, Alburuerque, NM
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break - Coffee available en route
Ed Law Conference for Credit Meeting
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Workshop 1
  MAM01Keynoter Workshop [Wingspread / Diversity / Reform / Law / Curriculum]
  • Gregg B. Betheil, Senior Executive for Career & Technical Education, Office of Portfolio Development, New York City Department of Education, New York, NY
  • Karina Hamilton, Esq., Co-Director, Saturday Law Academy at the University of California Irvine
  • Karen Sanchez-Griego, Principal, Atrisco Heritage Academy, Albuquerque, NM
  • Ayla Dickey, President, University of Phoenix Foundation, Alburuerque, NM
 

MAM02 4th Admendment Goes to school: School Search and Seizure [Liability / Civil Rights]

 

MAM03 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Charter Schools and Had to Come to Maine to Ask [Reform]

 

MAM04 Autism Strand (1): Why Do They Do That? Understanding the Movement, Anxiety, Communication, and Sensory Challenges Faced by Students with Labels of Autism and What to Do About It [Special Ed]

  • Linda H. Rammler, M.Ed., Ph.D., Executive Director, Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT
  • and colleagues
 

MAM05 OCR/Section 504 [Special Ed]

  • Allen Kropp, Deputy Chief Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Boston, ME
  • Ruth Ricker, Equal Opportunity Specialist/Investigator, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Boston, MA
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Workshop 2
 

MPM01 Marketing Creation: The Law, Public Schools, & Intelligent Design [Civil Rights / Curriculum]

  • Frank S. Ravitch, Esq., Professor, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
 

MPM02 Safety Begins Here at School! [Liability / Safety]

  • Matthew Comai, School Risk Management Representative, Local Government Center, Concord, NH
 

MPM03 Emerging Ligatures in the Constitutional Right of Teachers to Whistleblow [Liability / Civil Rights]

 

MPM04 Autism Strand (2) [Special Ed]

  • Linda H. Rammler, M.Ed., Ph.D., Executive Director, Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT
  • and colleagues
 

MPM05 Special Education Caselaw Update [Special Ed]

  • Mark Weber, Esq., Professor, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL
 

MPM06 American Bar Association Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity, Issues and Answers on the Educational Pipleline [WINGSPREAD / Diversity / Reform]

  • Andriel M. Dees, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs, Adjunct Professor, Race and the Law, Summer Partnership in Law (SPIL), William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
  • Joan Kenney, Public Information Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, MA
  • Sarah Redfield, Professor of Law, ABA ACD
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break - Cold drinks available en route
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Workshop 3
 

MPM07 Wingspread Pipeline Showcase

 

MPM08 Wingspread Pipeline Showcase

 

MPM09 When Religion, Politics, and Schools Mix: A Look at Religious and Political Speech in the School Seeting [Liability / Civil Rights]

  • Maureen A MacFarlane, Esq., Legal Counsel, Cambridge Public Schools Office of Legal Counsel, Cambridge, MA
 

MPM10 Autism Strand (3) [Special Ed]

  • Linda H. Rammler, M.Ed., Ph.D., Executive Director, Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT
  • and colleagues
 

MPM11 Students with Disabilities: Transition from High School to College [Special Ed / Civil Rights]

  • Allen Kropp, Deputy Chief Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Boston, ME
  • Ruth Ricker, Equal Opportunity Specialist/Investigator, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Boston, MA
 

MPM12 Wingspread Pipeline Showcase

  • See description for more information
  Monday Event
5:00 pm
Event

Maine Lobsterbake, TBA
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