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Special Education Law Symposium:

Examining the IDEA in Theory & Practice

Friday, February 10, 2012

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast)

Pepperdine University School of Law
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA

Co-Organized by:

Paula Pearlman (Loyola Law School)
Richard Peterson (Pepperdine School of Law), and
Julie Waterstone (Southwestern Law School)

Panels Include:

• Examination of Eligibility and LRE (Paula Pearlman, Richard Peterson, and Torin Togut)
• Disproportionate Impact of IDEA on Children of Color (Ruth Colker and Esther Canty-Barnes)
• IDEA's Impact on Children with Social and Behavioral Needs (Yael Cannon, Mike Gregory, and Julie Waterstone)
• New Dispute Resolution Process (Jim Rosenfeld, Valerie Vanaman, and Jack Clarke)
• Beyond IDEA: Section 504 and ADA in Public Schools (Mark Weber and Robert Garda)
• IDEA and the School to Prison Pipeline (Joe Tulman and Kaitlin Banner)