Professor of Law
B.A., Mount Holyoke College
J.D., Northeastern University
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Biography
Updated: Sept. 18, 2007
Books
- Student Aspiration & Achievement: Working in Partnership Along the Educational Pipeline from Preschool to Professional School, Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy (LEXIS 2006) (with Brett G. Scharffs).
- The Cutting Edge: Education Law and Policy Topics (ed., 2005).
- Special Education Law Casebook (Lexis Publishing 2004-5) (with Mark Weber & Ralph Mawdsley).
- Special Education Law: Cases and Materials (LEXIS 2004) (with Mark Weber and Ralph Mawdsley).
- Renovating the K20 Pyramid in Law and Education Crucial Issues (Lexis 2004) (with Gary Miller, Jack Nagle, Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker and Clark Kelso).
- Thinking Like a Lawyer: An Educator's Guide to Legal Analysis and Research (Carolina Academic Press 2002).
Articles
- The Educational Pipeline from Preschool to Professional School: Working to Increase Diversity in the Profession, 75 The Bar Examiner #2 (May 2006) (with Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker).
- Report to the James Irvine Foundation Professional, University, College, High Schools P20 Partnership Programs: Description & Evaluation, Sacramento Charter High School Schools of Law and Public Service and Health Sciences (with Catherine Adams Minicucci).
- Law Schools Cannot Be Effective in Isolation, 1 BYU Educ. L.J. (2005) (with Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker).
- Pacific’s P-20 Initiative to Increase Diversity in Law Schools, Educ. Law Ass'n, Tucson, Ariz., 2004 (with John Nagle, Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Gary Miller, & Clark Kelso).
- Renovating the P-20 Pyramid in Education with the Leadership of Schools of Law: Report of a Three-Day Conference at Wingspread Conference Center (2004) (with John Nagle).
- Threats Made, Threats Posed: School and Judicial Analysis in Need of Redirection, 2003 BYU Educ. & L. J. 663 (2003).
- The Convergence of Education and Law : A New Class of Educators and Lawyers, 36 Ind. L. Rev. 609 (2003).
- Should We Teach the Teachers: Why Educators Need to Know the Law, Legal Issues in Education, 32 Orbit Magazine #2 (University of Toronto 2002).
Other
- Education Law—The View from the States, (Education Law Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Can., Aug. 2005).
- The Wingspread P-20 Initiative: A Law-related Consortium for Renovating the P-20 Pyramid and Reducing the Achievement Gap, (Presidential Session, AERA (American Educational Researchers Association) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Can., Apr. 2005) (with Jack Nagle & Alan Sadovnik, Tom Rutten, and Catherine Millett (ETS)).
- Law Schools and the Educational Pipeline (Virginia Education Law Conference, Norfolk, Va., Apr. 2005).
- Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession: A Model for Collaboration with Schools of Law, Education, Liberal Arts and High Schools and Bench, Bar and Corporate Counsel, Educ. Law Ass'n Papers (CD 2005) (with Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker).
- K20 School Reform (Virginia Education Law Conference, Richmond, Va., 2004) (with Gary Miller).
- Restraining Difficult Behaviors in Schools: Legal and Policy Issues (Virginia Education Law Conference, Richmond, Va., 2004)(with Scott Johnson, Esq.).
- No Child Left Behind (Training Series with the NH Dept. of Education, Concord, N.H., (Spring 2004) (with Scott Johnson, Esq.).
- National Conference on Charter Schools: Trends and Policy Issues (Organized, Sacramento, Cal., 2004).
- Special Education (Facilitated Meetings Training with Professor Dorie Shaw and Special Education director Cecilia Cox, 2003-4).
- The How To's of Teaching School Law (with Venitta McCal, forthcoming, Education Law Association, Savannah, Ga., Nov., 2003).
- Discrimination and Diversity (10th Annual Education Law Institute, Portland, Me., 2003).
- NCLB Primer (10th Annual Education Law Conference, Portland, Me., 2003).
- Alternatives to School Finance Litigation ( Virginia Education Law Conference, Williamsburg, Va., 2003) (with Scott Johnson, Esq. & Howard Bellman, Esq.).
- No Child Left Behind: What We Need to Know, International Dyslexia Association, Concord, N.H., 2003.
- Teaching Law (Education Law Association, New Orleans, La., 2002).
- Threatening Speech (9th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2002).*
- Law Primer (9th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2002).*
- Hot Topics in Education Law (9th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2002) (with William Bosher and Richard Vacca.*
- Bullying, Ratting, and Reporting (National Ass'n of Secondary School Principals, Atlanta, Ga., 2002.*
- Bullying, Ratting, and Reporting (National Ass'n of Elementary School Principals, San Antonio, Tex., 2002).*
- Leaders and Lawyers (National Ass'n of Secondary School Principals, Atlanta, Ga., 2002 (with Ruth C. Ash, Samford Univ., Bullard Beeson School of Educ. and Prof. Studies)).*
- Legal Principles for Principals (NH Ass'n of School Principals, Concord, N.H., 2002).*
- The Supremes Go to School (Law Librarians of New England, Concord, N.H., 2002).*
- Legal Principles: The Cocktail Party Cases (Special Educators Conference, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, 2002).*
- School Finance: Alternatives to Litigation? Educating Educators about the Law, (Education Law Association, New Orleans, LA, 2002).*
- Bullying, Ratting, and Reporting, 8th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2001).*
- Threats and Violence (National Association of Secondary School Principals, Phoenix, Ariz., 2001).*
- The American Perspective, Constitutional Educational Issues (Canadian Education Law Association, Vancouver, BC, 2001).*
- Discipline Goes to Court (8th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2001).*
- Threats and Violence at School: Legal How Tos (7th Annual Education Law Institute, Concord, N.H., 2001).*
- Threats and Violence at School: Legal How Tos (National Ass'n of Secondary School Principals, Phoenix, Ariz. 2001).*
- Why Distance Learning Works (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, Suffolk Law School, Boston, Mass., 2001) (with John M. Farago, City Univ. of New York School of Law).*
- Collisions on the Information Highway (National Association of Secondary School Principals, San Antonio, Tex., 2000).*
- Collisions on the Information Highway (National Association of Elementary School Principals, New Orleans, La., 2000).*
- Law Schools and Distance Learning (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, Chicago, IL, 2000).*
- Threats and Violence at School: Legal How To's (7th Annual Education Law Institute, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, N.H., 2000).*
- Law Schools and Distance Learning, CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction, Chicago Kent Law School, Chicago, Ill., 2000).*
*Copy on file with the author.