Sweet Stevens Attorneys to Present at Pennsylvania School Law Workshop
News Release
New Britain, PA – Two Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP attorneys will present at the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association (PSBSA) annual conference, to be held at Kalahari Resorts & Convention Center in the Poconos on Monday, October 7, 2024. The workshop will offer practical approaches and solutions for legal issues affecting public schools.
Senior Associate Christopher A. Bambach and Associate Kalani E. Linnell will present “Severe Behavior Under the IDEA” from 9:45-10:45 a.m. The session will take a deep dive into circumstances surrounding severe behaviors in students with disabilities and options for a school district’s response, which may include disciplinary action or student removal, and also the special education implications of excessive absences. This lively session will include discussion, case examples, and interactive polls and quizzes.
Bambach works with school entities in matters of special education and student services throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, representing clients at both the administrative and appellate levels.
Linnell advises clients in matters involving special education, student civil rights and operations/practices, and is especially dedicated to the issue of Title IX compliance, both its historic regulations and the impending new directives.
Formed in 1963 as a department of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, the PSBSA is among the nation’s largest and most active state associations of school attorneys. First organized to improve legal services for school boards, PSBSA now produces conferences and publications for attorneys to share ideas and expertise on case law, legislation and issues in education law impacting public schools.
The annual PSBSA School Law Workshop hosts sessions dedicated to employment and labor relations, Right-to-Know Law, special education and more, and attorneys may earn continuing legal education (CLE) credits by attending. For more information, visit https://www.psba.org/school-solicitors-association.
Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams, LLP was formed in 1995 by nine experienced education lawyers who created the first private law practice in Pennsylvania dedicated entirely to Education Law. Since then, the firm has grown to 26 attorneys who represent over 290 school and municipal entities as Solicitors or as Special Counsel in more than 50 counties throughout Pennsylvania, and in additional practice areas, such as Construction Law, Tax Assessment Appeals, Audit of Operations and Practices, Real Estate Law and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law.