The Philadelphia Bar Association held a program titled, "Meeting the Moment: Focus on Education and Disability Rights," on Wednesday, May 28. This webinar continues our series on topics affecting our clients and the community, this time focusing on education. We provide an overview of the recent threatened rollbacks in federal education funding, oversight, and support, including the proposed shutdown of the U.S. Department of Education and the impacts on students with disabilities. Panelists discussed top-of-mind issues and impacts due to recent policy changes at the federal level, the critical court cases on the horizon, and what the legal community can do to help.
Introduction: Chancellor Katayun I. Jaffari
Keynote speaker: Adam Schott, former Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the US Department of Education and former Special Assistant, Pennsylvania Department of Education
Panelists:
- Harold Jordan, Nationwide Education Equity Coordinator. ACLU of Pennsylvania
- Michael Athy, former Senior Civil Rights Attorney, U.S. Department of Education
- Desireé Chang, Director of Education, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
- Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, Senior Attorney, Public Interest Law Center
- Margie Wakelin, Attorney, Education Law Center
- Mark Burgmann, Associate at Wisler Pearlstine LLP
Moderators:
- Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director, Education Law Center
- Darlene Martin, Hearing Examiner, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
In service to our mission at the Philadelphia Bar Association and as legal professionals, we are using our power, influence, and voice to meet this moment in support of democracy and the rule of law.
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