Education Law

Education law includes schools, school systems and school boards, students' rights and student movements.

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Administrative Law
Administrative law encompasses the substantive, procedural and jurisdictional aspects of state and federal government agencies.
Appellate Advocacy and Procedure
Legal representation by an attorney before any state or federal court of intermediate or final appeal.
Civil and Criminal Procedure
Civil procedure involves the jurisdictional, pre-trial, trial and post-trial aspects of civil litigation, such as divorces, estate distribution or injury cases, between private parties. Criminal procedure applies to both the constitutional issues and legal processes arising in pre-trial, trial and post-conviction criminal litigation.
Civil Rights
Civil rights law includes the areas of equal protection and due process.
Constitutional Law
The body of law governing the relationships among and powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and between the federal and state governments.
Contracts
Contract law covers the elements of a valid contract, and issues pertaining to verbal or oral contracts.
Corporate Law
Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another.
Courts and the Judiciary
The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
Criminal Law
Criminal law regulates social conduct and proscribes whatever is threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people. It includes the punishment of people who violate these laws.
Defamation
Defamation law includes libel and slander.
Disability Law and the ADA
Disability law includes the range of common law, statutes, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, and regulations, protecting the rights of and remedies available to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
Employment Law
Employment law governs the rights and duties between employers and workers.
Entrepreneurship
This law covers issues that arise when taking an entrepreneurial venture from conception, through formation, financing and growth, including exit strategies.
Environmental Law
Environmental law includes the areas of land use, planning, regulation and zoning, sustainable growth and development, and water policy and regulation.
Family Law
Family law refers to rules, regulations, and court procedures involving the family unit, such as marriage, divorce and division of property, child custody and adoption.