Law Offices of Hirji & Chau support the right of students to protest. In anticipation of the March 14 school walkouts in support of gun control, we are providing free legal advice to any student or parent that wants to know what their rights are before and/or after the walkout. Call us to schedule a time to speak with an attorney. Here …
20 Years of Policy Advocacy Against Zero Tolerance: A Critical Review by Rosa K. Hirji
Managing Partner, Rosa K. Hirji, featured in Children’s Rights Litigation ABA Section of Litigation Winter 2018 Issue, Volume 20, Issue 2 Policy solutions are short-lived; instead, advocates need to respond to the attacks on the very nature of public education and the reversal of federal structures that protect civil rights.
JOIN ROSA K. HIRJI, AT THE NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE’S IEPS AND 504 PLANS: A LEGAL COMPLIANCE GUIDE SEMINAR
Join guest speaker, Rosa K. Hirji, at the IEPs and 504 Plans: A Legal Compliance Guide Seminar on Monday, January 29, 2018, from 9:00 am to 11:00 a.m. at the Hyatt Place Riverside/Downtown, 3500 Market Street, Riverside, CA 92501 She will be presenting in the following area of Law, Special Education Legal Updates To register please visit the seminar webpage: IEPs and 504 Plans: …
Managing Attorney, Rosa Hirji, authored a chapter on the School to Prison Pipeline, in this new publication
Violence Against Children: Making Human Rights Real Purchase from Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Violence-Against-Children-Making-Rights/dp/1138563269/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1511390379&sr=8-4&keywords=violence+against+children This is what she writes: The school to prison pipeline describes an actual and metaphorical trajectory for Black, poor, and vulnerable children in the United States. Children who dealt with the double barriers of racial segregation in schools and unequal educational opportunities …
Appealing a College Level Decision
By Alex Rodriguez, Law Clerk You are seeking to appeal a grade, refusal to provide disability related accommodations, dismissal or disciplinary sanction. Your first instinct might be to march straight to the University President. Though this idea might help you blow off some steam, it will likely not get you anywhere in your appeal. Here are these six simple steps …
JOIN ROSA K. HIRJI, AT THE NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE’S SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW FROM A TO Z SEMINAR
Join guest speaker, Rosa K. Hirji, at the Special Education Law From A to Z Seminar on May 4, 2017, from 1:15 pm to 4:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Orange County Airport Hotel Santa Ana, 2726 South Grand Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705. She will be presenting on the following areas of Law: Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs) Special Education …
Internship Opportunities
WHO SHOULD APPLY: 2nd year and 3rd year law school students. INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW This is a paid internship offered to second and third year law students. Summer 2017: The summer internship is 35 hours per week and requires a 10 week commitment. Start date is between May 22, 2017 and June 1, 2017. Fall 2017: The fall internship requires a 10 – 15 hour a week commitment for a …
Court Decision Calls Out School District Excuses
By Rosa K. Hirji, Esq. On February 27, 2017, the 9th Circuit issued a decision, L.J. v. Pittsburg Unified Schl. Dist. that put an end to the Pittsburg Unified School District’s myriad of excuses for excluding a child from special education. L.J. was an elementary school student with the Pittsburg Unified School District in northern California who began to exhibit suicidal tendencies in …
Regulating Ethnic & Disciplinary Disproportionality in Special Education
by Justyn Howard, Esq. There has been a concerning trend within special education programs nationwide revolving around the overrepresentation of students of color within the special education population. Even more disturbing is the reporting of how often these students of color are disproportionately and unfairly disciplined. Former U.S. Secretary of Education, John B. King Jr.’s amendment to the regulations under …
Lessons from Professor Dumbledore
By Rosa K. Hirji If it wasn’t for Professor Dumbledore, Principal of Hogwarts, Harry Potter would have been expelled during his first year. Even worse, he could have been imprisoned in Azkaban with his soul sucked out by Dementors. After all, Harry broke rules every chance he got – from sneaking around the corridors, leaving grounds without permission, talking back to …