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Cover ImageThe Elder and Special Needs Law Journal (formerly the Elder Law Attorney) features peer-written substantive articles relating to the practice of elder law on such topics as long-term care, Article 81, advance directives, Medicaid, SNTs, guardianship, Social Security, tax issues, and estate planning. Edited by David I. Kronenberg, Esq., and Adrienne J. Arkontaky Esq., the Elder and Special Needs Law Journal is published quarterly by the Elder Law Section and distributed to Section members free of charge.

The Elder and Special Needs Law Journal is published as a benefit for members of the Elder Law Section and is copyrighted by the New York State Bar Association. The copying, reselling, duplication, transferring, reproducing, reusing, retaining or reprinting of this publication is strictly prohibited without permission. © New York State Bar Association. All rights reserved. ISSN 2161-5292 (print)  ISSN 2161-5306 (online)

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Inside the Current Issue

(Spring 2013)

Message from the Chair
Anthony J. Enea

Message from the Co-Editors in Chief
Adrienne Arkontaky and David Kronenberg

Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together: Special Needs Planning for the Special Needs Young Adult
Lauren I. Mechaly

Qualified Tuition Programs / 529 Plans and the Individual with Disabilities
Mordecai Y. Simha and Elana M. Krupka Simha

Hearing Assistance That People Love and Will Use
David G. Myers

New York City Recipients of Community-Based Long Term Care Begin Transition to Managed Long Term Care
Rosanna Roizin

Special Needs Planning and New York’s Amended Decanting Statute
Elizabeth C. Briand and Sarah C. Moskowitz

The Importance of the Express Provisions of the IEP for Students with Disabilities and the Impact of R.E. v. N.Y.C. Dep’t of Educ.
Maria C. McGinley

Concussions in Children and Adolescents: A Shifting Medical and Legal Landscape
Paul B. Yellin, M.D. and Susan Yellin

The Role of Counsel
Elizabeth Valentin and Robert Kruger

Ten Planning Essentials as Your Developmentally Disabled Child Turns 18
Susan W. Morris

Why Elder Law? A Recent Graduate’s Perspective
Malya Levin, Deirdre Lok and Joy Solomon

Ten Tips for Serving as an Article 81 Guardian
Christine Mooney and Leslie Nydick

Advance Directives: A Step Back Into the Fifties, the View from Cuba
Ellen G. Makofsky

Elder Law Section Ethics Committee Poll #5
Judith B. Raskin, Chair, and Natalie J. Kaplan, Vice Chair

Recent New York Cases
Judith B. Raskin

Using a Supplemental Needs Trusts in Special Education Litigation
Adrienne Arkontaky and Robert P. Mascali

Committee News
What’s Happening in Our Committees
Spotlight on the Special Needs Planning Committe

Scenes from the Elder Law Section Annual Meeting


Past Issues

(Section Members Only)

Please click the issue date for each publication below to open the PDF file.


Searchable Index (2000-present)

Spring 2013 (Vol. 23, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2013 (Vol. 23, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2012 (Vo. 22, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2012 (Vol. 22, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2012 (Vol. 22, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2012 (Vol. 22, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2011 (Vol. 21, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2011 (Vol. 21, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2011 (Vol. 21, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2011 (Vol. 21, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2010 (Vol. 20, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2010 (Vol. 20, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2010 (Vol. 20, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2010 (Vol. 20, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2009 (Vol. 19, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2009 (Vol. 19, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2009 (Vol. 19, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2009 (Vol. 19, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2008 (Vol. 18, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2008 (Vol. 18, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2008 (Vol. 18, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2008 (Vol. 18, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2007 (Vol. 17, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2007 (Vol. 17, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2007 (Vol. 17, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2007 (Vol. 17, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2006 (Vol. 16, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2006 (Vol. 16, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2006 (Vol. 16, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2006 (Vol. 16, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2005 (Vol. 15, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2005 (Vol. 15, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2005 (Vol. 15, No. 2) (PDF)
Spring 2005 Supplement—Report of the Long-Term Care Reform Committee (PDF)
Winter 2005 (Vol. 15, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2004 (Vol. 14, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2004 (Vol. 14, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2004 (Vol. 14, No. 2 ) (PDF)
Winter 2004 (Vol. 14, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2003 (Vol. 13, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2003 (Vol. 13, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2003 (Vol. 13, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2003 (Vol. 13, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2002 (Vol. 12, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2002 (Vol. 12, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2002 (Vol. 12, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2002 (Vol. 12, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2001 (Vol. 11, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2001 (Vol. 11, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2001 (Vol. 11, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2001 (Vol. 11, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2000 (Vol. 10, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2000 (Vol. 10, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2000 (Vol. 10, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2000 (Vol. 10, No. 1) (PDF)

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