Home For the Community Law, Youth & Citizenship Program Public Education and the Law 2013

Dignity for All Students Act:
Exploring the authority of schools to control off-campus student expression
 to combat cyberbullying

An overview of the NY Dignity for All Students Act now in place and a look at the cyberbullying amendment to take effect July 2013. Panel discussion to include how educators and schools deal with student expression beyond the school walls and the school day.The interactive session will cover matters of interest to lawyers whose practices involve free speech issues, school counsel/administrators/educators, the law enforcement community and, more broadly, the parents of any student who communicates with peers online.

Topics:

• Overview of NYS Dignity for All Students Act
• Review of July 2013 Cyberbullying Amendment
• Review of What the Courts Have Said
• Proper Role of Policymakers, Administrators & Educators

Hosted by: Committee on Law, Youth & Citizenship
                            lyc@nysba.org    www.lycny.org

Wednesday, January 23, 2013       9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hilton Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas; New York, NY 10019
Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor
$85

MODERATOR 

Richard W. Bader, Esq.
Chair; Law, Youth and Citizenship Committee
New York State Bar Association

PRESENTERS

Jay Worona, Esq.
General Counsel
New York State School Boards Association

Johanna Miller, Esq.
Assistant Advocacy Director and Public Policy Counsel
New York Civil Liberties Union

Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Esq.
Associate Executive Director and General Counsel
National School Boards Association
Alexandria, VA

Topics Explored in a Lively Interactive Session

The 2013 EDITION OF “PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE LAW” WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH PARTICIPANT