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1. Disability Rights Consortium at Equip for Equality: Civil Rights Class Actions
   This consortium discusses the current state of the law with respect to class actions in civil rights cases with a focus on special education and disability rights.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality - Northeastern Illinois Office
   Updated: 06/17/2012
2. Educational Debt Manual
   This manual outlines the basics of student loans and programs that can assist with loan repayment.
   Author: Equal Justice Works
   Updated: 04/26/2012
3. Special Education Advocacy: Protecting the Rights of Students with Disabilities
   This training provides the background needed to represent students with disabilities.
   Presenter(s): LAF
   Updated: 04/04/2012
4. Panel Discussions: Neighborhoods and the Legacy of Segregation in Chicago
   Three panel discussions addressing(1)Lathrop Homes and the future of public and affordable housing in Chicago (2) The Chicago Public education system after the consent decree and (3) Racist policing, prosecution and imprisonment.
   Presenter(s): Center for Public Interest Law
   Updated: 03/12/2012
5. Representing Students at Chicago Public Schools Expulsion Hearings
   This training guides you through client intake to expulsion hearing and everything in between.
   Presenter(s): Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
   Updated: 03/01/2012
6. Special Education Law
   This manual provides legal advocates with the necessary information for handling a special education case in Illinois.
   Author: Revisions contributed by Erin Han and Janeen Barth Schlotzer, LAF
   Updated: 01/12/2012
7. Public Service Loan Forgiveness in Five Easy Steps
   This webcast includes information about qualifying for student loan forgiveness by working in the non-profit sector.
   Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 11/03/2011
8. Special Education Volunteer Training
   Training on special education law for prospective helpline volunteers
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 04/21/2011
9. Basics of Special Education Law: Part 1
   A panel discussion on special education laws and the special education services available to Illinois school children
   Author: Illinois State Bar Association
   Updated: 04/21/2011
10. Basics of Special Education Law: Part 2
    A panel discussion on special education laws and the special education services available to Illinois school children
    Author: Illinois State Bar Association
    Updated: 04/21/2011
11. Basics of Special Education Law: Part 3
    A panel discussion on special education laws and the special education services available to Illinois school children
    Author: Illinois State Bar Association
    Updated: 04/21/2011
12. Holistic Advocacy
    Directory of non-legal support services for use by legal aid attorneys
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 01/21/2011
13. Special Education Volunteer Training
    Overview of Special Education law and how to volunteer for Equip for Equality's helpline
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 10/29/2010
14. College Cost Reduction Access Act (CCRAA) Overview
    Presentation on the College Cost Reduction Access Act and how to qualify for it
    Presenter(s): Heather Jarvis, Equal Justice Works
    Updated: 10/08/2010
15. Disability Rights Consortium: Illinois Attorney General's Disability Rights Bureau 2010 Update
    Presents an update on the Illinois Attorney General's enforcement of disability rights
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 09/24/2010
16. Changes to Threshold for Withholding Due to Wage Assignments
    Information on changes to the minimum earnings requirements for garnishments
    Author: David Yen, LAF
    Updated: 08/25/2010
17. Discipline in the IDEA
    This training discusses the rules and guidelines that apply for an IDEA.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/23/2010
18. Disability Rights Consortium - Disability Harassment
    Professor Mark Weber will be discussing Disability Harassment.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/02/2010
19. Disability Rights Consortium: Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education
    Adele Rapport will be speaking about the work of OCR and her ideas about collaborating with the disability community.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/02/2010
20. Special Education Training
    This seminar will cover, eligibility, FAPE, LRE, IEPs, Transition Planning, Accommodations and Modifications, Related Services, Placement, Legal Standards, and Advocacy Tips.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 11/04/2009
21. Special Education Training 2009
    Special Education Training for volunteers and interns working with Equip For Equality.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 09/03/2009
22. Special Education Helpline Training
    This training will prepare attorneys to work on the Special Education Helpline at Equip for Equality.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/19/2009
23. Individualized Education Program Meetings for Students with Special Education Needs
    This training will provide information on representing juveniles with special education needs at IEP meetings.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 02/06/2009
24. Special Education Clinic Training: IEP and Expulsion
    Webcast of Special Education Clinic Training held by Equip for Equality recorded on 04.09.08
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 12/09/2008
25. Keeping Kids in School: Defending Expulsion and Suspension Cases & Education Rights of Homeless Children
    This session will address two realities that deny low-income children access to education: expulsion or other disciplinary procedures, and homelessness.
    Presenter(s): Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 11/19/2008
26. Disability Rights Consortium - Special Education and School Discipline
    This meeting will focus on the intersection of special education and school discipline, including issues involving the juvenile justice system.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 05/29/2008
27. Special Education Clinic Training 2008
    Information on special education issues for people with disabilities
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 02/06/2008
28. Disabilities Guidebook: Relief from Student Loans
    Describes the program that allows you to discharge or defer student loans if you are disabled or if you care for a disabled person
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 01/23/2008
29. CARPLS Volunteer Attorney Training: Consumer Law and Bankruptcy
    Explains basic consumer law and bankruptcy concepts for attorneys
    Presenter(s): David Yen, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 11/13/2007
30. Practical Tips for Handling Special Education Issues
    Information on basic concepts in special education law for non-special education lawyers
    Presenter(s): Matthew D. Cohen, Olga Pribyl, Consuelo Puente, Debra J. Wysong
    Updated: 11/09/2007
31. School Law Series (Illinois): Volume II: Personnel and Student Issues 2005 Edition
    Manual on employee and student rights in public schools including employee dismissal/suspension procedures, labor relations, employment discrimination, student rights and responsibilities, student discipline, hazing, special ed, no child left behind
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 05/22/2007
32. Disabilities Guidebook: Special Education and Related Services
    Students with disabilities shall receive a free appropriate public education under the federal Individual With Disabilities Education Act
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 03/30/2007
33. Children's Law, HIV/AIDS, & Disability Law Training
    Explains Children's Law and DCFS cases, HIV/AIDS, and miscellaneous Disability Law issues for new attorneys and paralegals
    Presenter(s): Richard Cozzola, Michelle Gilbert and Wally Winter, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 03/16/2007
34. Education Planning and Gifts to Minors 2004 Edition
    Manual on paying for higher education, 529 savings account, trusts, creditors & Medicaid, regulations of QTPs, direct gifts, uniform transfers, 2503(c) trusts, crummey & non-crummey trusts, Coverdell education savings account, income tax credits, etc
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 11/02/2006
35. School Expulsion Hearings Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
    Video training about school expulsion hearing opportunities for volunteer attorneys
    Presenter(s): Monica Llorente and Monica Mahan, Bluhm Legal Clinic
    Updated: 11/21/2005
36. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    An overview of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    Author: Wally Winter & Larry Parham, LAF
    Updated: 11/11/2005
37. Securing Special Education Services for DCFS Wards
    Examines the special education laws and describes how proactive advocates can help to implement specialized education programs to improve the lives of DCFS wards
    Author: Laurene M. Heybach, Director of the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Wallace C. Winter, Director of the Disability Law Project of LAF
    Updated: 09/13/2005
38. School Discipline for DCFS Wards Not in Special Education Programs
    Overview of school disciplinary systems in relation to DCFS wards not in special education programs
    Author: Laurene M. Heybach, Director of the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Wallace C. Winter, Director of the Disability Law Project of LAF
    Updated: 09/13/2005
39. Major Changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2005
    Summary of changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, effective July 1, 2005
    Author: Larry Parham & Wallace Winter, LAF
    Updated: 07/26/2005
40. Requesting an Accommodation at Work and College
    Video on requesting an accommodation at work or college for people with disabilities
    Presenter(s): Alan Goldstein, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 06/06/2005
41. IDEA 2004 - What Has Changed in Special Education Training
    Explains important changes under the IDEA - 2004
    Presenter(s): Howard Rosenblum, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 06/03/2005
42. Making Information Technology Accessible to People with Disabilities
    Video on access to information technology for people with disabilities
    Presenter(s): Bob Alvarez, Great Lakes ADA & IT Center; Ken Walden, Access Living; E.G. Enbar, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 04/27/2005
43. Procedures and Rights of Homeless Children in Chicago
    Settlement Agreement that read in conjunction with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the Illinois Education for Homeless Act governs the procedures and rights of homeless children in Chicago
    Author: Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 12/22/2004
44. Addressing the School Segregation of Children Experiencing Homelessness
    This article examines the segregation that homeless children in Chicago experience in education
    Author: Rene Heybach, Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 12/13/2004
45. Resolving Disputes with School Districts
    Information for attorneys about how to resolve conflicts with school districts. Emphasis is on the requirements for the fair hearing of disputes involving students with disabilities.
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 12/10/2004
46. Educational Rights of Homeless Children and Youth
    Video training session on educational rights of homeless children and youth
    Presenter(s): Rene Heybach & Patricia Nix-Hodes, Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 06/03/2004
47. Disabilities Guidebook: Educational Records and Privacy
    Explains privacy rights and other rights with respect to education records that federal and state laws give to parents and students
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 11/19/2002
48. Disabilities Guidebook: Parent Training and Information Programs
    Information for parents of children with disabilities and persons who work with those parents about training and information to help them meet the educational needs of the children
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 11/19/2002

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