In partnership with NJSIG (New Jersey Schools Insurance Group), LEGAL ONE is pleased to offer school law training to leadership staff in NJSIG member districts at no additional cost.
Eligible leadership staff who may access these courses and webinars include those staff persons who serve as principal, assistant principal, director, supervisor, assistant superintendent, superintendent or business administrator, and other school staff whose position requires possession of an administrative certificate.
To obtain your district’s coupon code in order to register at no-additional cost, please contact your School Business Administrator.
For more information or assistance, email us at legalone@njpsa.org.
Online Courses
Comprehensive, New Jersey-specific courses on various aspects of school law. These courses include real world scenarios, attorney commentaries and assessments in order to ensure understanding of key legal principles.
- Public school governance
- Review of source of school, constitutional, state, and case law and federal statutes regulations, and district policy
- The School Ethics Code and its application to board members; school administrators
- New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act
- Pupil records law under FERPA -New Jersey’s accountability regulations
- Tenure and Seniority
- Collective Bargaining
- Sexual Harassment
- Retaliation and Discrimination
- Evaluations
- Increment Withholdings
- Employee Discipline
School Law Webinars
Comprehensive and interactive series of one-hour school law webinars on timely issues. Each webinar will include a brief overview of the latest developments in select areas of school law.
This webinar will review the legal parameters for school officials in addressing conduct away from school grounds. Topics to be covered will include bullying and cyberbullying, responding to student disputes that occur off school grounds, linking participation in athletics to conduct outside of school, addressing derogatory comments towards staff members, responding to self-destructive student behavior such as drug or alcohol use, and understanding how courts balance student First Amendment rights with other considerations.
This webinar provides a framework for putting in place appropriate policies and protocols to protect student safety. Participants will learn about the high expectations established in case law and codified in statute and regulation related to student safety. Specific issues addressed include HIB policies, key elements of the code of student conduct, key requirements related to student risk assessment, and working closely with law enforcement and other outside entities.
Human Resource management is constantly evolving, with new legal requirements related to family leave, sick leave, equal pay, dealing with vendors, employee background checks and many other areas. This webinar will provide HR directors and individuals with HR responsibilities who may wear many other hats with information on the latest legal developments, along with important tools and resources for effectively balancing the many responsibilities in the human resource field.
Fact is often stranger than fiction. That is certainly true when it comes to many legal issues that arise in public schools. In this Webinar, participants will learn about some of the most outrageous and legally damaging cases involving public schools and the lessons that should be learned to avoid such issues in the future.
School districts have numerous requirements related to addressing the health needs of students. This webinar will provide an overview of key legal requirements related to addressing students with medical needs, including issues related to COVID-19, emergency administration of medicine, responding to students on field trips, addressing situations that may occur in athletics, responding to suspected substance abuse and potential overdose and the legal rights of students, parents and school officials under FERPA, HIPAA and other requirements.
Original broadcast date: September 1, 2021
With the vast majority of students returning to in-person instruction this Fall, school districts need to brace for a variety of new challenges we have never seen related to HIB. What happens when students confide about incidents that may have occurred months ago? What impact will the rise in hate crimes and bias related acts have on students being targeted? Will students be targeted for bullying because they or a family member contracted COVID during that time? How will students respond after a year of not interacting with their peers in-person, and will it lead to an uptick in HIB?
Original broadcast date: September 21, 2021
On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court provided clarification regarding students’ off-campus 1st Amendment Free Speech Rights, when it rendered its Decision in the case of MAHANOY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT v. B. L., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER FATHER, LEVY, ET AL., which has also come to be known publicly as “The Cheerleader Case”. This webinar will provide an analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in the Levy Case, and this Decision’s applicability to School Districts regarding disciplining a student for their off-campus speech, HIB Claims, and other non-disciplinary issues that a School District may arise from off-campus speech.
Original broadcast date: October 21, 2021
It has never been more important to have a strong safety net in place for our most at-risk students. This webinar will review key aspects of identifying students in need of formalized support plans, state and federal law intended to protect vulnerable student populations, key elements to include in support plans, and sample templates. Participants will learn about key aspects of support plans for students who are victims of HIB or dating violence, students struggling with substance use and/or mental health issues, and students seeking to address issues related to gender identity and expression.
Original broadcast date: November 9, 2021
We all have implicit biases. But if we fail to recognize our biases and take concerted steps to mitigate their impact, they have the potential to lead to unfair and potentially discriminatory treatment of students, parents and staff. This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the key legal requirements that are in place to ensure that all districts take thoughtful steps to recognize, reduce and respond to implicit biases and ensure that students and other stakeholders are treated fairly at all times.
Original broadcast date: December 16, 2021
When schools and Law Enforcement have a strong working relationship, everyone benefits. This webinar will provide an overview of the key provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement between School Districts and local Law Enforcement. Participants will develop a clear understanding of mandatory reporting requirements, appropriate means of information sharing, and best practices for working together to promote student safety.
Original broadcast date: January 19, 2022
The NJ Legislature recently passed the Strengthening Gifted Education Act; the first legislative or regulatory action to directly affect NJ gifted education in more than a decade. For the first time ever, the NJDOE is collecting information about gifted education programming in every school district in New Jersey, holding school districts more accountable for gifted education. This session will review the changes for gifted education, what remains, what the next legislative session may hold for gifted education programs in NJ and the resulting impact.