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Sweet Stevens Attorneys Serving as Faculty at Pennsylvania Exceptional Children Conference

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(Lancaster, PA)- Several Education Law attorneys from Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams will serve as faculty members at this year’s “Exceptional Children Conference,” presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) arm of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. The event will take place October 26, 2015 from 8:50 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. The conference features presentations and workshops on accommodating the educational rights of students with special needs.

  • Andrew Faust with present his popular “Year in Review” program, one he stages annually with attorney Caryl Oberman - a “he said, she said” roundup of legislative and case law developments.
  • Shawn Lochinger will present “Gifted Due Process: A Former Hearing Officer’s Perspective.”
  • Sharon Montanye will co-host “Divorced Parents and the IDEA,” a panel discussion on educational issues involving parents who may not always agree with each other, and
  • Karl Romberger will share practice tips and strategies as a co-presenter of “Advanced Litigation in Federal Court.”

Attendees are eligible to receive 5 substantive CLE credits and 1 ethics credit.

For more information or to register, visit: www.pbi.org.

Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams, LLP was formed in 1995 by nine experienced education lawyers who created the first private law practice in Pennsylvania dedicated entirely to Education Law.  Since then, the firm has grown to 16 attorneys who represent over 290 school and municipal entities as Solicitors or as Special Counsel in more than 50 counties throughout Pennsylvania.