New Britain, PA – Two attorneys from Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP are taking a lead role at the annual Pennsylvania Bar Institute Exceptional Children Conference, scheduled for Friday, October 13th at the PBI Conference Center in Mechanicsburg, PA. Partner Thomas C. Warner is a course planner for the event and a featured speaker. Special Counsel Andrew E. Faust joins Warner as a faculty member.
Presented annually by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the educational arm of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Exceptional Children Conference is considered one of the premier special education conferences in the commonwealth. This year’s program runs from 9 AM to 4:20 PM and will also be webcast, so participants may attend remotely.
The conference addresses today’s critical topics in special education, team-taught by a balanced faculty of attorneys for school districts, as well as those who represent students. This year’s topics include Discipline and the Role of Virtual School Post-Covid; New Title IX regulations and PHRC regulations; Truancy & Outgrowth of School Phobia; First Amendment issues & Social Media; and Legal Ethics in Special Education.