School Law
School boards must exercise their responsibilities in an increasingly complex legal environment. Resources spent defending lawsuits against public schools are resources not available for the education of children. The National School Boards Association offers an array of resources that help school boards and school attorneys to understand this legal environment, to keep up to date with new and emerging legal developments, and to anticipate, prevent, and overcome legal challenges.
Resources
- Careers in School Law
Is a career in School Law right for you? Most public school districts are multi-million dollar entities. The school attorney (whether in private practice or as an employee of the district) acts as corporate counsel, and advises the school board and the school administration on contract and general business affairs, human resource and collective bargaining issues, state and federal constitutional provisions, state and federal statutory issues, and case law that may impose liability on the school district.
- Federal Regulations
This section of NSBA's School Law website covers Federal Regulations affecting schools. Each item features a Legal Clips summary on the regulation with links to Federal Register notices, due dates for comments, effective dates, and, in some instances, NSBA comments or related articles. This service makes it easy to follow federal regulatory developments.
- Find a School Attorney
NSBA Council of School Attorneys’ members have access to the collective wisdom of over 3,000 school law practitioners nationwide. Find a member of the Council through this easy to use on line directory. By using the directory, you agree to the terms and conditions.
- Legal Clips
The National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys is offering Legal Clips via e-mail. This free service provides participants with weekly updates on interesting legal issues.
- NSBA Amicus Briefs
NSBA files more amicus briefs to the Supreme Court each year than all education associations combined. Both state and federal court briefs are available.
- School Law Issues
NSBA's School Law Issues pages provide resources, news, and court decisions on a range of legal issues for public schools. Most news items and recent cases are from NSBA's free school law e-newsletter, Legal Clips.
- School Law Jobs
The National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys is pleased to provide listings of school law employment openings nationwide. COSA Members, Federation Members, and National Affiliate school districts can use this new service to post vacancies for school law practitioners.
- School Law Subscribers
Are you keeping abreast of the latest developments in school law? Subscribe to the NSBA Council of School Attorneys on-line newsletter and receive a FREE CD-ROM of the compilation of the presentations given at the Council's Annual School Law Seminar.
- Supreme Court
Provides information on U.S. Supreme Court cases.
- eDocs Store
The NSBA Council of School Attorneys is pleased to provide immediate access to documents through its newest web enhancement. Choose your category, select the document you want to purchase, create your account, enter your credit card information, and the document will be immediately available for download and printing!
- About School Lawyers
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Excerpts from Selecting and Working with a School Attorney: A Guide for School Boards. Provides general information about the different facets of legal services to school boards, such as fee structures, the role of the school lawyer, and preventive law.
- Terms and Conditions - Find a School Attorney [HTML 1,761kb]