Connecticut Law Tribune 2020 Leadership Awards Distinguished Leader in the Law Jay Sicklick, Esq. CCA Deputy Director and Director of the Medical Legal Partnership New Leader in the Law Stacy …
… the courts should start to process all of this backlog,” said Martha Stone, executive director of the Center for Children’s Advocacy and one of the attorneys who brought the …
“Racial profiling of Black and brown people is a common problem in Connecticut and across the country,” Rivera said in the testimony. “More specifically, youth of color complain about continually …
Medical-Legal Partnerships … ensure that special needs students are not being discriminated against as schools reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Bonnie Roswig, an attorney with the Center for Children’s …
In what legal proponents of students with disabilities are calling a groundbreaking mandate, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut has said that personnel in four Connecticut school …
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) clearly establishes the rights of children with disabilities to participate in programs that are available to non-disabled children. “It is inconceivable that a childcare …
Settlement Agreements: US Dept of Justice Directs ADA Compliance for Districts of Glastonbury, East Lyme, Wethersfield, and Stamford U.S. Attorney John Durham and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Soufer entered into …
Kathryn Meyer, Director, Educational Success Project, CCA No one could have planned for our school closure crisis and all the disparities it has laid bare. We must see this closure …
Across the state, students are logging in to distance learning, but are they actually learning — In the midst of the pandemic, some wonder if the American right to an …
The situation is urgent and demanding, stressful for families, overwhelming for children, critical for youth who are homeless. Those on the front lines of this fight have our most sincere gratitude, risking …
