 Educator's Guide to Special Education Law, Second Edition, An
Perfectbound • Approx. 300 pages
June 2010 ISBN 978-0-88804-493-8 Author Bio Brenda Bowlby is a partner in the law firm of Hicks Morley LLP and has been practising, education, human rights and employment law since she joined the firm in 1981. Ms. Bowbly regularly represents school boards and colleges on human rights issues in various venues including arbitrations, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Special Education Tribunal and the courts. She was counsel for the school board in Eaton v. Brant County Board of Education, from the Special Education Tribunal up to the Supreme Court of Canada. Ms. Bowlby is a frequent speaker at conferences and has written numerous articles on human rights and special education issues. She is the co-author of An Educator’s Guide to Special Education Law (Canada Law Book).By This Author  Catherine Peters is a partner in the law firm of Hicks Morley LLP. She provides strategic advice to clients (including school boards and post-secondary educational institutions) on a wide variety of human rights, employment law, labour relations and administrative law matters and represents those clients in proceedings before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, arbitration boards, other administrative tribunals, and the courts. Ms. Peters is a frequent conference presenter and has authored a number of publications on human rights topics of interest to school boards and post-secondary institutions including special education and accommodation of students with disabilities.By This Author Martha Mackinnon is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Justice for Children and Youth, an Ontario legal clinic, where she practises education law, human rights, youth criminal justice and other areas of law affecting youth. Ms. Mackinnon taught secondary school in Ontario for eight years before earning her LL.B. from the University of Toronto. She was in-house counsel to a school board for seven years and has presented nationally on education law topics. By This Author DescriptionThis book provides a complete and comprehensive account of the legal and administrative issues arising from the special education process. The second edition details changes to the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Education Act and how the changes impact upon educators. It updates case law generated by the courts, the Special Education Tribunal and the Human Rights Tribunal on special education issues. New chapters include:
Table of ContentsPreface Table of Cases 1. Classification of Offences 2. Jurisdiction 3. Arrest and Seizure of Property 4. Bail 5. The Preliminary Inquiry 6. Trial on Indictment 7. Summary Conviction Proceedings 8. Sentencing 9. Appeals 10. Extraordinary Remedies Index |
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