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1. Changes to Threshold for Withholding Due to Wage Assignments
   Information on changes to the minimum earnings requirements for garnishments
   Author: David Yen, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
   Updated: 07/01/2010
2. Special Education Training
   A training on special education issues for volunteers and interns working with Equip For Equality
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 01/28/2010
3. Special Education Training
   This seminar will cover, eligibility, FAPE, LRE, IEPs, Transition Planning, Accommodations and Modifications, Related Services, Placement, Legal Standards, and Advocacy Tips.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 11/04/2009
4. Special Education Training 2009
   Special Education Training for volunteers and interns working with Equip For Equality.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 09/03/2009
5. Special Education Helpline Training
   This training will prepare attorneys to work on the Special Education Helpline at Equip for Equality.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 08/19/2009
6. Individualized Education Program Meetings for Students with Special Education Needs
   This training will provide information on representing juveniles with special education needs at IEP meetings.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 02/06/2009
7. Disability Rights Consortium: Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education
   Adele Rapport will be speaking about the work of OCR and her ideas about collaborating with the disability community.
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 12/15/2008
8. Special Education Clinic Training: IEP and Expulsion
   Webcast of Special Education Clinic Training held by Equip for Equality recorded on 04.09.08
   Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
   Updated: 12/09/2008
9. Legal Rights and Resources for Youth Without Housing
   A manual for issues relating to homeless youth, including education, public benefits, heathcare, etc.
   Author: Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
   Updated: 11/21/2008
10. Disability Rights Consortium - Disability Harassment
    Professor Mark Weber will be discussing Disability Harassment.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 07/24/2008
11. Disability Rights Consortium - Special Education and School Discipline
    This meeting will focus on the intersection of special education and school discipline, including issues involving the juvenile justice system.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 05/29/2008
12. Special Education Clinic Training 2008
    Information on special education issues for people with disabilities
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality
    Updated: 02/06/2008
13. Disabilities Guidebook: Relief from Student Loans
    Describes the program that allows you to discharge or defer student loans if you are disabled or if you care for a disabled person
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 01/23/2008
14. CARPLS Volunteer Attorney Training: Consumer Law and Bankruptcy
    Explains basic consumer law and bankruptcy concepts for attorneys
    Presenter(s): David Yen, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 11/13/2007
15. Practical Tips for Handling Special Education Issues
    Information on basic concepts in special education law for non-special education lawyers
    Presenter(s): Matthew D. Cohen, Olga Pribyl, Consuelo Puente, Debra J. Wysong
    Updated: 11/09/2007
16. What Educational Rights Do Homeless Children Have?
    Information about which schools homeless children can attend and what services the school must provide
    Author: Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 06/19/2007
17. Parents' Guide to Suspensions and Expulsion in Illinois Public Schools
    Describes the procedures that public schools must follow when suspending or expelling students and explains the rights parents have when their child is suspended or expelled
    Author: Wallace C. Winter, Supervising Attorney for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 04/03/2007
18. Disabilities Guidebook: Special Education and Related Services
    Students with disabilities shall receive a free appropriate public education under the federal Individual With Disabilities Education Act
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 03/30/2007
19. Education Law
    Information about special education for disabled children.
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 03/29/2007
20. Children's Law, HIV/AIDS, & Disability Law Training
    Explains Children's Law and DCFS cases, HIV/AIDS, and miscellaneous Disability Law issues for new attorneys and paralegals
    Presenter(s): Richard Cozzola, Michelle Gilbert and Wally Winter, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 03/16/2007
21. Disability Rights Consortium: Chicago Public Schools
    Describes disability assistance efforts on the part of the Chicago Public Schools system and efforts at Americans with Disabilities Act compliance
    Presenter(s): Bebe Novich, Chicago Public Schools; Equip for Equality
    Updated: 01/19/2007
22. How to Get Services for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers with Disabilities
    Explains how a parent can get special services for children under the age of 3
    Author: The Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 01/10/2007
23. School Expulsion Hearings Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
    Video training about school expulsion hearing opportunities for volunteer attorneys
    Presenter(s): Monica Llorente and Monica Mahan, Bluhm Legal Clinic
    Updated: 11/21/2005
24. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    An overview of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    Author: Wally Winter & Larry Parham, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 11/11/2005
25. Education Issues: Recent Developments in the Law & Effective Advocacy Strategies
    Video training about legal issues involved with access to education and school discipline proceedings
    Presenter(s): Eugene Edwards and Wallace Winter, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Rene Heybach and Patricia Nix-Hodes, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 11/03/2005

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