Raffaele & Associates LLC

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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

The Challenge of Combatting Discrimination in Higher Education

As a legal firm that defends the legal rights of students, we often find ourselves litigating complex cases of discrimination in higher education.  These cases pose numerous challenges, including proving intent, navigating each institution’s idiosyncratic policies, and contending with the asymmetric power relationship between an institution of higher education (which are multimillion-dollar and, in some cases, multibillion-dollar organizations, with thousands of employees) and an individual student who frequently just wants to get their degree and move on.  Our goal in each such case is to use the rights structures that…

Going to Mediation to Resolve Special Education Disputes: What is it and how can it help my child?

What is Mediation in the context of special education disputes? Has your school district removed or decreased your child’s speech and language service(s) or occupational therapy service(s) from your child’s IEP? Or proposed that your child be removed from his or her local elementary school and placed in a different elementary school in an emotional support classroom?  If you disagree with your school district’s special education decision(s) regarding your child’s services or placement, one option for resolving that dispute is to request mediation.   In Pennsylvania, the Office for Dispute…