Plan now for ELA's 2020 Annual Conference!
Nov. 4-7, 2020 – Hilton Buena Vista Palace, Orlando, Florida
ELA returns this year to a familiar and popular Annual Conference venue, with convenient airline access and in a walkable area.
If you are not familiar with ELA's Annual Conference, you can get a good sense of the program, the speakers and sessions, and the overall experience from reviewing the materials below from the most recent conference.
2019 Annual Conference
November 13-16, 2019, Norfolk Waterside Marriott, Norfolk, Virginia
Conference Program
Presenters & Presiders Index
The Education Law Association's Annual Conference attracts hundreds of scholars and practitioners in the field from all over the United States and Canada and a number of other countries. This uniquely diverse gathering draws attorneys, professors, education leaders and administrators, graduate and law students, educators, public officials, consultants, reporters, and other stakeholders from the worlds of PK-12 and higher education; public, private, and charter sectors; colleges of education and law schools; plaintiff- and defense-side; labor and management; and more! It's an extraordinarily welcoming and collegial gathering that offers the richness and variety of programming that ELA's diversity and cross-fertilization make possible.
Keynote speaker: Justin Driver
Professor of Law
Yale Law School
In his acclaimed book, The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, Professor Driver argues that "the public school has served as the single most significant site of constitutional interpretation within the nation’s history." He has written for Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic and served as a law clerk for Judge Merrick B. Garland of the D.C. Circuit and for Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Sandra Day O’Connor. Professor Driver delivered provocative remarks and insights into cases that were new even to an audience that was deeply familiar with them.
Keynote speaker: Mark Walsh
Supreme Court Reporter
Education Week, ABA Journal, SCOTUS Blog
A freelance writer, Mr. Walsh has covered legal issues in education for a variety of publications for more than 20 years and has appeared as a commentator for C-SPAN, Court TV, Fox News, NPR, and BBC Radio. He is co-author with Michael Edwards of More Than a Lawyer: Robert Chanin, the National Education Association, and the Fight for Public Education, Employee Rights, and Social Justice. Mr. Walsh returned to ELA to deliver the Supreme Court Update with his characteristic insight and humor.
The conference program featured a remarkable lineup of presenters in over 50 break-out sessions, as well as roundtable discussions, and poster sessions. On Wednesday, four special, stand-alone preconferences were offered:
REGISTRATION for the conference, preconferences, and, if applicable, Continuing Legal Education credit for attorneys, was available using either a printable form or a webform. The video below also helped show prospective attendees some what they could expect:
65th ELA Annual Conference
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