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Senior Partner Michelle Laubin Appointed To Serve As Member Of CSDE School Discipline Collaborative

The Connecticut School Discipline Collaborative is being launched to strengthen the Connecticut State Department of Education’s (CSDE) commitment to creating opportunities for all children to have an excellent education. National research shows that discipline practices that exclude students from instruction, such as suspensions and expulsions, have negative consequences for students including increased risk for grade-level […]

Attorney Michelle Laubin Participates In Panel Discussion At Conference To Address Responding To Hate Incidents In Schools

CABE Deputy Director and General Counsel, Patrice McCarthy, spoke as part of a panel at the workshop Responding to Hate and Bias Incidents presented by CABE, Connecticut ADL, CAPSS and CAS. Also pictured, left to right, are CAPSS Executive Director Fran Rabinowitz; Attorney Michelle Laubin, Berchem Moses PC; Bridgeport Public Schools graduate Tiana Krause; and […]

Attorney Michelle Laubin Addresses Complex Question, “Why Are We Still Failing African American And Latino Male Students?” At CABE CAPSS Convention

Reprinted with permission from the January 2018 CABE JournalArticle by Chris Seymour, Reporter, CABE A clinic at the 2017 CABE/CAPSS Convention sought to address a complex question: “Where Have We Gone Wrong? Why Are We Still Failing African American and Latino Male Students?” The session was led by a team from New Haven Public Schools, including […]

Berchem Moses PC Education Attorneys Participate In Editing Of Reference Book For School Health Services

Attorneys Michelle Laubin, Christine Sullivan, Carolyn Dugas and John Khalil recently acted as peer reviewers for a new publication titled “Legal Resource for School Health Services”. The reference book addresses legal issues impacting all who provide health services in schools, counsel schools, and are responsible for school health services programs. The publication covers legal implications […]

Education Law Department Joins Hartford Public Schools For Green Apple Day Of Service

On September 24, 2016, Senior Partner Michelle Laubin and Associates John Khalil joined a crew of volunteers at the Hartford Public High School campus and worked diligently cleaning up trash, planting bulbs, and moving mulch on the school’s campus and around the neighborhood. This event was part of Green Apple Day of Service, a global […]