News & Events

Spring is the time to catch up on new laws, cases, and policies and build a framework for decision-making before the next school year. Each spring, the department brings together leading professionals in education law with superintendents, central office administrators, principals, assistant principals, teachers, school board members, and legislators. The conference is held at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Center at UL Lafayette.

Past topics include:

• Designing healthy, safe schools
• Religion and other difficult issues for school administrators
• Special education law updates
• Search and seizure, student discipline, and social media
• School security and working with campus law enforcement
• Cyberbullying and civil rights
• Recent legislation and court decisions affecting schools

UL Lafayette students receive a discounted registration rate. Want to know when registration opens for the next conference? Contact us.