Monday, December 7, 2015 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern
This roundtable will discuss current trends and outcomes in the civil rights complaint process with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. The Roundtable will focus on Title VI complaints relating to the school-to-prison pipeline and disparities in school discipline. The program will gather attorneys, advocates, and representatives of complainants to share their experiences and outcomes in filing complaints. Speakers will also discuss a recently released memo which outlines the legal standards for disparate impact claims. This Roundtable is part of an ongoing effort by the Accountability Project, a subcommittee of the Children’s Rights Litigation Committee, to provide tools to civil rights, legal aid and probono attorneys in the OCR Complaint process.
Speakers:
Rosa K. Hirji, RKH Law Office, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Flynn, Nelson Mullins, Columbia, SC
Dan Losen, Director, Center for Civil Rights Remedies, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
Lisa A. Carmona, Senior Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center