Laura Schulkind has developed an extensive
background in the successful resolution of many employment and
education-related issues and is experienced in all phases of school and
employment law. Her areas of expertise include student rights and
discipline, certificated and classified evaluation and discipline,
harassment, employee investigations, education services for non-English
speakers, employment and educational testing and accountability, school
safety planning and hate crime prevention, OCR investigations, special
education, desegregation, affirmative action, and complex litigation.
Prior to joining Liebert Cassidy
Whitmore, Laura was a partner at a Bay Area law firm that specializes in
education and employment law. While there, she represented school
districts, community college districts, and other public entities on a
wide range of school law and employment issues. Among other things, she
has twice represented coalitions of school districts challenging aspects
of the STAR testing program and has a particular interest in
psychometrics and legal issues relating to testing.
A sought after presenter, Laura has
conducted workshops for school districts, community college districts
and professional organizations across the State in areas such as student
discipline, special education, certificated evaluation and discipline,
sexual harassment, and school safety . She is an Instructor at the
University of California at Berkeley, School of Education, where she
teaches education law in the Principal Leadership Institute and School
Psychology Program. She has also served as the legal member of the State
Department of Education's hate crimes training team.
Laura's legal experience includes a
variety of complex litigation matters involving Titles VI and VII and
the enforcement of consent decrees. Her work has covered a wide array of
civil rights issues and affirmative action hiring strategies.
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