The Advocacy Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of products, projects and services that work to improve the lives of people with disabilities. Founded in 2000, The Advocacy Institute conducts the Advocate Academy, web-based training tailored for advocates and professionals in the field of special education. Located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the Institute also provides public policy and legislative services to national organizations, develops and oversees projects related to special education law and policy, and produces publications that assist parents and advocates in understanding education and special education law. Learn more at www.AdvocacyInstitute.org.
The Children’s Law Clinic Duke University School of Law The Children’s Law Clinic is a program of Duke University Law School that provides free legal services to low-income children and their parents in matters relating to the rights of children in school and in certain other cases involving a child’s health or well-being. Since its establishment in 2002, the Children’s Law Clinic has represented hundreds of children from a wide region around Durham, North Carolina. The clinic is staffed by law students learning to practice law under the close supervision of faculty. Clinic students are trained primarily in the areas of special education and school discipline. In addition to providing free legal services to children and their families, the clinic staff provides community education presentations to groups about special education, school discipline and the services of the clinic. Learn more at www.law.duke.edu/childedlaw.
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