School Law Seminars and Webinars

Our school law seminars and webinars offer invaluable professional development opportunities and CLE credit for school lawyers. These programs are presented by school law practitioners for school law practitioners and target your professional needs.

School Law Seminar

COSA’s 2024 Fall School Law Seminar provided school lawyers with timely, valuable resources to make informed decisions for their districts. This seminar offered four afternoons of online sessions allowing attendees to customize their professional development by purchasing daily sessions on topics of interest or the entire conference. Attendees may earn up to 12 Continuing Legal Education credits, including 1 hour of Ethics in most states.

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School Law Webinars

COSA presents webinars on topics of critical interest to public school districts and their legal counsel. COSA members receive discounts for these online opportunities.

COSA is dedicated to providing high-quality continuing legal education (CLE) sessions to attorneys. We established a financial hardship policy for attorneys who are unable to participate due to financial reasons but are interested in our course offerings. Please submit your request according to the guidelines noted on the Financial Hardship form and contact COSA’s Director if there are questions.

Webinar Rescheduled:
Federal Regulations update: School Operations
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
1:00 – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
In this annual event NSBA’s legal team will provide an update on the most recent changes from the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term and changes in federal law and federal agency rules. Among other things, they will address Supreme Court holdings in Loper Bright Enterprises and Muldrow; the new Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act and the accompanying changes in Title IX and the FLSA in relation to the law; Title IX; the new FLSA rule that relates to overtime for highly compensated individuals; and the change in the ADA regarding website accessibility. (May qualify as 60 minutes of Ethics in most states)

Host: Jordan Cooper, NSBA Senior Staff Attorney

Presenters: Tammy Carter, Senior Director of Legal Services and NSBA Governance and Jordan Cooper, Senior Staff Attorney, NSBA

Fees:

Regular

(Non-Member)

COSA

Member

State

Association

Single Webinar

$139

$99

$49

CLE Information

COSA has implemented new CLE requirements for our webinars.

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Live Seminars and Webinars:
To obtain CLE credit for your participation you must

(1) register and attend the live presentation,
(2) complete webinar polls during the live presentation and also the post-event survey/evaluation, and
(3) return your COSA Certificate if you are from the following states: AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, NE, NV, NM, NC, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, and WV.
✓ COSA will verify your participation on the webinar and forward a Certificate to the participant
✓ COSA will collect signed certificates for our records and to report credit (required in some states)

Recorded Webinars:
COSA is required (in some states) to certify your viewing of a recorded webinar. We will now provide the certificate to attorneys who meet the following requirements:

(1) Attorney must purchase and view the recorded webinar presentation.
(2) Attorney must complete COSA’s recorded webinar evaluation and notify COSA_Registration@nsba.org when completed, and
(3) Attorney must return the signed COSA Certificate to COSA.
✓ COSA will verify your completion of the recorded webinar evaluation and send you a certificate for your participation
✓ COSA will collect signed certificates for our records and to report credit (required in some states).

Webinar CLE Applications: COSA generally applies for Continuing Legal Education in the following states: AL, AR, GA, IL, MS, MO, NC, TN, OK, VT, and WI. We also apply in states where attorney participants are not able to self-apply for credit. These states include KS, OH, SC* and TX. COSA will apply to additional states according to those represented on the webinar registration list 45 days prior to the webinar date.

To ensure CLE applications are submitted in your state, attorneys must register at least 45 days in advance. If registration is received less than 45 days before the webinar, the attorney may seek CLE credit as follows:(1) attorney may self-apply to his or her state and pay application and any additional fees for application review, OR (2) attorney sends notice to COSA of his or her interest in seeking CLE credit in their state(s), agrees to have COSA apply late for their state, and agrees to pay application AND late fees incurred by COSA for the late application submission.

*Applications are impacted by the availability of materials from presenter(s).

Contact COSA_Registration@nsba.org or call (703) 838-6722 for more information.

Seminar Recordings

None available at this time.

Webinar Recordings

Recent recordings available in the NSBA Bookstore!

Title IX Redux: How the New Regulations Change Policy and Practice in Public Schools
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Experienced COSA attorneys Linda Yoder of Shipman & Goodwin in Hartford, CT, and David Noland of Tharrington Smith in Raleigh, NC, discussed the new regulations and explained how they differ from the last round issued in 2020. They also covered key issues and questions arising as school leaders consider policy changes that may be necessary with this change in federal rules. More than 110 people registered for the webinar.

Recording Coming Soon!

NSBA Supreme Court and National School Law Update
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

In this webinar, NSBA’s Legal Team reported the latest school law related cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2022-2023 term, and pointed to key cases coming up in the term ahead. They discussed federal court activity on "hot button" issues affecting school district policies and operations. Discussion items also covered liability, student rights, and employee rights.

Host: Sonja Trainor, Managing Director of Legal Advocacy, NSBA
Presenter: Francisco Negrón, Chief Legal Officer, NSBA, Sonja Trainor, Managing Director, Legal Advocacy; Tammy Carter and Jordan Cooper, NSBA Senior Staff Attorneys

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