Michelle C. Laubin, Senior Partner at Berchem Moses PC and Typhanie Jackson, Director of Pupil Services and Special Education for New Haven Public Schools, presented a workshop titled, “Race: It Does Matter … Practical Strategies to Improve School Climate Through Social Emotional Learning” at the 2016 CABE/CAPSS Convention held on November 18-19 at the Mystic […]
This election, seven states and the District of Columbia passed expansive marijuana laws that permitted the recreational use of marijuana or cannabinoids. This means that within these states and the District of Columbia people can openly smoke or ingest cannabis with no criminal repercussions. While Connecticut has not embraced this libertine attitude toward marijuana use, […]
On Friday, October 28, 2016, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will hear an appeal from a ruling by the 4th Circuit in the controversial case of G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, 116 LRP 15374 (4th Cir. 04/19/16). In Gloucester, a transgender male high school student sought a preliminary injunction to allow his […]
(Rebecca Goldberg is pictured above in red jacket, 4th from left) Westchester and Fairfield counties’ young professionals who are making an impact in their jobs and in their communities were recognized at Westfair Communications’ second annual Milli Awards held on November 15 at the Surf Club in New Rochelle, NY. Congratulations to BMD’s Attorney Rebecca […]
On September 7, 2016, Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher issued a 255-page Memorandum of Decision in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell, a case that has been pending for more than 10 years. The decision held that the State provides a constitutionally acceptable amount of funding for education, but the distribution of the funding […]
