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Dear Friends. We are also expanding our online course offerings, with new In order to bring you the best information from leading experts, every day. New Jersey has once again been recognized as
and updated courses scheduled for release this Spring and we continue to partner with preeminent organizations. We are the number one state in the nation for our public schools. With
The past year has tested all of us and we Summer, including a course on Understanding Bullying in Our pleased to be offering a two-day Institute in partnership with the significant new funding having finally been made available
will never be the same again. While we Schools and a new, self-paced online version of our Affirmative New Jersey Association of School Administrators on July 6th at the federal and state levels, now is the time to reward that
need to acknowledge and process the pain Action Officer Certificate Program that is modeled after our and 7th that addresses both the need to mitigate the harms of commitment to excellence and invest in the professional growth
and trauma and hardship we have endured highly successful Anti-Bullying Specialist Online Certificate the past year and the opportunity to move forward in new ways of you and your entire staff.
during this period of global pandemic and Program. All of our live sessions are now recorded, which that build on the many lessons we have learned. We will also be
social unrest, we also need to seize the provides a tremendous value-added by allowing participants to offering an exciting new 3-part series this summer on addressing Together, we will emerge from this year stronger than ever and
opportunity to learn and grow and come together in new ways. go back and review key segments from any presentation. We student mental health needs, including specific tools and equipped for the many challenges and opportunities that await.
At LEGALONE, we are continually striving to be your partner are also expanding our blended learning options that combine strategies for conducting student risk assessments, addressing
on this journey and to empower you to navigate through a both synchronous and asynchronous components that allow student mental health needs and supporting students during the Be safe, stay well and we at LEGAL ONE look forward to
rapidly changing, potentially dangerous legal maze, and come you greater flexibility to have live interaction with expert legal reentry process. We are also pleased to continue our partnership supporting you as we work through these unprecedented times
out stronger and better on the other side. We know that as you presenters while also providing access to more in-depth self- with other organizations including Prevent Child Abuse New and move forward together.
are evolving in how you deliver education and support your paced learning. Jersey, the New Jersey Prevention Network, The Madison
students, we must evolve as well to effectively support you Institute, the New Jersey Schools Insurance Group and many
along the way. As always, this Spring and Summer we are offering a wide other key partners.
array of sessions that are timely, practical and empowering.
That is why we are pleased to announce a number of new These sessions will equip you to address the many foreseeable In addition to all of the workshops and online courses you see
initiatives and expanded opportunities moving forward. We are legal, policy and implementation challenges that lie ahead, in the Spring/Summer Calendar, we are pleased to continue Sincerely,
excited to have launched The LEGAL ONE Podcast, which we as we prepare for the vast majority of our students and staff to provide in-district professional learning that is tailored to
are offering in collaboration with New Jersey PTA, and which to return for in-person instruction this Summer and Fall. This your school district’s specific needs, through both live and
will provide you with free access to convenient, timely legal includes sessions that address legal obligations related to asynchronous learning, or a hybrid approach that combines the
information on critical legal issues each and every week. Our racial justice, equity and inclusion; addressing student and best of both worlds. As always, if there are legal issues that you David Nash, Esq.
first series of twelve episodes reviews landmark New Jersey staff mental health needs; responding to ever changing health need support in addressing, we stand ready to help even if it LEGAL ONE Director
and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, discusses how the law protocols; planning for crisis situations that may occur both in- involves legal topics that are not included in our current offerings. Foundation for Educational Administration
has evolved since those decisions, and provides tips for how person and remotely; implementing new provisions related to Just reach out to us and we will be pleased to develop a program
schools and parents can work together. We have also launched staff rights and responsibilities; and addressing new challenges that works for you and your staff.
a Prime Time series of evening workshops because we related to changes in state law such as the impact of marijuana
recognize that for some of you that is only time when you can legalization and new requirements to quantify and address While this past year has challenged us like never before, it has
engage in professional learning. student learning loss. also shown the world the passion, commitment and resilience
that our educators and school leaders bring to bear each and