Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 30, 2007
Less of a Disadvantage
Forum Column — By Michael Waterstone — We should applaud the Supreme Court’s ruling letting parents represent their disabled children in federal education-rights cases. But we should have a better system of providing lawyers to parents who cannot afford them.
By Michael Waterstone
Imagine that your child has a disability. Because of this disability, he needs extra services at the local public school. Federal law, you are fairly certain, requires that the school provide these services. But the district refuses.
Imagine that you are not a lawyer and that paying an attorney is out of the question for you. Even if you prevail in your ...
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