February 7, 2023

CLE and LCR file statewide civil rights complaint against career & tech ed admissions policies in Massachusetts high schools

On February 2, 2023, the Center for Law and Education (CLE) and Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for discrimination in the admissions policies used across Massachusetts to admit or reject students applying to career vocational technical education high schools and programs.  The complaint was brought on behalf of the […]

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August 1, 2022

Chris Yarrell Joins as Latest Member of CLE Team

CLE is delighted to welcome Chris Yarrell to the CLE team. Chris is primarily responsible for leading the Right to High-Quality Education for All (RHQEA) project. The central aim of this newly-funded project is to increase the capacity of free legal assistance in education law provided by participating field programs and state support organizations so that, together, we might more […]

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July 1, 2022

CLE Welcomes Zaria Walker as a Bart Gordon Fellow

CLE is delighted to welcome Zaria Walker to the team as a Bart Gordon Fellow. As a Bart Gordon Fellow, Zaria’s work will center on exclusionary discipline, where she will expand CLE’s Lay Advocacy Project. The Lay Advocacy Project trains advocates to assist students in short-term discipline hearings. Zaria is responsible for conducting outreach, training, and preparing lay advocates to […]

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