CLE: Back to School in Clark County: Educational Issues in Family Law

Back to School in Clark County:  Educational Issues in Family Law

October 11, 2016
​Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
725 East Charleston,
Las Vegas, NV 

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
2 CLE credits 

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This program is free of charge.

Overview

This program will explore the basics of current and emerging educational issues in Clark County, Nevada, and how those issues effect Family Court matters.  Boyd adjunct professor and owner of ELM Educational Consulting LLL, Dr. Leslie Strasser Murdock and Family Court Judge Linda Marquis will cover everything the family law practitioner must know about educational rights/options for children in Clark County including IEPs, 504 Plans, Types of Schools and Related Educational Rights, Early Intervention Programs, ESAs and much more.   Dr. Murdock and Judge Marquis will examine how these issues effect Family Court decisions related to custody, relocation, and property division.

Presenters

Judge Linda Marquis grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and serves in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Family Division.  Judge Marquis previously served as a Justice of the Peace, Pro Tem for both the Las Vegas Justice Court and the North Las Vegas Justice Court. She was appointed Alternate Judge for the City of Las Vegas Municipal Court and by the Clark County Commission as a Presiding Officer for the Police Fatality Review Board.  Judge Marquis was awarded the Access to Justice Award for outstanding service by the State Bar of Nevada in 2006.  

Dr. Leslie Strasser Murdock is the Owner/CEO of the ELM Educational Consulting LLC (ELM). She has been involved in the educational field or over 18 years and specializes in education law, educational advocacy, and special education.   Dr. Murdock works with children, families, schools and community members to collaborate on maximizing children’s educational success.   Dr. Murdock also serves as the Educational Liaison for the Clark County Department of Family Services where she supports over 1,500 children in foster care.  Dr. Murdock is an adjunct professor at Nevada State College and at the University of Nevada Las Vegas’s Boyd School of Law where she teaches educational psychology, advocacy and law courses.   She serves on several organization’s community boards including Nevada Department of Education, Clark County School District, Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, Anti-Defamation League of Nevada, Boys Town, Jewish Federation of Southern Nevada, and consults with several other organizations on educational issues.  Dr. Murdock was selected as a Senior Fellow to the Guinn Center for Public Priorities and was a member of the 2015 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Las Vegas Class.  Before opening her practice, she worked for several years at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada in the Special Education Program and at UNLV’s Kids Court School.   Dr. Murdock obtained a PhD in Educational Psychology and a JD in Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, a Masters of Arts in Learning Disabilities from Teachers College at Columbia University, and a BA in Sociology and Elementary Teaching Certification from the University of Colorado at Boulder. 

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