CLCM attorneys provide comprehensive legal representation and related litigation assistance to public school students in a range of education matters, including school discipline, homelessness, special education, and challenges to student enrollment, student privacy, and residency. Among those initiatives is a medical-legal partnership between CLCM and MGB-Chelsea Health Center, designed to improve outcomes for child patients by simultaneously addressing health and legal challenges, and a statewide project addressing systemic barriers impacting the right to high quality education for all students.
2 State Street, Second Floor Lynn, MA 01901Mailing Address: PO Box 710 2 State Street Lynn, MA. 01901P: 781-581-1977 info@clcm.orgAdvocating for your child's needs can be fraught with emotion. Parents may feel guilt that their child has a unique learning need or other challenge that's interfering with his/her progress in school. They may feel anxious that they won't make the "right" decision to help their child achieve success. Pam Williams created her organization when she realized caregivers need someone to help them navigate the path to support their child.
12 Cedar Street Marblehead, MA 01945 P: 781-572-7193Pam@CTDEd.comThe Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, §501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates, parents and related professionals. COPAA members work to protect the legal and civil rights of and secure excellence in education on behalf of tens of thousands of students with disabilities and their families each year at the national, state and local levels. COPAA believes effective educational programs for children with disabilities can only be developed and implemented with collaboration between parents and educators as equal parties.
Please note COPAA does not provide direct representation, individual advocacy or representation to parents or to children with disabilities, however, they provide an extensive directory of advocates and attorneys you can search HERE.The firm’s primary focus is helping you make sure your child receives the education and assistance to which they are entitled.
999 Broadway Suite 301 Saugus, MA 01906 P: 781-231-IDEA (4332)Links and resources to organizations in Massachusetts and nation-wide put together by DESE.