American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and Law Publishes IDEA Symposium

The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and Law just published its second symposium on disability issues in recent months.  (I noted their law students with disabilities symposium here.)  Now out is their symposium on Current Issues in Special Education Advocacy.  It includes:

Yael Zakai Cannon, Who's the Boss: The Need for Thoughtful Identification of the Client(s) in Special Education Cases, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 1 (2011);

Ruth Colker, The Learning Disability Mess, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 81 (2011);

Elisa Hyman, Dean Hill Rivkin & Stephen A. Rosenbaum, How IDEA Fails Families Without Means: Causes and Corrections from the Frontlines of Special Education Lawyering, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 107 (2011);

Torin D. Togut, The Gestalt of the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Duality of Overrepresentation of Minorities in Special Education and Racial Disparity in School Discipline on Minorities, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 163 (2011);

Jonathan Feldman, Racial Perspectives on Eligibility for Special Education: For Students of Color Who Are Struggling, Is Special Education a Potential Evil or a Potential Good?, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 183 (2011);

Jennifer N. Rosen Valverde, Cara Chambers, Megan Blamble Dho & Regina Schaefer, Integrating Educational Advocacy into Child Welfare Practice: Working Models, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 201 (2011); and

Patricia E. Roberts & Kelly Whalon, Empowering Special Education Clients Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Lessons Learned for Current Clients and Future Professionals, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 233 (2011).