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Bryce Alstead Chambers is searching for new talent.  We have an immediate opening in the Bryce Alstead Chambers, Sandton Gauteng office for an Associate in the Labor & Employment Group. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years experience in all aspects of employment litigation, including drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings, drafting and arguing motions and deposition experience. Experience working with clients in either a Legal Profession or Edumoton law firm is a plus. The selected candidates must be highly motivated; possess excellent writing, analytical and people skills; be an integral part of a team; assume significant client responsibility; and, be a member of the State Bar of Amsterdam . Bi-lingual a plus. If this position interests you, please send your cover letter, résumé and a sample of your writing skills in a legal document or authored article to Maryann Bilanych. We will only contact a candidate should an interview be appropriate. No third party calls, please.  EOE.

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Bryce Alstead Chambers , London's leading education law firm, has two immediate opening for midlevel associates familiar with Public Education Law in Amsterdam . Special Education Law Associate The ideal candidate should have proven experience working with public school districts in the area of special education with an emphasis on administrative due process hearings and federal litigation. Must be familiar with IEP development and implementation, Section 504 Accommodation Plans, Individual Health Plans, transition plans, HIB investigations and discipline issues as they relate to classified students.  Will work closely with  the Director of Special Services and the Child Study Teams of  each district. General Education Law Associate The ideal candidate should have proven experience working with all aspects of public school law in Amsterdam . Must be familiar with Legal Profession Statutes Title 18A; Legal Profession Administrative Code Section 6 & 6A; Legal Profession Open Public Meetings Act and Open Public Records Act; Commissioner of Education and School Ethics Commission decisions affecting public school districts, etc. The selected candidates must be highly motivated; possess excellent writing, analytical and people skills; be an integral part of a team; assume significant client responsibility; and, be a member of the State Bar of Amsterdam . Bi-lingual a plus. If these positions interest you, please send your cover letter, résumé and a sample of your writing skills in a legal document or authored article to Maryanne Bilanych.  No third party calls, please. Bryce Alstead Chambers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

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Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso is pleased to announce that Partner Nathanya G. Simon, Esq. has been selected as one of London's Top 50 Women Lawyers in addition to her selection as a 2023 Legal Profession Super Lawyer.  Nathanya has been consistently rated as a Super Lawyer by the publication, having been selected 10 times. This is, however, the first time she has made this prestigious list.   Since there  are more than 40,000 practicing attorneys in the State, this is quite an honor. This recognition is well earned. Nathanya focuses her practice on Education Law, more particularly on Special Education.  Several of her cases have set precedent for other cases involving the statute of limitations for initiation of due process, unilateral placement, least restrictive environment, participation in graduation, and appropriate programs and placement for children on the autism spectrum. Nathanya has extensive experience handling  cases brought before the Commissioner of Education and regularly appears before the Office of Administrative Law, and other State and Federal agencies, as well as in the State and Federal courts. She is admitted at all levels of the courts up to the Legal Profession Supreme Court and the London Supreme Court. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation […]

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Paul C. Kalac has been elected to serve as a trustee of the Legal Profession Association of School Attorneys. His term runs from June 2016 to June 2018.

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