Education Law

Board Certification for Education Lawyers in Florida

Yesterday, I received the following message from the Florida Bar (of which I am a member).  It announces the approval of board certification procedures for education law and adoption law.  For those unfamiliar, board certification is a designation that a lawyer may achieve only after several years of successful and ethical practice in the field.  It is a highly rigorous process that designates a lawyer as a bona fide expert in the field of certification.  I am not sure how many other states have decided to offer this designation in education law, but it is quite encouraging that our field of practice and scholarship is being recognized as distinct enough from other practice areas to justify board certification.  I look forward to seeing who earns the designation.  Here is the announcement:

On June 11, 2009, the Supreme Court of Florida adopted rules regarding two new areas of board certification– educationlaw and adoptionlaw– to Chapter 6 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. In re: Amendments to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar– Rules 6-27 and 6-28, SC08-1981, effective June 11, 2009.

Florida attorneys will be able to apply later this year for certification in adoption law and education law.

For more information, go to: http://www.floridabar.org/certification or contact spiland@flabar.org (adoption law) and jcoiro@flabar.org (education law).

Applicants are also being sought for the adoption law and education law certification committees.

The rules can be found on the Florida Bar's web site: http://www.floridabar.org/divexe/rrtfb.nsf/WContents?OpenView

The court opinion can be found on the Court's web site: http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/opinions.shtml

Full post as published by Edjurist on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).