KCL partner Andra Hutchins was quoted in “Education lawyers decipher U.S. Supreme Court cheerleader decision” in the July 5 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Education law attorneys were hopeful that the Court’s decision in Mahanoy Area School District v. … Read more »
Student Rights in the COVID Era: Special Education and College Safety Contracts
COVID-19 has upended life as we know it, but this fall, the focus of many will be on the education system – both public and private, secondary and higher education. Now that schools and colleges have reopened, and after a … Read more »
Andra Hutchins Volunteers with BBA Law Day in Boston Schools
The goal of the Boston Bar Association’s Law Day in the Schools Program is to introduce Boston’s youth to 
the law and legal profession. KCL Partner Andra Hutchins was one of 130 BBA volunteers that visited with over 1650 Boston … Read more »
Navigating Sexual Assault Complaints on Campus
Private and public colleges, as well as the federal government, have offered their various views and opinions on how sexual assault cases on college campuses should be handled. Title IX is the federal law that dictates how such cases must … Read more »
Student Discipline and Expulsion Procedures in Massachusetts Public and Charter Schools
Due Process and Educational Services
From schoolyard pranks to serious offenses, students facing disciplinary action in Massachusetts public 
and charter schools have a right to due process and educational services.
New Procedures for Suspending or Expelling Students
Massachusetts schools used … Read more »
Kindergarten and Pre-K Students Suspended from Massachusetts Schools
A WBUR analysis of state data shows that 603 kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students were suspended from Massachusetts public and charter schools in the 2014-15 school year. Reasons for the suspensions included hitting, disrupting, disrespecting, throwing things, and fighting.
Suspending children … Read more »