School Liability Expert Group offers consultation and witness services to attorneys and law firms throughout the United States and Canada. These services include youth agency expert witness services, daycare liability expert witness services, and higher education liability expert services. Our court-qualified education administration specialists’ education, training, and experience are unparalleled, with our team continually receiving additional training.
Expert Services
We will conduct a review and analysis of your specific case with the tools of a large law firm and the personalized touch of a smaller practice. Determining the professional standard of care that applies to your educational institution or agency can be complex, so enlisting school and education expert witness services for guidance is wise. With experience in all aspects of the field, the School Liability Expert Group can simplify the process. From case inception to resolution, our school liability specialists will assist you and your organization through it all.
Our education legal specialists will review your school or agency management system and provide a detailed report assessing the compliance and quality of the programs. We can focus on a specific area of concern, such as establishing Title IX procedures and creating compliant special education programs. Alternatively, we can offer a general assessment of your school or agency management program via our education expert witness services. Either way, our experts will apply their analysis to make recommendations that foster a more efficient operation. Furthermore, our recommendations will be based on proven measures to reduce the risk of litigation. Whether you need a youth agency expert witness, a daycare liability expert witness, or a higher education expert, the School Liability Expert Group has the team with the expertise to meet all your needs.
Our services are not limited to educational institutions and attorneys. We also provide consultation services to parents with concerns over their students. With a parent’s permission, School Liability Expert Group education expert witness services include reviewing your child’s student records to assess current and potential school placement and evaluate program quality. We will examine existing or past issues for a school and its special education programs. Our expert team can also advise on child custody matters, concerns regarding bullying and harassment, and anything else that causes worry about your child’s school safety. We will work with you and the school involved to resolve any issues quickly and smoothly.
General
Areas of Expertise
As a team of experts serving the entire United States and Canada, our education expert witness services firm has diversified experience. Our specialists have handled cases and issues related to everything in the field, and we send our team to undergo continual additional training. Our expertise allows us to serve as a youth agency expert witness, a daycare liability expert witness, a higher education expert, and more. As a result, we are uniquely able to advise on a professional standard of care related to several issues affecting educational institutions:
- Standard of Care: School and agency personnel matters including hiring, screening, and supervision
- Standard of Care: School and agency accidents and child injury related to dangerous premises or supervision
- Standard of Care: Sexual and physical abuse and harassment in schools and agencies
- Standard of Care: Special education programs and services
- Standard of Care: School evaluation in custody matters
Our education expert witness services apply to a wide range of scenarios and incidents.
Detailed Examples:
- School accidents – School accidents may require the assistance of a higher education expert or youth agency expert witness when litigation is brought against a school or university.
- Sexual harassment – Title IX protocols are routinely updated and educational organization must follow these procedures. Both private and public schools must maintain a professional standard of care when it comes to issues of sexual harassment.
- School equipment maintenance and failures that result in injury – This includes other facilities that supervise children, like a daycare or camp. We offer education expert witness services, such as a daycare liability expert witness to assist in litigation.
- Student supervision and safety – For example, with school shootings occurring more and more frequently, there is also an uptick in school security. It’s essential to understand school liability in school police supervision.
- Substantive and procedural issues in special education
- Constitutional issues involving student discipline
- School administration and management
- Bullying, harassment, and student violence – While schools are not responsible for mitigating student conflict, such as an innocent dispute between two students who disagree, schools can be held liable for issues of bullying. Our education expert witness services can assist a plaintiff or defense attorney with testimony on whether the conduct was bullying or conflict.
- Staff hiring, supervision, and retention – It’s important to remember that in addition to staff, the school is liable for any issues related to school volunteers. Screening and background checks for volunteers are vital to protecting your students and minimizing the risk of litigation.
- School transportation-related injuries – For an example of school transportation liability, read our blog post regarding the negligent hiring and supervision of school bus drivers.
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Our Commitment
To Our Clients
Our education expert witness services include assistance from a youth agency expert witness, a daycare liability expert witness, a higher education expert, and more. Whether you are a plaintiff, a defendant, a school, or a parent, we strive to:
- Provide competent, reliable, and thorough expert consultation.
- Respond to your needs promptly and with the highest degree of professionalism.
- Offer highly individualized service in every consultation.
- Maintain communication and build a close working relationship.
- Bring the resources of a large firm with the rapport and flexibility of a small practice.
- Empower you with the knowledge that only an education expert with a lifetime of experience in many facets of education can offer.
Always enter into an understood engagement arrangement with our education expert witness services before a client incurs any obligation.
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