{"id":22041,"date":"2017-08-01T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22041"},"modified":"2017-08-01T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:19:29","slug":"wm-law-school-institute-of-special-education-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wm-law-school-institute-of-special-education-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"W&#038;M Law School Institute of Special Education Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"W%26M%20Law%20School%20Institute%20of%20Special%20Education%20Advocacy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>The seventh annual <strong>Institute of Special Education Advocacy, ISEA 2017<\/strong>, opened at the William and Mary Law School on Sunday evening July 30.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/registration4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22047 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/scholarship.christina.kelly_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"342\" \/>PELE Director, Christina Jones, greeted the Class of 2017 and congratulated the first recipient of the Kayla Bower Advocacy Scholarship, Kelly Herrick of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>55 class members from 24 different states are attending this week long session. On Wednesday, 20 Institute alums will join this class to complete an advanced advocacy certificate track.<\/p>\n<p><em>Where are the tissues?<\/em> &#8211; the overwhelming response to the film &#8220;Lives Worth Living&#8221; Documentary of the Disability Rights Movement shown during the opening reception.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/film.opening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Opening sessions began Monday, July 31.\u00a0 W&amp;M Law School Dean Douglas welcomed the class to ISEA 2017.\u00a0 On deck for Monday sessions: Pete Wright, Esq., Jim Comstock-Galagan, Esq., Dr. Karen Tyson, Bill Reichhardt, Esq. and OK Advocate RoseAnn Duplan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22049 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pete1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22057 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/thumb_IMG_6016_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22050 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/karen.tyson_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22062 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/elig.bill_.roseann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh annual Institute of Special Education Advocacy, ISEA 2017, opened at the William and Mary Law School on Sunday evening July 30. 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