Education Law: Chapter 11 of Project 2025 alongside Title IX, First Amendment, and Book Ban Challenges

Philip E. Stern | DiFrancesco, Bateman, Kunzman, Davis, Lehrer & Flaum, P.C.

Mr. Stern has served as an attorney for colleges, universities and public school districts for thirty-five years.

Mr. Stern graduated from Wesleyan University in 1977. He received a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Montclair State College in 1985 and his Juris Doctorate from New York Law School in 1989. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and has regularly appeared in Federal, State and Administrative Law Courts, as well as the Public Employment Relations District to represent various educational entities.

Mr. Stern has a unique perspective in the area of school law as he began his career as a Middle School Social Studies teacher and also taught first grade. He is presently a Visiting Professor of Education Studies at Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, his alma mater.

Mr. Stern’s experience in labor negotiations spans thirty-five years. He served as President and Board Member of the North American Association of Educational Negotiators. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Canada on topics relevant to education law, always with an emphasis on teaching and learning.

Mr. Stern has earned an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell’s Peer Review Rating process – the highest possible rating for an attorney.

I. Chapter 11 of project 2025 – Department of education, by Lindsey M. Burke | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

II. Administrative law and public education – Title IX | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

III. The first amendment and book ban challenges | 2:10pm – 2:40pm

IV. Challenges and opportunities | 2:40pm – 3:10pm