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The Levin Legal Group Speaks Out

The firms attorneys have been busy on the speaking tour.  Attorneys in the firm have presented seminars to:

  • The National Council of School Attorneys
  • The Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitors Association
  • The Shippensburg University School Study Council in Shippensburg
  • The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials in Hershey
  • The administation of the Interboro School District
  • The administration of the William Penn School District
  • The administration of the Bristol Township School District
  • Principals of the Downingtown Area School District
  • Superintendents in the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
  • Superintendents in the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit
  • Superintendents in the Lincoln Intermediate Unit
  • The Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Superintendents in the Capital Area Intermeidate Unit

Representative topics include:

  • Special Education for the Classroom Teacher
  • The Charter School Law
  • School Law Update
  • Supervising Employees
  • Hiring Employees
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Family and Medical Leave Act
  • The Inter-relationship of Workers' Compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Preventing Sexual Harassment
  • Unlawful Retaliation
  • Accommodating Disabled Workers

The Levin Legal Group Goes Paperless

During the first week of September, 2001, the Levin Legal Group installed a new computer system that will enable it to go "paperless."  Although the "sound bite" is that the firm will be a "paperless office," that is not exactly accurate.  The computer system represents the latest technology for paper and document management.  Software provided by LaserFiche is being run on high capacity computers and high speed scanners to enable letters, briefs and other documents to be stored and retrieved electronically.  Literally every substantive piece of paper that comes into the office is immediately scanned into the system and the attorneys in the firm have instant access to all important papers.  When clients call the office, their files are just a "click" away.  The firm will be able to more effectively and more efficiently process our client's documents.

New Releases

The firm's attorneys believe that they owe it to their clients and to the advancement of the legal profession to have a thorough understanding of those areas of the law with which they deal on an ongoing basis.  Towards that aim, the firm's attorneys are responsible for the publication of a number of books and chapters in publications.  In the coming months, new and updated editions of the following books and chapters will be released:

  • Pennsylvania School Personnel Actions 2005-2006
  • Pennsylvania School Laws and Rules 2006-2007
  • United States School Laws and Rules 2006
  • Municipal Liability in Pennsylvania: An Analysis of the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act
  • West's Legal Forms, Chapter 39, Schools, Colleges and Universities

Levin Creates Computer Software Company!

The firm's understanding of how technology is changing the way people do things is reflected in the fact that the president of the firm, Michael I. Levin, has created a computer software company, named SureForms.comTM in order to create legal forms designed to help employers and school districts to reduce exposure to legal liability and to enable them to meet legal requirements with less cost.  The products of SureForms.comTM can be found on the company's website at www.sureforms.com. 

SureForms.com's current products are the New Employee Orientation checklist and the electronic Lesson Plan Application, which can be previewed by clicking the links below.  SureForms.comTM is currently working on special education software that will include an automatic and electronic reminder system and calendar based upon the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Pennsylvania special education laws, and the ability to confidentially store and access information specific to each child's educational needs as well as required special education documents, such as procedural safeguard notices, ER's, IEP's, and NORA's. 

New Employee Orientation 

Please click on the above link for the new employee orientation.

Lesson Plan Application

Please click on the above link for the electronic lesson plan application.

The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.

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