Education Law

Debunking a long held misperception, Perry Zirkel says the last 20 years of the 20th century were not an especially litigious time period for the educational community.

That changed rather quickly in 2001, says Zirkel, a renowned legal scholar from Lehigh University. After falling for more than two decades, the number of education lawsuits has risen again, driven largely by special education litigation in federal courts.