Alexander Halpern LLC
Attorneys at Law

Education Law

Alexander Halpern LLC
Education Law Attorneys
Serving Clients throughout Colorado and the United States

Alexander Halpern LLC understands the unique challenges facing education institutions.  Successfully managing education-related legal issues requires representation from an attorney with extensive experience and knowledge of the law and the practical realities of modern education systems.

The firm’s education practice encompasses a wide variety of issues, including:

  • Constitutional issues (1st
    Amendment, free speech, equal
    protection, due process, and other
    issues)
  • Discrimination (on the basis of
    age, sex/gender, race, disability,
    national origin, and other forms
    of protected status)
  • Disability law (ADA/IDEA)
  • Harassment
  • Hiring and firing/termination
  • Tenure
  • Retirement/PERA issues
  • Student eligibility
  • Rules enforcement
  • Bylaws
  • Contracts
  • Transactions

Extensive Education Law Experience

Attorney Alex Halpern has been the general counsel to the Colorado High School Activities Association for over 20 years.  In this capacity, Mr. Halpern has represented the CHSAA in litigation and arbitration concerning student eligibility, rules enforcement, gender equity, students with disabilities, and harassment and discrimination.  Mr. Halpern is a regular attendee and presenter at the attorneys’ conference sponsored by the National Federation of High School Associations. The firm serves as general counsel to the Colorado Association of School Executives and several Colorado school districts.

Mr. Halpern and Kathleen J. Gebhardt are lead counsel for the plaintiff group in the Colorado school finance lawsuit, Lobato, et al. v. State of Colorado, et al., pending in the Colorado appellate courts.  This suit claims the state has failed to provide adequate funding to meet the substantive mandate of a “thorough and uniform” system of public schools in the Colorado constitution.  The plaintiffs include the 14 school districts in the San Luis Valley and parents and students from across the state.  For additional information, please go to www.childrens-voices.org.

Contact the education lawyers at Alexander Halpern LLC for more information.

Alexander Halpern LLC • Attorneys at Law

1426 Pearl Street, Suite 420 • Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: (303) 449-6180 • Fax: (303) 449-6181

The lawyers at Alexander Halpern LLC represent clients throughout the Boulder, Colorado, area, including Lafayette, Louisville, Denver, Golden, Aurora, Broomfield, Westminster, Longmont, Arvada, and Thornton.  The firm also serves clients throughout the United States and the rest of the world in select cases.

Boulder County • Jefferson County • Adams County • Denver County

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