Our Services

Legal Representation

Representation in all aspects of education law, including labor and employment, student and employee issues, administrative hearings, state and federal court litigation. Our attorneys provide advice and consultation, based on their combined 125+ years of full-time work with Oregon school district boards and administrators. Our firm has also been active in helping shape the current Oregon K-12 school law through involvement with legislation, regulation, and litigation concerning issues that impact all Oregon school districts.

Webinars

SPECIAL ED CONNECTION
The Hungerford Law Firm has created an opportunity for special education administrators around the state of Oregon to connect with attorneys from the firm and with each other on a monthly basis. It’s crucial for district leaders to stay on top of current issues and to collaborate with colleagues to provide direction to staff to provide adequate services to students with special needs. Special Ed Connection supports special education administrators, who often have access to a limited number of staff in their district or community, with legal expertise to problem solve special education student and staff issues. The group meets via a web-based program for 1 ½ - 2 hours on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss previously submitted questions from group participants, review recent special education-related legal developments, and collaborate around current special education issues impacting districts.
Cost for 24-25 enrollment: $950
Contact andrea@hungerfordlaw.com

BRIAN’S WEBINAR
This webinar series meets monthly for ten months of the year, and is focused on the latest development in school law, including employee rights, collective bargaining, and new legislation. It is also a valuable opportunity to interact with administrators and human resources personnel from around the state.
Cost for 24-25 enrollment: $1100
Contact brian@hungerfordlaw.com

Publications

OREGON SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW UPDATE
Oregon Special Education Law Update is a newsletter published electronically four times per year to provide administrators and special education staff with a quick and easy way to keep updated on special education law in Oregon and to keep abreast of "hot topics" and "danger areas" that other districts are encountering. Each newsletter will contain a review of all recent significant State Department of Education, due process, and Oregon court decisions; "hot topics" that are generating questions, concern, or confusion; and discussion of questions submitted by subscribers.
Cost: $200 for a one-year subscription

OREGON LABOR LAW DIGEST
Oregon Labor Law Digest has provided a comprehensive review of public sector labor relations in Oregon to more than 200 public employers, employee representatives, and attorneys since 1978. The Digest's scope is broad, covering all Employment Relation Board decisions, Oregon Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisions and Attorney General's Opinions relevant to labor law, summaries of arbitration awards, especially those by Oregon and Washington arbitrators, selected NLRB decisions, court decisions in other states, up-to-date Consumer Price Index figures, and lists of mediation, factfinding, and interest arbitration in progress.
Cost: $215 for a one-year subscription

OREGON LABOR LAW TODAY
Oregon Labor Law Today (2024 edition), now in its 12th edition, is a completely revised version of the easy-to-use guidebook to the Oregon Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. The treatise includes a detailed table of contents / finder's guide, a chart of all mandatory and permissive areas of bargaining, and a complete summary of applicable ERB and appellate court cases for each topic. For the first time, OLLT is published in electronic format only, and delivered to subscribers as an e-mailed pdf file. This allows subscribers to use word search and other electronic functions, which increases the user-friendly nature of OLLT.
Cost: $450

PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR IMPROVEMENT: GUIDELINES AND SAMPLES
Programs of Assistance for Improvement: Guidelines and Samples contains everything you need to know about PAIs, including required and suggested components, and over 175 pages of actual PAIs for licensed staff, classified staff, and administrators. The PAIs are categorized by assignment and area of deficiency, including instruction; classroom management; relationships with students, parents and staff; deficiencies related to special assignments (counselor, special education, ELL, etc); and attendance/punctuality. Finally, the publication contains examples of supporting documentation needed throughout the duration of the PAI, including notices of deficiency, progress reports, PAI extensions, and documentation related to the completion of the PAI. The publication is available in electronic format, making its contents easy to access and to share with others in your district.
Cost: $125

Contact andrea@hungerfordlaw.com

Staff development and training

We offer a wide variety of staff development, inservices, and trainings for administrators, certified and classified staff, customized to fit the district, audience, and subject matters. Trainings can be provided virtually or in-person, either part day or full-day. Trainings may be a single session or a series of sessions throughout the school year that allow for in-depth, ongoing discussion. Topics may include special education, student records and confidentiality, student discipline, staff evaluation, employee investigations, discipline and dismissal, and other student management and personnel issues.