Amy Kosanovich Dickerson

Amy represents school districts with respect to general matters of education law, including student rights and responsibilities, student discipline, special education and general board counseling issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy served as the law clerk for the Honorable Morton Denlow, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Illinois. During law school, Amy was a Child Law Fellow with the Civitas ChildLaw Center, the executive editor of student articles for the school’s Law Journal and senior editor of the Children’s Legal Rights Journal. Amy received awards for Leadership, Service and Pro Bono Recognition while at Loyola, and awards for highest grade in Constitutional Law, Legal Writing, and Family Law. Prior to attending law school, Amy taught fifth and sixth grades in the District of Columbia Public School System as a Teach for America Corps Member.

Amy is a member of the Illinois Council of School Law Attorneys and the National Council of School Law Attorneys, as well as the American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. She also served as part-time faculty at Loyola as a legal writing professor.

Amy was quoted by SpecialEd Connection, a widely recognized resource for the education industry, on the guidelines under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA Amendments Act. Additionally, she was quoted in the May 2010 issue of Section 504 Compliance Advisor. She authored “One Family in Two Courts: Coordination in Illinois’ Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts,” 37 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 571-615 (2006), “The Social Impact of Schools on Adolescent Mental Health” (B.A. Thesis), and co-authored “Child Welfare Consent Decrees: Analysis of Thirty-Five Court Actions from 1995-2005.”

News

• Franczek Radelet Represents Indiana School Districts in Lawsuit Against the State of Indiana

Publications

• FAQs on the New Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Requirements for the 2010-2011 School Year
• Parents Prevail in Private School Claim Despite Student’s Good Grades in Public School
• Obama Administration Releases Blueprint for Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Events

• Thinking About A Career in the Law
• Special Education Practice Offers Sessions on Section 504 in September, October and November 2009
• Franczek Radelet attorneys to speak at 2009 conference of National Council of School Attorneys