School Law Series 2022: Navigating LGBTIQ+ Issues in Schools
Gain the legal information, updates & strategies you need with a series of the most important topics all tailor made for schools. Make it easy & save by registering for the series or just the sessions that interest you. Watch each session live online or as an on-demand recording. Explore the breadth of vaccinations, hiring & firing, social media, religious discrimination, LGBTIQ+ issues, sexual harassment, defamation, family law, investigations, injuries & leave, cyber risks, governance & more. WEB2211N50LZ
Description
Teachers attending will earn 1 Professional Development Hour (NSW, VIC) / CPD Point (QLD, WA, SA)
Lawyers attending will earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Navigating LGBTIQ+ Issues in Schools
- Identifying and examining the latest developments in legal rights and protections for LGBTIQ+ students
- How do legal rights and protections differ for public or private schools?
- What policies should a school have to support LGBTIQ+ students?
- Sport and transgender students
- School uniforms
- Names & pronouns
- Bathrooms
- Camps
- Responding to bullying and discrimination
- What obligations does a school have to educate and inform students and staff of LGBTIQ+ issues
- What about LGBTIQ+ staff?
- Practical considerations when supporting an LGBTIQ+ student
Presented by Jennifer Parkes, Partner, Hicksons Lawyers