Attorney Gretchen Shipley provides a wonderful analysis of the legal issues faced by today’s schools in our new Digital Age. Web 2.0 has made it much easier to share information – but this may not be a good thing for students and teachers. Issues discussed include cyberspeech & the First Amendment, cyberbullying, sexting, smart phones in schools, cell phone search & seizure, the Mousouri Facebook teacher ban, texting, school Facebook pages, and Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs). Ms. Shipley also analyzes case law from around the country to shed light on the ‘substantial disruption’ standard. Case law discussed: J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District, Lavine v. Blaine School District, T.V. v. Smith-Green Community School Corp., J.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified School District, and San Diego Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence.
Ms. Shipley is a partner in the San Diego area office of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and co-chair of the firm's eMatters Practice Group. A respected legal leader in education law and technology, Ms. Shipley advises school districts and delivers workshops to students, employees and district leaders nationwide on the promotion of cyber-citizenship in the school community and the implications of cyber-misconduct in the classroom and workplace. She has also collaborated with the Association of California School Administrators to co-produce the popular "Logged On" seminars, created to offer guidance on employee and student issues that stem from embedding technology into public education.
Practice Areas: Litigation | Education Law
State Accreditations: California (CA)