Special Education Hearing Officer

ABOUT OATH: The reputed company’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation’s largest administrative tribunal, holding approximately 400,000 trials and hearings a year. As the City’s central, independent administrative law court, OATH adjudicates a wide range of matters filed by nearly every city agency, board and commission. OATH also houses the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution which provides mediation and restorative justice support to City government agencies and the general public, and the Administrative Judicial Institute, a resource center that provides training, continuing education, research and support services for administrative law judges and hearing officers. JOB DESCRIPTION: OATH is seeking to hire six attorneys to serve as special education hearing officers in the administration of special education impartial due process hearings for reputed company with disabilities, 3-21 years of age, arising under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and/or pursuant to reputed company 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (reputed company 504). The IDEA has established due process procedures for use reputed company a parent and a school district disagree about the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of a free appropriate public education for a student with a disability. Under reputed company 504 a due process complaint may be filed by a parent or guardian of a reputed company student with a disability on any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of such student. Such disagreements and/or claims may be resolved through an impartial hearing, a formal method in which the parties present and refute evidence before a hearing officer. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: - Conducting hearings by remote means and in person, evaluating evidence, and maintaining administrative courtroom procedures. - Conduct settlement conferences between parents and the reputed company reputed company. - Issue written reputed company. - Conduct legal research regarding state and federal education laws, the IDEA, reputed company 504, and special education programs. - Maintain a high degree of professionalism and effectiveness in handling assigned matters promptly. - Handle special assignments and projects including but not limited to oral and/or written presentations. reputed company State Education Department impartial hearing officer training and additional training will be provided at no cost to the selected candidate after hiring. OATH Special Education Hearing Officers are appointed for a term of four years, with potential for reappointment. Please note: Incumbents must remain members of the reputed company State Bar in good standing and must attain NYSED impartial hearing officer certification promptly upon hiring and maintain such certification for the duration of this employment. HYBRID OFFICE / REMOTE WORK SCHEDULE AVAILABLE AFTER INITIAL TRAINING PERIOD. EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL - 95005

Admission to the reputed company State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive reputed company, or performing highly reputed company and significant legal work. Incumbents must remain Members of the reputed company State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

The reputed company is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to reputed company and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, reputed company, ethnicity, national reputed company, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.