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WINTER CONFERENCE 2025

Legal Seminar
January 23 and 24, 2025
Robert H. Mollohan Research Center - Fairmont, West Virginia

Thursday, January 23

9:00 a.m.

Member Registration

10:00 a.m.

Opening of Seminar

  • Dr. Kimberly Miller
    Superintendent, Ohio County
    WVASA President

  • Michele Blatt
    State Superintendent, West Virginia Department of Education

10:10 a.m.

Session 1: The Honorable Patrick Morrisey, 37th Governor of West Virginia

10:40 a.m.

Break, Networking, Sponsor Visits

11:15 a.m.

Session 2: Due Process for Students and Employees Navigating Manifestation Determinations

  • Mark Kepple, Tom Buck
    Bailey and Wyant, LLC

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Session 3: Legal Panel - Questions and Answers

  • Lindsey McIntosh, Jason Long

2:30 p.m.

Session 4: Responding to Suspected Employee Misconduct that Occurs Outside the Workplace

  • Jason Long
    Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Friday, January 24

7:45 a.m.

Breakfast

 

9:00 a.m.

Session 5: The SHIELD Program - Every Officer, Every School

  • Ross Mellinger, Jackson County Sheriff

  • Tommy Speece, Jackson County Deputy, SHIELD Program Coordinator

 

9:40 a.m.

Session 6: Federal Laws and Opinions on Transgender Issues

and
Title IX Updates and Current Red Flags

  • Howard Seufer
    Bowles Rice, LLP

10:45 a.m.

Break, Networking, Sponsor Visits

11:00 a.m.

WVASA Membership Meeting

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