Dr. Bernard James - Keynote Speaker, School Safety Law

Dr. Bernie James is the foremost scholar and lecturer on school safety in the United States. He is a school safety law professor, expert, presenter, and consultant. He currently teaches law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law. Dr. James is available to bring his 40 years of research, scholarship, and expertise to local and state school officials in on-site, customized, half-day lectures.

Each topic he presents is designed to provide an on-site, state-specific Socratic session on the following topics, allowing you gain a better understanding of the complexities of each:

• school authority
• student rights
• legal constraints (federal/state legal updates)
• affirmative duties
• roles of interagency partners
• qualified immunity
• best practices in maintaining a safe learning environment