Potter Law, LLC

11/20/2024

Deactivated "X" aka "Twitter". Moving to Bluesky shortly.

09/06/2024

We are seeing a lot of issues regarding individual student's rights being trampled by the SC Legislature. Here is an interesting case out of New Hampshire finding that a school district did not have to notify or comply with a parent regarding a child's desire on how to be identified.

The plaintiff, Jane Doe, challenged the Manchester School District's policy regarding transgender and gender non-conforming students. The policy allowed students to keep their transgender status private and required school personnel to use a student's preferred name and pronouns, without disclosing....

08/13/2024

CWLS=Child Welfare Legal Specialist

08/12/2024

Manifestations of Trauma and Disabilities.

07/26/2024

https://www.trailheadcfs.org/

New school in the Upstate of South Carolina.

Trailhead Community Farm School (TCFS) is a farm-based therapeutic day school for middle and high school students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). TCFS provides a unique educational experience in a therapeutic environment that supp

01/31/2024

Was interviewed today about the challenges many families face working with schools when their children learn differently.

Struggling to get the right help for kids with special needs who just aren’t struggling enough is an issue not just in the Lowcountry, but across the state, according to an attorney.

11/11/2023

A life-changing diagnosis

It wasn't until Henry Winkler turned 31 that he learned he suffers from dyslexia, telling TODAY.com in a previous interview that upon discovering he had the learning disability, his initial reaction was anger. “I was so angry that I was yelled at, humiliated. I was grounded. I was punished. For what? For nothing," he said.

Since then, however, he says that like poking "the smallest hole in a sandbag" and letting the sand slowly leak out, the anger against his parents, who are now deceased, has "dripped away over the years," leaving some measure of acceptance in its wake.

"It's OK that no one knew about dyslexia. It's OK that they had an expectation. I think it's important that in structure, comes freedom," he now tells TODAY.com. "But when you are looking at your child and you don't see them or you don't hear them, that is the craziest thing to me because a heard child is a powerful child."

10/17/2023

I have just received notice that I have been certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children as a Child Welfare Law Specialist which signifies an attorney’s specialized knowledge, skill, and verified expertise.

NACC only grants the CWLS credential to attorneys who successfully complete a rigorous application and examination process. This professional achievement is the highest testament to an attorney’s dedication and demonstrated excellence in child welfare law.

09/23/2023

You can come to your own conclusions here…

All I know is that I believe the children I represent who are at DJJ detention are at risk.

Plaintiffs South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Disability Rights South Carolina (DRSC), and Justice 360 (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed this civil action against Defendants South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) and Eden Hendrick (collectively, Defendants), alleging...

09/23/2023

The mother of a son with autism discusses the “long, arduous journey” of placing her son in a residential school

09/07/2023

Speaking today to the Joint Citizen’s and Legislative Committee on Children about issues with DJJ.

08/29/2023

Flaws in testing and racial bias among teachers and school counselors are some of the reasons many Black boys are denied advanced learning programs and misdirected into special education, according to a new assessment published in the American Counseling Association’s Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.

Flaws in testing and racial bias among teachers and school counselors are some of the reasons many Black boys are denied advanced learning programs and misdirec