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Georgetown Law Students, Professors Play Big Role in Supreme Court Win on Behalf of Children with Disabilities

March 28, 2017 Clinics Constitutional Law & Theory

Claire Chevrier (L’17) was sitting in Professor David Vladeck’s Federal Courts class on March 22 when Anna Deffebach (L’17) texted her with the news: the Supreme Court held in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District that public schools must provide children with disabilities an educational program that is “appropriately ambitious” in light of the child’s circumstances.