Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center
6001 Dodge Street., CEC 228F
Omaha, NE 68182-0997
United States
ERC creates systemic change by removing legal barriers to education for our most vulnerable children. We do this by providing legal representation at no cost in limited engagements for low-income public school families needing help with special education and student discipline; obtaining data, and informing the public, elected officials, and other community organizations about the access-to-justice gap in Nebraska and its statewide impact on students; and providing interactive programming to teach special education and student discipline rights to families, community and Nebraska lawyers. Learn more about our programs:
1) Access to Equity- Ensuring all Children Stay in School and Thrive
- Consultations
- Direct Representation, Vulnerable Families
- Direct Representation, Juvenile Court
- High Risk Youth
2) Training- Building an Alliance of Education Advocates
- Foundational Education Law Training
- Continuing Legal Education
- Advanced Education Law Training
- University Partnerships
- Newsletters
3) Research & Data- Amplifying Our Impact
- Policy Advocacy
- Publications & Law Review
- Contracted Research
- Collection & Analysis of Data
- In the past 18 months ERC has represented 342 families across the state of Nebraska!
- 300 families & professionals have reached out to ERC for guidance!
- ERC has trained over 2500 families, professionals and attorneys since 2022!