The short answer to the question posed in the title of this post is “Yes!” But, as described below, that answer can cut both for and against the California licensee or license applicant who is not represented by skilled licensing
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License Denial or Discipline? No. 5 of the Top Ten Essential Tasks to Do Now: Prepare Your Rehabilitation Evidence
This post discusses Task No. 5 of the “Top Ten Essential Tasks for Appealing a License Denial or Defending Against License Discipline: Prepare Your Rehabilitation Evidence.”
After decades of practice in the field of California administrative law, the partners of
License Denial or Discipline? No. 4 of the Top Ten Essential Tasks to Do Now: Prepare Your Character Evidence
This post discusses Task No. 4 of the Top Ten Essential Tasks: Prepare Your Character Evidence.
After decades of practice in the field of administrative law, the partners of License Advocates Law Group LLP have seen, time after time, that
Teacher Evaluations By “Value-Added Analysis”: The Unfair Impact on Real People
We’ve written once before about “Value Added Analysis”—VAA—a technique for comparing the performance of teachers by measuring the progress that has been made by their students on standardized tests of English and math. The Los Angeles Times has written extensively
DEFENDING PROFESSIONAL and OCCUPATIONAL STATE LICENSES: State-wide Practice of California Licensing Agencies Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
A unique drama plays out almost daily in the niche practice of licensing law. That field typically consists of appealing from a denial of a State professional or occupational license or defending against a license revocation or other discipline against
LICENSE DENIAL OR DISCIPLINE? NO. 3 of the TOP TEN ESSENTIAL TASKS TO DO NOW
(NOTE: License Advocates Law Group practices administrative law throughout the State of California and this BLOG deals mainly with issues pertaining to occupational licensees in California, a point we are careful to make plain in our posts. This post, however,
Teacher Evaluations Using “Value-Added Analysis” — Does It Work?
For the past several weeks, the Los Angeles Times has published a series of articles urging the use by Los Angeles school administrators of a teacher evaluation method called “value-added analysis” or “VAA.” VAA is a technique for comparing the
LICENSE DENIAL OR DISCIPLINE? NO. 2 of the TOP TEN ESSENTIAL TASKS TO DO NOW
(NOTE: License Advocates Law Group practices administrative law throughout the State of California and this BLOG deals mainly with issues pertaining to occupational licensees in California, a point we are careful to make plain in our posts. This post, however,
LICENSEES AT RISK FOR REVOCATION/SUSPENSION: IMPORTANT TASKS TO DO NOW THAT WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR DEFENSE OF YOUR LICENSE
(NOTE: License Advocates Law Group practices administrative law throughout the State of California and this BLOG deals mainly with issues pertaining to occupational licensees in California, a point we are careful to make plain in our posts. This post,
CALIFORNIA LICENSE APPLICANTS: AVOIDING THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR DENIAL OF THE LICENSE
The single most common ground in California for the denial of a license for any of the occupational categories that must be licensed or credentialed by the State is omission of information on the application relating to past