License Advocates Law Group Blog
The License Advocates Law Group Blog focuses on legal issues related to professional and occupational licensing in California. It covers topics such as administrative hearings, license denials, disciplinary actions, and the preparation of evidence for appeals, including character and rehabilitation evidence. The blog discusses the procedures and challenges faced by licensees and applicants in navigating state licensing agencies, highlighting the importance of legal representation and the impact of agency practices. It also addresses specific concerns like the evaluation of teachers and the broader implications of licensing decisions on individuals' careers and livelihoods.
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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,
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