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Professional Background

Professor of Law and Education and Faculty Chair, School Law Institute Faculty Advisor, Cahn Program for Distinguished New York City Principals

Educational Background

  • B.A. (Psychology), Swarthmore College (1973)
  • M.A.T. (Secondary English), Duke University (1974)
  • J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School (1980)
  • Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education (1982)

Scholarly Interests

Legal issues in education. Equal educational opportunity. High-stakes testing. Law and school reform. Interprofessional collaboration.

Selected Publications

  • "Accelerating Mathematics Achievement Using Heterogeneous Grouping" (American Educational Research Journal) (coauthor)
  • Understanding Dropouts:  Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing (National Academy Press) (coeditor). 
  • High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation (National Academy Press) (co-editor)
  • Law and School Reform (Yale University Press) (editor)
  • "Schools Without Rules? Charter Schools, Federal Disability Law, and the Paradoxes of Deregulation" (Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review).
  • "The More We Get Together: Improving Collaboration Between Educators and Their Lawyers" (Harvard Educational Review).
  • "The Legality of Minimum Competency Test Programs Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964" (Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review) (coauthor).


Jay Heubert

Jay Heubert

Professor of Law and Education

Faculty Chair, School Law Institute Faculty Advisor, Cahn Program for Distinguished New York City Principals

Phone: 212-678-3775
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Office Hours: By appointment

Office Location: 212E Zankel Bldg.