Daggett, Lynn

Biographical Information

Before entering law school, Professor Daggett earned a Ph.D. in Education, and conducted research on and worked with gifted students. During law school, she continued to use her background in education as a teaching assistant in several law school courses and as an adjunct faculty member in psychology at a local university. Prof. Daggett then entered private practice in Connecticut, representing school districts in labor and employment, constitutional, special education, tort, civil rights, and other education law matters. She also held an adjunct faculty position, teaching school law to educators.

Prof. Daggett has been a member of the Gonzaga faculty since 1991, specializing in education law. In addition to her full-time position at the law school, she has worked with Gonzaga's School of Education on school law issues. She writes and speaks frequently at conferences on education law issues, and has trained educators in the Northwest on school law issues. Prof. Daggett helped found Gonzaga's Street Law program, which sends law students out into elementary and secondary schools to conduct mock trials and discuss the law with students. She served on a Washington Supreme Court task force to develop a statewide plan for educating the public about law.

Prof. Daggett's background in education has allowed her to approach law teaching with a unique perspective. She coordinated a series of workshops for Gonzaga faculty on various teaching methods, and has made presentations at conferences and worked with faculty at several other law schools on teaching issues. She has received Gonzaga University's Burlington-Northern Great Teachers Award as the university-wide teacher of the year. In 1998, she was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Teaching Excellence at Franklin Pierce Law Center, where she worked with faculty on teaching and student evaluation issues.

Teaching Areas

• Education Law
• Torts
• Evidence
• Labor Law
• Constitutional Law

Publications

Law Review Articles

• The New FERPA Regulations and Other Current Issues in Student Privacy, Critical Issues In Educational Law and Policy, 29-40, (2009)
• FERPA in the Twenty-First Century: Failure to Effectively Regulate Privacy for All Students, 58 Catholic Law Review 59 (2008)
• Student Privacy and the Protection of Pupil Rights Act as Amended by No. Child Left Behind, 12 UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy, 1-71 (2008)
• All of the Above: Computerized Exam Scoring of Multiple Choice Items, 57 Journal of Legal Education, 391-422 (2007)
• No Children in Private Schools Left Behind: State Anti-discrimination Laws and Compulsory Education 26 Children’s Legal Rights J., 56-81 (2006)
• Doing the Right Thing: Disability Discrimination Claims and Academically Dismissed Students, 32 Journal of College and University Law, 505-577 (2006)
• (Lynn M. Daggett, Perry A. Zirkel, and LeeAnn L. Gurysh) For Whom the School Bell Tolls But Not the Statute of Limitations: Minors and the Individuals with Disabilities Act,38 U. Michigan J. Law Reform, 717-780 (2005)
• Special Education Attorney’s Fees: of Buckhannon, the IDEA reauthorization bills, and the IDEA as civil rights statute, 8 UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy, 1-54 (2004)
• (Lynn M. Daggett and Dixie Snow Huefner) Recognizing Schools’ Legitimate Educational Interests: Rethinking FERPA's Approach to the Confidentiality of Student Discipline and Classroom Records, 51 American Law Review, 1-48 (2001)
• Teaching torts by integrating ethical, skills, policy and real world issues, and using varied pedagogical techniques: Reflections on using the Henderson, Pearson and Siliciano casebook, 25 Seattle Law Review, 63-87 (2001)
• (Dixie Snow Huefner and Lynn M. Daggett) FERPA Update: Balancing Access to and Privacy of Student Records, 152 Education Law Reporter, 469-91 (2001)
• Bucking up Buckley I: Making the Federal Student Records Statute Work, 46 Catholic Law Review, 617-670 (1997)
• Bucking up Buckley II: Using Civil Rights Claims to Enforce the Federal Student Records Statute, 21 Seattle Law Review, 29-67 (1997)
• Comment, Legal Rights of Gifted Students: Special Education Law at the "Other End," 19 Connecticut Law Review 143, Fall 1986

Books

• FERPA, PPRA, and other Student Privacy Issues in a Post-9/11 World, in Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy 133 (Lexis-Nexis 2007)

Conference Proceedings

• FERPA Update 2007: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Education Law Association (13 pages)
• Statistics as an Aid in Interpreting Exam Results and Assigning Letter Grades: Proceeding of the Gonzaga Institute for Law School Teaching 2007 Annual Conference (24 pages)
• FERPA, PPRA, and other Student Privacy Issues in a Post-9/11 World, Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy, 133-140, (LexisNexis, 2007)
• The Case for State Protection of Private School Students from Discrimination. Proceedings of the 2006 AALS Annual Meeting Education Law Section, available here (33-page pdf)
• No Parent Rights Left Behind? NCLB’s Expansion of the Protection of Pupil Rights Act (PPRA). Proceedings of the 2004 Education Law Association Annual Conference
• Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims in 2003: Violations of Federal Statutes After Gonzaga, Attorney Fees After Buckhannon, and Viable Defendants Under the Eleventh Amendment. Proceedings of the 2003 Education Law Association Annual Conference (2003)
• Attorney Fees under the IDEA: Buckhannon and Other Recent Rulings on the Availability of Attorney Fees in IDEA Actions - What are Some Cost-effective Strategies. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Pacific Northwest Institute on Special Education and the Law at 239-267 (2003)
• Special Education Law: the Basics of the IDEA. Proceedings of the 2003 Washington School Law Academy at B1-B28, 2003
• Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims: A Survey of Civil Rights Claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983 – Discussion of Gonzaga and Buckhannon, and possible 11th Amendment Immunity for Washington Public Schools. Proceedings of the 2003 Washington School Law Academy at 238-260, 2003
• FERPA Update 2002: Two New Supreme Court FERPA Cases and Post-9/11 Congressional Balancing of Student Privacy and Safety Interests. Proceedings of the 2002 Education Law Association Annual Conference at 255-269, 2002
• Overview of the Washington Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and obligations of witnesses to crimes. Proceedings of the 2002 Washington School Law Academy at 213-239, 2002
• Basics of Tort Law for Washington School Districts. Proceedings of the 2002 Washington School Law Academy at C1-C31, 2002
• Learning Theory and Choice of Instructional Methods: Why Using a Variety of Instructional Methods in Law School Class is a Three "Fer", AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2-6, 2002
• School Employee Records: Access, Confidentiality, Accuracy and Liability.Learning theory and choice of instructional methods: Why using a variety of instructional methods in law school classes is a Three ‘Fer.” Proceedings of the 2002 Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference. Available here.
• Confidentiality and Schoolhouse Records: Privacy Rights of Students and Employees. Proceedings of the 2001 Washington School Law Academy at 235-271, 2001
• (Lynn M, Daggett & Dixie Snow Huefner) Student Records: Access and Confidentiality Issues in K-12 and Higher Education Settings. Proceedings of the 2000 Education Law Association Annual Conference at Daggett and Huefner 1-15, 2000
• Special Education Law: The Basics of the IDEA. Proceedings of the 2000 Washington School Law Academy at B1 - B28, 2000.
• Private School Students and the IDEA. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Pacific Northwest Special Education Law Institute at 259-278, 1999.
• Reasonable Accommodation of Disabled Employees and Students. Proceedings of the 1999 Washington School Law Academy at 249-264, 1999
• Related Services, Medically Fragile Students, and Residential Placement. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Pacific Northwest Special Education Law Institute at 229-246, 1997
• Basics of Special Education Law. Proceedings of the 1997 Washington School Law Academy at B1-B17, 1997
• Regular Education Rights and Responsibilities when Disabled Students are Included in Their Classes. Proceedings of the 1997 Washington School Law Academy at 39-58, 1997
• Washington’s Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Statute. Proceedings of the Thomas More Scholars Annual Public Service Conference at Daggett 1-Daggett 8, 1997
• Overview of Student Records Laws. Proceedings of the National Organization of Legal Problems in Education Annual Conference at 354-375, 1996
• Parents’ Right to Know, Inspect and Delete Education Records: an overview of the Buckley Amendment as Modified for Special Education Practice. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Pacific Northwest Special Education Law Institute at 57-80, 1996
• Religion and Schools. Proceedings of the 1996 Washington School Law Academy at A1-A14, 1996
• Schools' Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Violent Students. Proceedings of the Thomas More Scholars Annual Public Service Conference at E1-E25, 1996
• Marital Status Discrimination: A Sleeping Tiger. Proceedings of the Stetson Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference at Daggett 1-21, 1996
• Discussion Techniques in the Law School Classroom. Proceedings of the 1995 Conference of the Institute for Law School Teaching at Daggett 1-45, 1995
• Least Restrictive Environment Requirements under the IDEA. Proceedings of the 1995 Washington School Law Academy at 363-383, 1995
• Effective Discussion Techniques for Law School Classrooms. Proceedings of the 1994 Institute for Law School Teaching Annual Conference at Daggett 1-23, 1994.
• Special Education Law for the '90's: Least Restrictive Environment, Behavior Management Through Aversives, and Discipline. Proceedings of the Thomas More Scholarship Program Annual Public Service Conference at D1-D14, 1992

Selected Recent Presentations

• The ABC's of School Law - Special Education (IDEA and Section 504) and FERPA, Spokane County Bar Association's Juvenile Law CLE, May 15, 2009
• "Subpoenas of and Public Records Requests for Student Information," Education Law Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 22, 2008
• "FERPA Update 2007"  The Education Law Association Annual Conference, San Diego, Calif., November 18. 2007.
• "Statistics as an aid in interpreting exam results and assigning letter grades." Gonzaga Institute on Law School Teaching Institute Annual Conference. Boston, Mass, June 9, 2007.
• "Student Privacy Developments." 5th Commonwealth Education Law Conference, sponsored by the Virginia Commonwealth University's Commonwealth Education Policy Institute. Williamsburg, Virginia, April 18, 2007
• "Practicing Education Law." Lewis and Clark High School Law class, Spokane, Wash. November 15, 2006
• "Design and Evaluation of Effective Multiple Choice Questions" Invited presentation to Capital Law School faculty. Columbus, Oh.. Sept. 22, 2006.
• “The Case for State Protection of Private School Students from Discrimination.” 2006 AALS Annual Meeting Education Law Section. Washington, D.C.  January 5, 2006.
• “No Parent Rights Left Behind?; NCLB’s Expansion of the Protection of Pupil Rights Act (PPRA).” 2004 Education Law Association Annual Conference. Tucson, Ariz. November 15, 2004.
• “Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims in 2003: Violations of Federal Statutes After Gonzaga, Attorney Fees After Buckhannon, and Viable Defendants Under the Eleventh Amendment.”  2003 Education Law Association Annual Conference. Savannah, Ga; November 14, 2003.
• “Attorney fees under the IDEA: Buckhannon and Other Recent Rulings on the Availability of Attorney Fees in IDEA Actions - What are some cost effective strategies.” Twentieth Annual Pacific Northwest Institute on Special Education and the Law. Yakima, Wash. September 30-October 1, 2003.
• “Special education law: the Basics of the IDEA.”  2003 Washington School Law Academy. Yakima, Wash, May 19, 2003.
• “Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims: A Survey of Civil Rights Claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983 – Discussion of Gonzaga and Buckhannon, and possible 11th Amendment Immunity for Washington Public Schools.” 2003 Washington School Law Academy. Yakima, Wash. May 20-21,  2003.

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