Program material from the 13th Annual Special Education School Attorneys Pre-Conference Symposium I – Strategies for Due Process Success: A Veteran Prepares You to Prevail in Your Next Hearing, presented by Jose Martín. Preparing for hearings presents many challenges – including compliance with IDEA procedural safeguards and timelines, deciding about resolution sessions, investigation, preparing school staff and experts, developing a strategy, and reviewing voluminous records. In this Symposium, designed for both novices and experienced practitioners, this session takes you step-by-step through each phase of the process, beginning with the critical prehearing conference to the due process complaint notice … into the hearing and the opening statement … and moving into the presentation of evidence, direct and cross-examination (including the special challenges posed by cross-examining parents). Finally, he'll pull it all together with strategies to draft winning closing arguments and briefs.