Robert A. Garda, Jr.
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Garda joined the Loyola Law School faculty in 2002. Prior to joining the faculty, he graduated from Duke University Law School where he served as Articles Editor on the Duke Law Journal. After externing for Justice Zimmerman of the Utah Supreme Court, Professor Garda became a partner at the Salt Lake City firm of Fabian & Clendenin focusing primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, employment law and education law. Professor Garda's teaching and scholarly interests include contracts and education law, with an emphasis on legal issues relating to educating the disabled. He is currently the chair of the Education Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools.
Email: rgarda@loyno.edu
Office Phone: (504) 861-5994
Publications
- Book chapter entitled Race and Disability in Maurice Dyson, Our Promise: Achieving Educational Equity For America's Children (Carolina Academic Press) (forthcoming 2007)
- Coming Full Circle: The Journey From Separate But Equal to Separate and Unequal Schools, 2 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy 1 (2007)
- Who is Eligible Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act?, 35 Journal of Law & Education 291 (Summer 2006)
- The New IDEA: Shifting Educational Paradigms to Achieve Racial Equality in Special Education, 56 Alabama Law Review 1071 (2005)
- Untangling Eligibility Requirements Under the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act, 69 Missouri Law Review 441 (Spring 2004)
- If you’ve received this document in error . . ., The Young Lawyer (Vol. 7, No. 7, April 2003)
- Lessons Learned from Due Process Hearings: How to Create ‘Court-Proof’ IEPs, 20 The Utah Special Educator (Vol. 20, No. 3, Spring 2000)
