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Full-text search
Quoted phrases, OR, exclusion (-), proximity, and direct case-number lookup.
About
A modern search engine for special education caselaw.
Special Education Law makes special education decisions and rulings fully searchable, with citation tracking, filters, saved folders, and more.
Why I built this
I built Special Education Law in 2014 to make information about special education accessible to everyone.
Back then, if you wanted to research special education caselaw, you had to read one decision at a time or pay for an outdated service. A decade later, the legacy tools haven’t meaningfully changed. Special Education Law is the research search engine I always wanted, and the one I think the field deserves.
Daniel Perlman
Attorney & Founder
What you can do
Everything an attorney, advocate, educator, or parent needs for legal research.
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Citation tracking
Every decision links to the decisions it cites, and the ones that cite it back. Trace a line of reasoning across decades, whether you're building an argument or anticipating one.
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Fine tune with filters
Narrow by hearing officer, school district, outcome (parent / district / mixed), or document type.
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Saved folders
Sign in to save decisions to folders for the cases, IEP teams, or policy questions you're working on. Share with colleagues; come back later on any device.
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Updates in your Inbox
Receive an email whenever a new decision is posted. Logged-in users can fine-tune notifications in their dashboard.
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Always improving
The site evolves with input from the practitioners who use it, so the tool keeps getting sharper.
Join the community
Get notified when new decisions are issued.
Save decisions to folders, organize the cases, take notes, and receive an email when new rulings are published, the same week they come out.
- Built for attorneys, advocates, educators, and parents
- Citation tracking and full-text search across the corpus
- A modern, transparent alternative to legacy services