Sonja Trainor
Managing Director, Legal Advocacy at National School Boards Association
- Role
- Managing Director, Legal Advocacy at National School Boards Association
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sonja Trainor
Managing Director, School Law and Legal Programming, at the National School Boards Association. Coordinates the amicus program; directs Council of School Attorneys CLE programming. Authority on student first amendment rights vis a vis public schools, special education, and education records/data privacy. Member of U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia, and Illinois Bars. Author and speaker on federal education law issues.
Experience
Managing Director, Legal Advocacy
National School Boards Association
Jan 2018 — Present · Alexandria, VA, US
Sonja Trainor coordinates and manages NSBA’s appellate advocacy program; develops, writes and edits NSBA publications for the Office of General Counsel and the Council of School Attorneys (COSA); liaises with outside organizations; speaks on school law issues and NSBA legal advocacy work; and supports COSA programming and working groups.A former school attorney and COSA member, Trainor came to NSBA as a Senior Staff Attorney in 2010, and served as COSA Program Director from 2012 until 2018. Trainor graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and educational studies. She received her law degree from the University of Illinois, College of Law in Urbana-Champaign, where she served as a research assistant for the chair of the College of Education’s Department of Educational Organization and Leadership.
Education
University of Illinois College of Law
JD
1993 — 1996
Washington University in St. Louis
B.A. cum laude, English Literature and Educational Studies
1989 — 1993
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