Lehigh University's College of Education

Spring 2009

MAURA MCINERNEY, ESQ., is a Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center - PA in Philadelphia. Maura's education law practice focuses on the legal rights of youth in foster care, including issues relating to prompt enrollment, educational stability, appropriate school placement, special education and credit transfer/graduation requirements. Maura has been a litigator in the private and public sectors and for almost twenty years. She has conducted numerous trials, handled appeals at the federal and state levels and litigated special education matters. Maura previously clerked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland. Prior to entering law school, she worked at Covenant House in New York City. In 1990, she co-founded a transitional housing program in Columbia, M.D. which continues to provide housing, legal support and social services to homeless families. Maura is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Children's Village.