Beth Friel is a school attorney and managing partner at Caplan & Earnest, a well-respected law firm with more than fifty years of service to school districts and BOCES across Colorado. Beth’s practice supports school districts and BOCES in a variety of education law matters, emphasizing counseling and litigation in matters involving students with disabilities. Prior to joining Caplan & Earnest, Beth served as a staff attorney at the Colorado Association of School Boards, and she maintains a keen interest in providing high quality professional development for public school district leadership and school professionals. Beth founded a popular Masterminds Program for Section 504 administrators and Sped administrators that runs from September through May each year. Beth is one of the hosts of Caplan & Earnest’s annual lecture series addressing legal topics for all school and district administrators. Beth received her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, and her Juris Doctorate degree from Boston University’s School of Law. She has five young children, who attend their neighborhood public elementary school.