“The courts of this country should not be places where resolutions of disputes begin. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried”. --Justice Sandra Dey O’Connor

With the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice that those federal agencies are withdrawing the previous guidance as to transgendered students offered in the “Dear Colleague Letter” jointly issued in May 2016, school districts across New Jersey may be wondering what, if any obligations, do they have with respect to their transgendered students.

Effective January 22, 2017, employers must use the updated version of Form I-9, dated 11/14/2016 N, Employment Eligibility Verification published by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).