Amy Clay

Amy is an Education Law attorney at Poyner Spruill. Her practice group represents local school boards, private schools, and charter schools across North Carolina. Amy focuses her practice on special education, including issues arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504, and North Carolina state policies governing services for students with disabilities. Amy received her law degree from Campbell University School of Law and a doctorate in school psychology from North Carolina State University. While at NC State, Amy participated in program evaluation of an NIH-funded program designed to support minority students in STEM degree programs, as well as program evaluation of community-based programs focused on supporting children and families experiencing homelessness, and on providing on-site parent training and support in a pediatric clinic setting.