Scott Woodruff
Senior Counsel
Scott Woodruff, a follower of Christ since his conversion in 1971, earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia in 1980. After working for John Ashcroft, and subsequently a major regional insurance company, Scott came to work for HSLDA in 1998.
He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and licensed in Virginia and Missouri. He has assisted thousands of home educating families in dealings with social workers, police officers, truant officers, principals, superintendents, and prosecuting attorneys. He has represented HSLDA members in court, and appeared before many state legislatures to fight against repressive homeschool legislation. Scott is a frequent speaker at homeschool conferences and on radio programs across the country.
Scott currently handles legal issues for HSLDA members in Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas. He also has extensive previous experience dealing with members' legal issues in Oklahoma, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
Scott and his wife, Jane, have homeschooled their three children. Sarah continues to be taught at home. Their daughter Betsy, a national merit finalist, will attend Hillsdale College on an academic scholarship this fall. Their son, Christopher, a national merit finalist, attends Baylor University on an academic scholarship.
| Title: | Homeschooling with Confidence: Understanding Your State's Homeschool Law | | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Legal
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Everything you need to know about your state’s homeschool law so you can homeschool with confidence. Thorough presentation of the basics with time for veterans to ask their unanswered questions.
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| Title: | Protecting Your Children From Social Workers: How and Why to Assert Your Fourth Amendment Rights | | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| Workshop
| Topic:
| Legal
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Knowing how to protect your children from social workers may help you keep your family together when a social worker wants to pull it apart.
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| Title: | The Twelve Prophets of Error | | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session
| Topic:
| Motivational
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Between 1798 and 1948, 12 thinkers—"Prophets of Error"— influenced western civilization to retreat from scriptural truth in almost every major field of study—including literature, biology, geology, ethics, history, economics, government, hermeneutics, theology, physics, psychology, and pedagogy.
In a concise whirlwind trip through some of the most famous figures in modern western thought, this talk sketches the individual and collective influence of Wordsworth, Lyell, Kierkegaard, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, Wellhausen, Freud, Dewey, Keynes and Einstein. Powerpoint slides accompany the presentation that show the thinkers themselves and people and things associated with them.
The talk concludes by explaining that only through parent-directed homeschooling can our children be taught the truth in these areas of study, and underlining the vital importance of protecting our liberty. Parents who hear this talk will have a new and compelling reason to believe that homeschooling is exactly the right choice.
The host organization is requested to provide a screen for displaying the slides and, if possible, a power-point projector. Preferably the location will permit lights to be dimmed for optimum slide visibility.
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| Title: | Your Parental Rights: The Left's Next Target | | Length: | 50 minutes
| Type:
| General Session, Workshop
| Topic:
| Legal, Political
| Audience:
| All
| Description:
| Hear how recent developments in America and Europe, are flashing warning signals to us that basic parental rights are in jeopardy. The election of Barack Obama is a dream come true for those who would like to increase the power of the central government at the expense of the citizen. Some rights, like freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, get the highest protection because they are specifically listed in the Constitution. But one of the essential rights upon which our ability to homeschool rests, the right of a parent to direct the education and upbringing of a child, is not listed. Only an amendment to the Constitution explicitly protecting fundamental parental rights will preserve what we have won after decades of struggle. The “wish list” of the left includes a goal of reducing parental rights to a mere privilege subject to government licensing and the eradication of homeschooling as we know it. It's a race to the finish to see if we can amend the Constitution before the left can achieve its antifamily agenda, and the stakes are unimaginably high. Don’t ask when it will begin. The battle of the century has already begun.
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If you would like to schedule Scott Woodruff as a speaker for your upcoming event, contact him at 540-338-5600. Scott is willing to speak up to three times during a conference. 
Scott requires $75 for speaking engagements. In addition, he requests that the host cover his travel and hotel expenses. However, his fee for graduations and local support groups is negotiable. |
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