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Judicial Review Of Academic Student Evaluations: A Comment On Susan 'M' V. New York Law School From Those Who Litigated It, Harold Weinberger, Andrew Schepard
Judicial Review Of Academic Student Evaluations: A Comment On Susan 'M' V. New York Law School From Those Who Litigated It, Harold Weinberger, Andrew Schepard
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Susan "M" v. New York Law School is the most recent decision of a highest court of a state that vindicates the principle of judicial noninterference in academic evaluation of students. Susan"M" has become quite noteworthy, spawning both a major recent law review article exhaustively analyzing all the relevant precedents and poetry. Discussion of the case generates intense interest, particularly among academics (both faculty and administrators) and law students. The former are generally relieved by its outcome; the latter are distressed that they have to aim their developing litigation skills on targets other than their professors.
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Preventing Trauma For The Children Of Divorce Through Education And Professional Responsibility, Andrew Schepard, Joan Atwood, Steven W. Schlissel
Preventing Trauma For The Children Of Divorce Through Education And Professional Responsibility, Andrew Schepard, Joan Atwood, Steven W. Schlissel
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Divorce is one of the greatest challenges that American children face. The numbers affected are enormous. In 1951, a rate of 6.1 children per thousand were involved in a divorce. In 1981, the rate reached18.7 children per thousand. Since then, the rate has fallen back some-what to 16.8 children per thousand in 1986, the last year for which statistics are available. This number translates to about 1.2 million children each year who experience the divorce of their parents. If current rates of divorce continue, we can expect that a significant percentage of all American children will become children of divorce …