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Missouri Law Review

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2016

Higher education

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Evaluating The Special Needs Doctrine In The Context Of Higher Education, Ryan Prsha Nov 2016

Evaluating The Special Needs Doctrine In The Context Of Higher Education, Ryan Prsha

Missouri Law Review

Part II of this Note discusses the legal context in which this issue must be framed and gives a brief history of how the courts have handled public school drug-testing policies to this point. Part III examines the current state of drug testing in the academic setting – specifically focusing on the ongoing legal situation at Linn State. Part IV delves into questions concerning the Eighth Circuit’s current treatment of the Linn State situation, as well as the potential approaches that the judiciary could take in future cases.


A Fresh Look At Copyright On Campus, Jacob H. Rooksby Jun 2016

A Fresh Look At Copyright On Campus, Jacob H. Rooksby

Missouri Law Review

This Article reviews developments in these three areas of higher education through the lens of copyright, examining, in particular, the copyright ownership – as opposed to use – questions they present. In these emerging contexts, institutional claims to copyright often work to the detriment of students, faculty, and the public. Also harmful are campus copyright policies that are ambiguously worded or inappropriately purport to vest ownership interests in colleges and universities.


“Show Me” Your Legal Status: A Constitutional Analysis Of Missouri’S Exclusion Of Daca Students From Postsecondary Educational Benefits, Britteny Pfleger Apr 2016

“Show Me” Your Legal Status: A Constitutional Analysis Of Missouri’S Exclusion Of Daca Students From Postsecondary Educational Benefits, Britteny Pfleger

Missouri Law Review

This Note discusses how Missouri’s exclusion of in-state tuition and state scholarship funding affects DACA students and concludes the Missouri legislature’s proposal violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Part II explores the DACA program and its effects on both DACA individuals and society; it then lays out Missouri law on higher education benefits, both prior to and after the passage of HB 3 and SB 224. Next, Part III details the process used to evaluate equal protection claims based on immigration status. Part IV scrutinizes the legislation under equal protection case law, ultimately concluding in Part V that HB …