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The Journal of Law and Education

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Handicapped

The Journal of Law and Education

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Recent Law Review Articles

The Journal of Law and Education

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Book Reviews

The Journal of Law and Education

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Tolerating Tolerance In The Classroom, Laura Ellis-Stoess

The Journal of Law and Education

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Squaring Affirmative Action Admissions Policies With Federal Judicial Guidelines: A Model For The Twenty-First Century, Leslie Y. Garfield

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article will highlight the legal limitations law schools confront when adopting diversity admission policies in light of the new judicial climate that disfavors considering non-traditional race criteria in the admission decision process. Part I highlights the difficulty law schools face when trying to admit a fully diverse class under the traditional application process. Part II discusses the judicial response to voluntary diversity admission policies and other race-based preference policies and defines the appropriate standard for court review. Part III proposes a model diversity admission policy. Part IV analyzes this model policy under the Court's strict scrutiny test.

"Student-Initiated" Prayer: Assessing The Newest Initiatives To Return Prayer To The Public Schools, Jessica Smith

Campbell Law Review

Section I of this article discusses the impetus for the recent spate of "student-initiated" prayer statutes, guidelines, and policies. The discussion includes a summary of existing provisions as well as detailed accounts of the history and development of two "student-initiated" prayer efforts. These accounts, which chronicle the development of initiatives in Florida and Mississippi, expose the ruse of "student-initiated" prayer. The accounts demonstrate that regardless of how the initiatives were promoted or disguised, their true purpose was not to protect students' rights of free speech and free exercise but to promote prayer. Section II challenges the new initiatives on constitutional …

Unemployment Compensation For Employees Of Educational Institutions: How State Courts Have Created Variations On Federally Mandated Statutory Language, Maribeth Wilt-Seibert

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Over the past sixty years, Congress has enacted a system of unemployment insurance for workers who have become unemployed through no fault of their own. While the Social Security Act of 1935 created much of the statutory framework for this system of insurance, Congress did not include employees of educational institutions within its system of unemployment insurance until 1970, when it amended the Federal Unemployment Tax Act of 1954 (FUTA). Since Congress enacted those amendments, each of the fifty states has passed legislation that substantially conforms to the FUTA amendments. Yet, despite the uniformity of state statutory language, state appellate …

Reflections On The Limitations Of Rational Discourse, Empirical Data, And Legal Mandates As Tools For The Achievement Of Gender Equity In American Higher Education, Susan J. Scollay, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Scholars and academicians implicitly accept and subscribe to the notion that reasoned discourse supported by empirical data is at the core of the academic enterprise. Theoretically, then, organizational change within the academy ought to be attainable through the use of rational processes based upon the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to define the scope of the problem and to identify logical solutions. However, the centuries-long attempt to achieve gender equity for women in institutions of higher education belies the truth of that belief in the power of reason as a catalyst for reforming American higher education.

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State V. Pendleton: Impermissible Delegations To Religious Institutions: Is Campbell University An Armed Church?, Stephen See

Campbell Law Review

This note will review the North Carolina Supreme Court's use and interpretation of Larkin and compare it with the interpretation of Larkin by other courts in cases that specifically follow Larkin.

What's In A Name - Nothing Good If It's Friday: The Seventh Circuit Invalidates Good Friday Public School Holiday, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1031 (1996), Joanne Yasus

UIC Law Review

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The Latest Home Education Challenge: The Relationship Between Home Schools And Public Schools, Lisa Lukasik

Scholarly Works

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Establishment Of Religion

Touro Law Review

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Balancing Privacy And Confidentiality Rights With Duties Of Disclosure And Dissemination Of Federal Education Statistics, Kenneth B. Newton, Diana C. Pullin

The Journal of Law and Education

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The Constitutionality Of Random Drug Testing Of Student Athletes Makes The Cut...But Will The Athletes, Tracey L. Arnold

The Journal of Law and Education

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John W. Davis And His Role In The Public School Segregation Cases - A Personal Memoir , Sydnor Thompson

Washington and Lee Law Review

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What Juvenile Court Abolitionists Can Learn From The Failures Of Sentencing Reform, David Yellen

Articles

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Child Care: The Forgotten Tax Deduction, Efrem Z. Fischer

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

This Note argues that the current deductions for child care expenses under the Internal Revenue Code are insufficient and inequitable, particularly for secondary earners, usually women. It proposes replacing the existing system with a higher deduction mechanism, such as a $10,000 limit per child, indexed for inflation, with a phaseout for higher incomes. The current system fails to account for the true costs of child care, exacerbates the marriage penalty, and discourages labor force participation among secondary earners. The proposed reform aims to address these issues by providing a more substantial and equitable tax benefit.

Painting The Law, Nancy Illman Meyers

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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Hopwood: Was This The African-American Nightmare Or The African-American Dream?, Kevin D. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Assessing The Efficacy Of School Desegregation, Michael Heise

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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L'Affaire Des Foulards--Discrimination, Or The Price Of A Secular Public Education System?, Cynthia D. Baines

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note examines the recent controversy over France's ban against "ostentatious" religious symbols in public schools. The only ostentatious symbol targeted by the French government, however, has been the head scarves worn by Muslim schoolgirls. The author explores the roots of the current ban by examining France's tradition of assimilation of immigrants and its constitutionally mandated secular public education system. The author also compares France's interests in prohibiting head scarves with the Muslim students' interests in practicing their religion. Finally, the author concludes that the French policy of banning head scarves from school is not only impractical, but likely a …

Common Schools, Uncommon Values: Listening To The Voices Of Dissent, Rosemary C. Salomone

Faculty Publications

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Education in America as we know it today draws its origins from the philosophical perspectives and political objectives of the common school reformers over a century ago. For them, mass education was a primary vehicle for defining ourselves as a nation. Schools would develop civic virtue and a national character through a shared set of values reflected in the school curriculum. The common school experience, offered to all regardless of social class or ethnic background, would assimilate the hordes of immigrants coming to our shores and meet the emerging needs of industrialization. Individuals across the economic spectrum, afforded education …

When Judges Are Gatekeepers: Democracy, Morality, Status, And Empathy In Duty Decisions (Help From Ordinary Citizens), Cheryl L. Wade

Faculty Publications

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Imagine that you are eighteen and you have just graduated from high school. Even though you have no cognitive disability and have spent twelve years of your life attending public schools, you are functionally illiterate. If your predicament was caused by negligent educators, your action for educational malpractice would be called a "failure to educate" case and it would be denied.

Or, imagine that you enter a public school kindergarten class and you are examined by the school's psychologist. On the basis of a verbal intelligence test, the psychologist concludes that you are mentally retarded. In reality, you have …

The Violence Against Women Act Project: Teaching A New Generation Of Public Interest Lawyers, Minna J. Kotkin

Faculty Scholarship

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The Children We Abandon: Religious Exemptions To Child Welfare And Education Law As Denials Of Equal Protection To Children Of Religious Objectors, James G. Dwyer

Faculty Publications

The story of children who die because their parents, in observance of their own religious principles, withhold conventional medical treatment from them is a familiar one. In this Article, James G. Dwyer shows that the phenomenon of parents denying secular benefits to their children for religious reasons goes far beyond these few highly publicized cases, extending into the realm of education as well as medical care. Moreover, Dr. Dwyer shows that the federal and state governments endorse this practice by statutorily exempting 'religious objector' parents from otherwise generally applicable compulsory child care and education laws. He argues that courts addressing …

The Mark Of Cain: No Second Chance For Teachers Convicted Of Sex Offenses Against Students, Eric J. Kuperman

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note argues that teachers convicted of sex offenses against students should be subject to a national registration and notification system, akin to Megan's Law, due to the inadequacy of current systems in preventing these individuals from continuing to teach and offending again. The author emphasizes the need to protect children from sexual predators in educational settings, highlighting the failure of schools and courts to effectively address the issue.

An Evidentiary Framework For Diversity As A Compelling Interest In Higher Education, Kimberly J. Robinson

Law Faculty Publications

This Note argues that if courts choose to reexamine evidence on the value of diversity in higher education, they should not apply the evidentiary requirements that the Supreme Court has applied to cases involving questions of past discrimination. Rather, courts should consider the unique nature of diversity in higher education and the protection afforded the academic context in which the evidence is considered and modify their review of the evidence presented accordingly. Furthermore, this Note argues that the interest of an institution of higher education16 in diversity is "compelling" in light of the evidence that a racially diverse student body …

Getting To Yes: The Case Against Banning Consensual Relationships In Higher Education, Sherry Young

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Law, Governance, And Academic And Disciplinary Decisions In Australian Universities: An American Perspective, Fernand N. Dutile

Journal Articles

On a bulletin board at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia appears the following warning to students: "Please don't cheat in your exams; Senate is not inclined to be merciful." The emphasis in this entreaty on the role of the University governing board reflects a major difference, although only one of them, between the American and Australian treatments of student shortcomings, academic or disciplinary.

This Article will discuss, from an American perspective, the law affecting decisions regarding academic and disciplinary matters in Australian universities. This discussion will address not only internal university governance, but also the impact of Constitutional, …