By Meredith Hobbs | August 2, 2017
The University of Georgia School of Law is getting a new legal clinic to help veterans who've filed claims for disability benefits with the gridlocked U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, thanks to gifts from plaintiffs lawyer James Butler Jr. and four other Columbus lawyers.
By Charles Toutant | July 27, 2017
In a suit over a child's fatal accident, an amusement park operator may not seek indemnification from the charter school that organized the outing, but it can seek a verdict allocating fault to the school, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
By Cogan Schneier | July 24, 2017
President Donald Trump promised to re-create the government and diminish its regulations, but he faces an increasingly organized and determined opposition in Democratic state attorneys general.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 21, 2017
A Philadelphia School District teacher should have had a district hearing before his transfer from a high school to middle school science teaching position, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Karen Sloan | July 20, 2017
Call it the LSAT disconnect. Although college grads with majors in science, technology, engineering and math tend to score high on the law school entrance exam, those taking the test and applying most often have majors in the social sciences and "helping" professions that typically score lower, according to recent studies.
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. | July 18, 2017
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. write that at the end of last month, the Court of Appeals addressed once again the issue of adequate state funding for public education, dismissing plaintiffs' statewide challenges to the system, but permitting certain claims to proceed solely to the extent that they relate to circumstances in Syracuse and New York City.
By Lloyd Dunkelberger | July 17, 2017
Meeting with college students and recent graduates dealing with the burden of student debt, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson outlined legislation that would cap rates on federal undergraduate loans at 4 percent and allow the refinancing of older loans at lower rates.
By KAREN SLOAN | July 17, 2017
Lawyer Serranus Clinton Hastings made his fortune during the California Gold Rush and served as the first chief justice of the state's Supreme Court before giving $100,000—supposedly in gold coins—to establish the University of California's first law school in 1878.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 14, 2017
President Donald Trump in court papers has accused a lawyer and nearly two dozen law professors of lodging "inflammatory, gratuitous, and untested facts and assertions" in their objections over his $25 million Trump University settlement.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Hearing officer correctly denied the school district's motion to enforce a waiver agreement between student's parents and the district because the hearing officer correctly found that he lacked the authority to enforce such agreements. Affirmed.
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