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The Legal Intelligencer

Role of Schools in Transgender Bathroom Laws

The practice of family law often intersects with the LGBTQ community, from adoptions to domestic partnership dissolutions to adult name changes for transgendered individuals. Our practice also regularly intersects with school law, including advocating for our clients' children with regard to special education or with their right to dress a certain way or identify with a gender other than that of their biological sex. For those who have worked with a transgender client or child during transition, you are already aware of the obstacles he or she may encounter.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Transgender Students: A Unique Frontier for Civil Rights

Starting at the age of 3, Lauren felt like a girl trapped in a boy's body. At school, due to her gender nonconformity, her classmates began calling her names such as "man beast." The harassment escalated to the point where students spit on her, parents insulted her, and on one ­occasion, peers tried tearing off her clothing to expose her genitals.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Kensington-Arnold Sch. Dist. v. New Kensington-Arnold Educ.-Ass'n., PICS Case No. 16-0794 (Pa. Commw. June 13, 2106) Leavitt, P. J. (21 pages).

Trial court properly denied school district's petition to vacate an arbitration award because arbitrator's award drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and the arbitrator's award did not violate public policy. Affirmed.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

For-Profit College Accreditor, Facing Crisis, Fights to Retain Recognition

An independent federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended the U.S. Education Department cut ties with the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a move that would jeopardize future federal aid to 243 institutions and hundreds of thousands of students.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

12 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justice Kennedy's Startling Shift on Affirmative Action

Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has voted against every race-based affirmative action program during his tenure on the court, shifted gears Thursday, writing the majority opinion upholding the University of Texas' affirmative-action policy for undergraduate admissions. He found that the use of race as a factor in university admissions could withstand strict scrutiny.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lehrman v. N.Y. City Depart. of Edu.

Teacher's Discrimination Suits Against DOE Found Untimely, Complaint Dismissed
3 minute read

The Recorder

Baquerizo v. Garden Grove Unified School District

4 minute read

Law.com

Boies: California Supreme Court Should Seize Historic Opportunity With Vergara

In an op-ed, David Boies says the suit is not anti-teacher. "If it were, I would not support it."
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

No Food, No Teachers, Violence in Failing Venezuela Schools

The soaring crime and economic chaos stalking Venezuela is also ripping apart a once up-and-coming school system, robbing poor students of any chance at a better life.
12 minute read

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