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Connecticut Law Tribune

Advocacy Group Sues State Officials Over School Expulsion Policies

A Connecticut children's advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the state, governor and educators claiming that students expelled from public schools are being denied their constitutionally protected right to an education.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Thompson & Horton to Kick Off 2016 With New Dallas Office

The school law/public law boutique will add a third office in Texas on Jan. 1, 2016 with four lateral hires.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Three-Judge Court Rules Take Shape

If the Texas Supreme Court remands the school finance case to district court, a new state law and proposed court rules would allow the attorney general to request a three-judge district court to replace the former court.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The Justices Revisit Race

As the nation confronts racial tensions in the streets and on college campuses, the U.S. Supreme Court last week gave few hints of how it will decide two challenges with major implications for that struggle. But with an apparently divided high court, the outcomes may turn on Justice Anthony Kennedy.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Reid Condemns Scalia's Affirmative Action Remarks as 'Deeply Disturbing'

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, on Thursday condemned as "deeply disturbing" a question that Justice Antonin Scalia asked from the bench yesterday in arguments over the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions program.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Urgency and Frustration as the Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. was clearly impatient during oral arguments Wednesday in the latest case challenging affirmative action in higher education.
5 minute read

Law.com

Justices Show Deep Divide Over Race in University Admissions

Taking a second look at the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas at Austin, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared as deeply divided as it was during arguments three years ago. One key justice—Anthony Kennedy—suggested the case may be sent back to the district court in order to get answers to some of the justices' still unanswered questions about the continuing need to use race to achieve a diverse student body.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Noteworthy Moments from the Fisher II Oral Argument

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the second installment of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a challenge to the school's race-conscious admissions policy. We highlight key moments from the oral argument.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Schools Claim $1.1B in Aid Lost Due to Funding Policies

Attorneys for eight small city school districts are asking an Albany court to restore the $1.1 billion in state aid they claim they illegally lost since revised funding policies were adopted in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 state budgets.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Op-Ed: Lift the Ban on Academic Credit For Paid Legal Work

As a paid law clerk, the modest compensation I receive certainly makes life as a law student a little easier. For the American Bar Association, however, my paycheck is a problem. Unlike my unpaid peers, my compensation precludes my ability to earn academic credit for the experience I receive during my clerkship. The policy is economically unsound and harmful to law students.
5 minute read

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