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New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Sides With Education Commissioner Over an All-Expenses-Paid Trip for School Board Member

"By accepting the trip, when it was not necessary as a 'means of learning about Woz U's programs,'" the per curiam opinion said, "and no other District personnel found it necessary to accept the trip to better understand the programs being offered, Capers violated N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1(c)."
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The Legal Intelligencer

US Supreme Court Considers Diversity Admissions in Next Term

On Oct. 31, the court will hear two cases challenging affirmative action in university admissions: Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, notably brought by the same anti-affirmative action group, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA).
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Adams and Reese Launches Multidisciplinary Team for HBCUs, Minority-Serving Institutes

The goal, the firm's Atlanta-based practice leader said, is to 'really lean into this thing and really do some good.'
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Which Florida Law Schools Had Highest Bar Passage Rates in July?

The leader had the highest passing percentage with more than 81% of candidates successful.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Divided Supreme Court Denies Yeshiva University Relief in LGBTQ+ Student Club Case

Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, dissented.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Elite Colleges—Where to Draw the Competitive Line

In the case in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, nine plaintiffs have filed a putative antitrust class action lawsuit against 17 elite private universities—Brown, Cal Tech, University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn, Rice, Vanderbilt and Yale.
4 minute read

Law.com

Attempt to Dismiss Expelled ASU Student's Title IX Claim Fails in Federal Court

In a separate state court action, Doe prevailed in the Arizona Court of Appeals, which held that the sexual misconduct findings against him were "not supported by substantial evidence." The appeals court vacated the ASU expulsion order and the school notified Doe that his expulsion sanction was withdrawn.
8 minute read

Pro Mid Market

North Carolina's Booming Healthcare and IP Industries Boost Brooks Pierce

Growth is coming naturally for the midsize firm, but managing partner Reid Phillips said preserving the firm's "well-knit" culture is top-of-mind as the 107-lawyer firm accommodates expansion.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Yeshiva University Asks SCOTUS to Block Order Requiring LGBTQ Student Club

Yeshiva argued in the lower courts that it was a religious institution, and that recognition of the LGBTQ club would be inconsistent with the Torah's values.
3 minute read

Law.com

In First-Impression Case, Judge Ordered to Reconsider Former MIT Student's Request to Proceed Anonymously in Title IX Suit

"If you really look through the issues, you come up believing that in this area of campus sexual misconduct cases under Title IX that pseudonym treatment is totally appropriate," Philip A. Byler, Nesenoff & Miltenberg, said on behalf of the plaintiff. "Transparency and all this is great, but knowing the names of the exact litigants isn't necessary. You've had plenty of public commentary on these cases and you haven't really had to know who the specific person was."
7 minute read

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