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Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves

9th Cir.; 13-16259 The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment. The court held that tribal courts had jurisdiction over employment disputes…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Big Law Associate Hiring Picked Up For Class of 2016

New associate hiring at the nation's largest law firms offered a rare bright spot in an otherwise ho-hum 2016 entry level legal job market.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

UGA Law Launches Clinic to Help Veterans Vie for Benefits

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.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Claim Against School Curtailed in Suit Over Fatal Amusement Park Accident on Class Trip

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.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Democratic AGs Unite to Counter Regulatory Rollbacks Pushed by Trump, Congress and Industry

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.
30 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Teacher Deserved Hearing Over Alleged Demotion, Court Rules

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.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Types of College Grads Nailing the LSAT Aren't Keen on Law School

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.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Tackles State Public Education Funding in Two Cases

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.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Senator Pitches Plan to Ease Burdensome Student Debt

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.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Racist Pasts of Boalt Hall and Hastings' Namesakes Haunt Law Schools

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.
7 minute read

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