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The Legal Intelligencer

Risks and Best Practices When Recording Classroom Lectures

Schoolwide policies that address digital recording of classroom lectures are getting a closer look at some higher education institutions after a recent incident at Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California, where a student was initially suspended for secretly recording a video of his professor's strongly worded criticism of then President-elect Donald J. Trump during class. After the video was posted online by the OCC College Republicans, the professor received a flood of critical emails and social media posts from individuals who disagreed with her political views. Some of these were violent and threatening, causing the professor to hand over the class to a substitute and temporarily flee her home. OCC found that the student violated a broadly worded campus policy against unauthorized recording and use of an electronic device in the classroom and suspended him. The student then appealed and the suspension was lifted. With free speech a highly charged issue on campuses, colleges and universities may find this a fitting time to revisit internal policies that address the recording of classroom lectures. This article discusses some issues that a higher education institution may consider with respect to its classroom recording policy, taking into account copyright law, privacy laws and regulations that protect various forms of sensitive information, reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities, and the broader context in which such a policy will be implemented. It will also consider specific classroom recording policies at a public and a private institution of higher education.
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New York Law Journal

Cuomo's Free College Tuition Plan Prompts Wider Debate

By | March 13, 2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to give middle-class students free tuition at state colleges has touched off a broader debate about the cost of an education—and several alternative proposals.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Princeton Sued Under Title IX Over Response to Suicide Attempts

Princeton University, which is already battling a suit from a student who was barred from campus after attempting suicide, is now facing a second suit claiming it expelled a student after he tried to kill himself.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Panel Rejects 'Opt-Out' Testing Arguments

In a sharply worded opinion, an appeals court overturned a Leon County judge's 2016 decision that seemed to support the "opt-out" movement that encourages parents to defy standardized testing requirements.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Leon County Judge Weighs Challenge to Lottery Contract

On the eve of a legislative session expected to be marked by conflict between top Republicans, a Leon County judge heard arguments in a dispute between House Speaker Richard Corcoran and one of Gov. Rick Scott's agencies.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Goslin, PICS Case No. 17-0287 (Pa. Super. Feb. 16, 2017) Dubow, J. (8 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
The trial court erred in ruling that the statutory defense of lawful purpose to the charge of possession of a weapon on school property included the element that the lawful purpose be related to the reason why an individual was present on school property. Judgment of sentence vacated.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Injured College Football Players' Negligence Suit Can Proceed

Two college football players can move forward with a negligence case against their college tied to injuries they suffered during practice drills, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Marginal Law Schools—But Not Students—Could See Savior in Falwell

Any progress that the Obama administration made to increase accountability in higher education seems destined for Trump's dustbin.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

A Shot of Red Eye

By | March 01, 2017
For the better part of two decades, the fight over the estate of late billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall has remained a fixture on Mike Wood's docket, a case that unwittingly turned the once little-known Houston probate jurist into the "Anna Nicole Smith" judge. And Wood has finally had enough of it.
12 minute read

The Recorder

L. J. v. Pittsburg Unified School District

By | February 27, 2017
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