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The Legal Intelligencer

UPenn Sued for 'Unfair' Sexual Assault Discipline Process

A male student at the University of Pennsylvania has sued the school for alleged ineptitude and bias in the disciplinary process it uses to handle complaints of sexual assault on campus.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Mirage of School Choice

A client we had been representing in a special education case called recently to say that she and her daughter no longer needed our services. While the case had been proceeding in a reasonably expeditious fashion, she had ­become increasingly frustrated with the legal system.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Hats Off to the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee

The University of Connecticut School of Law has an interesting program for graduates of law schools in other countries.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

S.D. v. Haddon Heights Bd. of Educ.

By | September 22, 2016
Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Subject to IDEA Administrative Exhaustion
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Legal Woes Behind Bankruptcy of Another For-Profit Educator

ITT Educational Services Inc., owner of Indiana's ITT Technical Institute and New Hampshire's Daniel Webster College, filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 16 in Indianapolis. Faegre Baker Daniels has taken the lead for the company in its Chapter 7 liquidation
24 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Universities Look to Hire More Mental Health Professionals

With a 48 percent increase in the number of students seeking counseling, Florida universities are asking for an additional $14.5 million in the coming budget year to hire more mental health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, psychiatric nurses and prevention specialists.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

School Funding Doesn't Violate NY Constitutional Mandate, Judge Rules

A state judge in Albany has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state's educational funding levels brought on behalf of students in eight smaller-city districts.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

High Court Will Review Controversial Education Funding Ruling

The Connecticut Supreme Court has agreed to review the recent landmark ruling that called Connecticut's education funding system unconstitutional.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court to Rehear First-Impression Case Over Knife in School

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has granted en banc reargument in a case of first impression over whether a parent can be charged criminally for bringing a pocket knife to an elementary school.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Title IX Remedies for Student-on-Student Sexual Assault

Todd J. Krouner examines remedies available to victims of sexual assault on campus under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. He writes: Although Title IX does not explicitly mention sexual violence, the Supreme Court and the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights have interpreted Title IX to protect against sexual harassment, including sexual violence, in the university setting. Rape constitutes a form of "sexual harassment" in the most extreme form, and "any allegations of rape or sexual assault reported on campus" must be investigated under Title IX.
21 minute read

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