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The Recorder

LSAT-Maker Held In Contempt Over Disability Accommodations

Requests for accommodations on the Law School Admission Test have skyrocketed since the government required the exam's administrator to ease the process of gaining them, but a federal judge has ruled that the Law School Admission Council is still falling short when it comes to accommodating disabled test takers.
7 minute read

Law.com

Litigious Law Professors Face Tough Odds in Court

Law professors sue for a variety of reasons, often pertaining to hiring, firing and tenure denial. Unfortunately for them, they rarely prevail in court.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Not First Stop for Access-to-Education Disputes, Judge Rules

Disputes involving questions of a disabled child's residency in a school district must initially be resolved by a state agency, not a federal court, a federal judge has ruled.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Man Arrested for Mailing Powder to Stanford Law Prof, Trump Jr.

Daniel Frisiello stands accused of sending threats and suspicious powder to five public figures.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Future of Latinos Comes With Baggage From the Past

An American Bar Foundation project focusing on the future of Latinos in the United States offers a presentation in Miami looking at past struggles and some solutions for Latinos in law.
4 minute read

Law.com

Got a Legal Problem? These Law Students Can Solve It with Tech

Law students from around the country joined lawyers, web developers and other legal innovators in harnessing technology to address legal problems as part of the 2018 Global Legal Hackathon.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Spanks Georgia Education Department

The case involves a $10.7 million grant that the U.S. Department of Education awarded to Georgia for local education entities in 2007 under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, meant to help students at high-poverty, low-performing schools.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Law Snags $3M Gift for Public Interest

The latest donation from Jane and Robert Toll to the University of Pennsylvania Law School brings their total law school giving to more than $17 million since 2006.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

House to Subpoena Information in Parkland School Shooting

The Florida House is preparing subpoenas demanding information from five South Florida government agencies about the confessed killer of 17 people at a Parkland high school in an investigation that will run separate from a review ordered by Gov. Rick Scott.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Scranton School for the Deaf Settles Midtrial

A lawsuit against The Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing filed by parents who alleged their daughter had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by a classmate has settled in the middle of trial.
3 minute read

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