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New York AG Asks 124 School Districts for Law Firm Payment Info

Updated: When N.Y. school lawyer Lawrence Reich reportedly said that what he did was common practice, the state attorney general apparently may have been listening. A dual state and federal investigation concerning Reich, a lawyer in private practice who allegedly “worked” as many as 1,286 days in one year for…

Feb 25, 2008 11:23 PM CST

Separate But Equal? Ga. County to Have Girls & Boys Classrooms

A public school district in rural Georgia reportedly may be the only one in the nation to educate girls and boys in separate classrooms this fall. Greene County is implementing the controversial plan in an effort to encourage students of both sexes to pay more attention to their schoolwork and…

Feb 25, 2008 8:57 PM CST

Feds and State Investigate N.Y. Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in a Year

It hasn’t been a good week for Lawrence Reich. A Newsday article yesterday features a photograph of FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents wheeling a cart of document boxes containing business records for the New York lawyer, apparently en route to a federal grand jury investigation. Meanwhile, another Newsday article…

Feb 21, 2008 10:17 PM CST

New Issues for Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in One Year

Updated: A New York lawyer who reportedly was simultaneously listed as a full-time employee of five Long Island school districts for which he worked as legal counsel is seeing some fallout over a newspaper article about the situation. Lawrence Reich, 67, has now been suspended and asked to resign by…

Feb 19, 2008 7:07 PM CST

ACLU Says School Should Have Allowed Anti-Gay T-Shirt

A student who wanted to wear a T-shirt to her high school that read “Be Happy, Not Gay” is getting some support from the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU filed an amicus brief in the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the suburban Chicago student’s free speech…

Feb 19, 2008 1:52 PM CST

9th Circuit Could OK Big Religious Education Tax Break

Judges on a 9th Circuit panel hearing a New York couple’s appeal of an adverse Internal Revenue Service tax ruling this week reportedly appeared sympathetic to the couple’s claim that the federal agency isn’t treating members of all religious groups fairly concerning charitable deductions for educational expenses. That could potentially…

Feb 8, 2008 7:01 PM CST

Jena 6 Defendant Arrested in ‘Minor Shoving Incident’

One of the defendants in the “Jena Six” case that sparked national civil rights marches last year has been arrested over an incident at his new high school in Texas. Bryant Purvis, 19, charged with misdemeanor assault in Carrollton, Texas, after an altercation with another student at the high school…

Feb 7, 2008 7:40 PM CST

Students Challenge Expulsion for Kissing

Parents of two South Carolina high school students are challenging a school board decision to kick the kids out of school after they were caught kissing on a school bus. The students, Dominique Goyner and his girlfriend, were expelled in October for the rest of the academic year, the Associated…

Jan 30, 2008 8:27 PM CST

Law Prof Sees Constitutional Problem With Schools’ Legacy Preferences

A law review article argues that the Constitution’s nobility clauses bar public universities from granting admissions preferences to the children of alumni. Carlton F.W. Larson, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, argues that public schools should not be granting preferences based solely on ancestry, Adam Liptak…

Jan 15, 2008 3:02 PM CST

6th Circuit Revives ‘No Child Left Behind’ Suit

A Michigan school district may pursue its lawsuit against the federal government over funding for the No Child Left Behind Act, the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. In 2005, the Pontiac Public School District joined litigation brought by school districts in Texas and Vermont, in addition…

Jan 7, 2008 8:19 PM CST

Former Michigan Law Prof Fights Alleged Gay Bias

A cutting-edge breach-of-contract case brought by a former law professor denied tenure at the University of Michigan could have an impact on gay bias claims and education law nationwide, depending on its outcome. Because there is no law in Michigan protecting employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,…

Dec 20, 2007 8:09 PM CST

New Suit in Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

The fallout continues over a botched investigation and prosecution of an escort service dancer’s allegations—eventually determined to be false—that she was gang-raped in March 2006 by former members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team. Three former team members who were never charged in the case have filed a 400-page…

Dec 19, 2007 5:15 PM CST

$2.5M Settlement in Rare Clery Act Case re Murdered Student

Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement to the family of a murdered student apparently slain in her dorm room, in an unusual case related to violations of the federal Clery Act due to non-disclosure of campus safety information. EMU and the family of Laura Dickinson…

Dec 14, 2007 12:56 AM CST

U of Colo. to Pay $2.85M in Football Party Case

The University of Colorado has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit by two women who say they were raped in 2001 at an off-campus party attended by football players and recruits. Hank Brown, CU’s president, said the settlement was in the best interest of the university, in…

Dec 6, 2007 1:02 AM CST

Plea Deal for Jena 6 Teen?

A 17-year-old who has been imprisoned for much of this year in a controversial Louisiana case that has sparked massive civil rights protests may be close to a plea deal. Mychal Bell, who was originally charged with attempted murder in an alleged attack with five other black students about a…

Dec 3, 2007 4:15 PM CST

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Education Law

New York AG Asks 124 School Districts for Law Firm Payment Info

Separate But Equal? Ga. County to Have Girls & Boys Classrooms

Feds and State Investigate N.Y. Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in a Year

New Issues for Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in One Year

ACLU Says School Should Have Allowed Anti-Gay T-Shirt

9th Circuit Could OK Big Religious Education Tax Break

Jena 6 Defendant Arrested in ‘Minor Shoving Incident’

Students Challenge Expulsion for Kissing

Law Prof Sees Constitutional Problem With Schools’ Legacy Preferences

6th Circuit Revives ‘No Child Left Behind’ Suit

Former Michigan Law Prof Fights Alleged Gay Bias

New Suit in Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

$2.5M Settlement in Rare Clery Act Case re Murdered Student

U of Colo. to Pay $2.85M in Football Party Case

Plea Deal for Jena 6 Teen?

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