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School Law
Gwen J. Zittoun Quoted in Special Ed Connection article, “Make immediate academic adjustments for student with concussion”
Special Ed Connection, May 30, 2014 Download: printable pdf gzittoun quoted in Special Ed Connection article. A child plays basketball with his friends and dribbles right into an opposing player. He gets…
Education Law Prof Blog
Law School Admission Council Agrees to Pay $7.7 Million to Settle ADA Suit
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) settled a law suit this week to create new scoring practices and to compensate 6,000 students who requested testing accomodations on the Law School Admission…
California Employment Law
LSAT and DFEH Settle Reasonable Accommodation Dispute
The Law School Admission Council - a nonprofit that administers the Law School Aptitude Test or LSAT - has settled a dispute with the Department of Justice and California's Department…
Law School Academic Support Blog
LSAC Settles Dispute over LSAT
This week, the Justice Department filed a landmark consent decree to settle claims that the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) practices violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Many of…
The Faculty Lounge
LSAC Settles Lawsuit Over LSAT Disability Issues
LSAC settled, yesterday, with plaintiffs who alleged that the organization failed to properly accomodate test takers with disabilities and that it discriminated against test takers with disabilities by specially noting…
Education Law Prof Blog
Civil Rights Complaint Charges that New Orleans Charter Schools Have “Culture of Hyper-Discipline”
A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against three New Orleans charter high schools, George Washington Carver Preparatory Academy, George Washington Carver Collegiate Academy and Sci Academy, run by charter management…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Fifth Circuit stays execution of Texas inmate alleged to be ‘intellectually disabled’
Today, the Fifth Circuit stayed Texas's scheduled execution of Robert James Campbell for the 1992 rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman. Campbell's attorneys claim the state can't execute him…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Using Disability Law to Understand the Institutional Dimensions of the Pay Gap
By Tracy Thomas
Michelle Travis (San Francisco), Disabling the Gender Pay Gap: Lessons from the Social Model of Disability, Denver Law Journal (forthcoming 2014)As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Title VII’s prohibition against sex-based…
Education Law Prof Blog
Louisiana Charter School Suspends 70 Percent of Students, Advocates File Compliaints
By Derek Black
According to a complaint filed by Anna Lellelid and Bill Quigley, Carver Collegiate charter school in New Orleans operates a demerit system, whereby students are cited for everything from not walking…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Cost of Compassion: How the Government Supports Special Needs Children’s Programs
By Derek Black
Special Education Degrees asked me to share their new infographic with you this morning. It breaks down the cost of delivering education to students with special needs and what the…