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Education Law Prof Blog
Mark Weber on Class Certification Denial in Chicago Special Education Cases
By Derek Black
Derek has provided Education Law Professor blog readers withupdates on the school closing litigation in Chicago. In two cases, plaintiffs argue that the planned closing of49 public schools will harm…
Education Law Prof Blog
Idaho teen loses rare special education jury trial
An Idaho teen with Asperger'ssyndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, lost a federal jury trial last month onhis ADA and Section 504 claims against the Boise and Meridian school districts. Matthew…
The Faculty Lounge
New AALS Calls For Papers: Education For Kids With Disabilities And LGBT Issues In The 21st Century
New Calls for Papers have arrived in inbox and I've included these CFP's from the AALS Sections on Education Law and on Disability Law and the Section on Sexual Orientation…
Health Law Prof Blog
Peggy Battin and Brooke Hopkins.
Many readers of this blog may know well my dear friends and colleagues, Peggy Battin and Brooke Hopkins. Over the past nearly-five years, they have dealt with Brooke's biking accident…
International Law Prof Blog
Treaty for the Visually Impaired
A diplomatic conference is currently being held in Marrakesh, Morocco to consider a treaty to faciliate access to published works by visually impaired persons. The treaty negotiations have run into a…
Education Law Prof Blog
Brookings Institution suggests changing assessment rules for special education students
Congress recently turned to reauthorizing No Child Left Behind (theElementary and Secondary Education Act) and the Brookings Institution has posted Special Education: The Forgotten Issue in No Child Left Behind…
The Faculty Lounge
Claims and Quantum Finality
The veterans benefits system we have today has grown phenomenally since its origin. It is essentially the one that was invented in 1917 for returning WWI soldiers, which began as…
Education Law Prof Blog
Recent scholarship
Charter Schools, Vouchers, and the Public GoodI recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about a new school voucher law in our state. He was bullish about the benefits of…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Employers Beware: Psychiatry’s Latest Diagnostic Manual (DSM-5) Creates New Mental Disorders, Expands Others
For 60 years psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have been using the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM) as the “bible” for diagnosing mental…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
EEOC Wins $240 Million Jury Verdict
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it won what it describes as a “historic” verdict last week when an Iowa federal jury awarded $240 million to a group…