Sentences with phrase «by academic law»

In a survey conducted by the Academic Law Libraries section of the American Association of Law Libraries, Berring was named the author of the most influential work on the profession of law librarianship from 1957 to 2006.

In Friday's Law Librarian Conversations podcast (formerly the Law Librarian podcast) we talked about the up - take of this week by academic law libraries, especially considering that the focus tends to be on public libraries.

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Numerous other examples of Google influencing academics are highlighted by the Journal's report, including one from University of Michigan law professor Daniel Crane who declined to take money from Google to support his paper that argued against «antitrust regulation of internet search engines.»

We boil down small - cap investing into Six Laws that are supported by academic studies, logic, and history.

In her book Law and Reorder, published by the American Bar Association in 2010, she describes a legal profession «where the billable hour no longer works»; where attorneys, judges, recruiters, and academics all agree that this system of compensation has perverted the industry, leading to brutal work hours, massive inefficiency, and highly inflated costs.

One of the four panelists at the hearing, Peter Conti - Brown, an Academic Fellow at Stanford Law School whose forthcoming book, The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve, will be published by Princeton University Press, also weighed in on the Fed's General Counsel.

«Professor Siddiqui, supported by a panel with a strong balance of academic, religious and legal expertise, will help us better understand whether and the extent to which Sharia law is being misused or exploited and make recommendations to the government on how to address this.»

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One of the brightest lights in the academic firmament is the annual fall conference hosted by the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame — a two - day feast of reason and revelation begun by the CEC's founder, philosopher David Solomon, and continued by his successor, law professor Carter Snead.

One of the most active athletic trainers» association at the state level is in New Jersey, which was the first state to require by law that coaches receive safety training, is among the 40 states that have enacted strong youth concussion safety laws, and has been a leader in advocating for academic accommodations for concussed student - athletes.

This term, popularized by Yale Law School professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua, reflects the belief that «academic achievement reflects successful parenting,» a belief held by the vast majority of Asian parents.

The forum brings together scholars from a range of different fields — including political science, history, law and literature — to supplement the horse - race coverage provided by political journalism and showcase academic research.

The same could be surmised from the conduct and discourse of the Committee Chair himself, who recently chose to start up a «lively and passionate public debate» on codification on the academic blog of the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association — hardly likely to be read by any «public» other than public law academiLaw Association — hardly likely to be read by any «public» other than public law academilaw academics.

First, it appointed in 2009 a seven - member Constitutional Committee comprising mostly academics from a range of fields, including law, literature, and science, thus implicitly acknowledging that the constitution is not exclusively, and not even principally, a legal document, but primarily a social compact, a political declaration that supersedes ordinary legislation by virtue of the fact that the people are superior to Parliament.

Both reports were instrumental in setting up the Faculty of Law at Legon, leading to the current bifurcated legal education system, which includes the academic component at a University followed by a professional component at Makola or an equivalent professional school.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

Following the legislation, the SED also put in place a «Parents Bill of Rights,» allowing parents to review their children's academic records and affirm that their children's information is protected by federal and state law and would not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

Jenssen did his part to strengthen Helleday's managing style by «inform [ing] him about the unwritten laws within academic life.»

Corporate social responsibility, or CSR — a name for the actions companies take to advance social good, above and beyond that which is required by law — continues to draw interest from practitioners and academics alike.

A new memoir by an Egyptian immigrant to the United States describes the high cost of breaking the law in pursuit of academic excellence

Last month activists opposed to genetically modified food rattled academic scientists working in that field by submitting requests for their correspondence under state open records laws.

Some have said that because of this grace period, the new law effectively creates a hybrid «first to file or publish» rule that encourages publication of inventions, particularly by academics.

The progress of each PhD student is required by law to be monitored by three academics from the university, one of whom becomes the students» primary supervisor (N 2083/92, article 13).

His analysis was backed up by Nicholson Price, an academic fellow at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who found that few, if any, DNA patents would be infringed by companies or clinics sequencing whole genomes of individuals for medical insight.

The strategy followed by nations throughout East Asia and much of Europe has been to base admission to specific universities and academic programs (such as law and medicine) largely on students» performance on a battery of subject - specific examinations devised by a nation's ministry of education.

The Four Corners states had consistent failings in the eyes of the NACSA raters: None of the states» laws had a renewal standard tied to academic performance or a default closure provision, under which a school would lose its charter «by default» if it did not meet a minimum standard of performance.

For example: (1) teachers in charter schools have certification requirements as do other public schools; (2) charter schools are subject to academic standards set by the state; (3) charter schools must comply with local, state, and federal laws related to health, safety and civil rights; and (4) charter schools are «subject to the supervision of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.»

The new law also requires states to use, as part of their rating systems, an indicator of academic achievement «as measured by proficiency on the annual assessments.»

Unfortunately, for all of the noise Prof. Greene makes about proper academic standards, he simply stoops to waving the red flag of anti-communism when he concludes by suggesting that our assertion, «the only reason the superrich have these massive billions, and hence a major voice in policy, is because of unfair tax laws that allow them to keep the vast wealth their employees have created,» reveals us as, uh oh, Marxists!

[10] In general, these LEA amounts may be reduced by state educational agencies to account for funds reserved for state administration, program improvement, and academic achievement awards; to adjust for recent shifts in LEA boundaries; and to provide grants to charter schools treated as separate LEAs under state law (such charter schools are not considered in the calculation of grants by USED).

Dade County officials said the new plan unveiled by Superintendent of Schools Joseph Fernandez is patterned after the academic - bankruptcy laws in New Jersey and five other states that allow the state education agency to assume control over failing school districts.

The law put a much greater focus on quality in charter school authorizing, for instance by mandating the closure of any charter school that fails to meet academic or financial benchmarks for three consecutive years.

By rejecting any partnerships, Houston risks triggering a 2015 law that requires the TEA to close schools or replace the school board if any of a district's schools receive five straight «improvement required» ratings for poor academic performance.

Hawaii's» charter schools must meet the state's academic standards and, like the traditional schools, many have had problems keeping pace with the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal law that requires schools to make annual progress so that all students are proficient by 2014.

This means our schools must meet the same academic performance standards as traditional district schools, as required by federal and state laws.

MSDE's announcement comes in the months before states are due to submit a plan for assessing the academic standards outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Obama in 2015.

By providing resources to attract and retain teachers in the 37 low - performing, high - turnover middle and high schools, the settlement renders the legal question raised in Reed «academic,» said Dale Larson, an attorney with the law firm Morrison & Foerster, which, with the ACLU and the nonprofit law firm Public Counsel, brought the lawsuit.

In 1999, the state legislature amended the law, named after the late Republican state senator John Stull, to require that «the governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates to: the progress of pupils toward the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion referenced assessments.»

Proponents of Prop. 227 say English immersion is essential to students learning the language as quickly as possible, pointing to increases in academic performance by English learners on state tests since the law passed.

Accusation: The ACLU report found many instances of enrollment violations regarding students» academic performance, English proficiency and immigration status, despite the fact that charters are not allowed by law to consider these factors.

The new law calls for replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups» and «increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

In addition, no person shall be discriminated against in admission to Brooke Charter School or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and access to the courses of study and extracurricular activities offered by the School on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, socioeconomic status, housing status or homelessness, special need, proficiency in the English language or a foreign language, or prior academic achievement, as required by federal and state law, including M.G.L. c. 71, § 89 (l); 603 CMR 1.06 (1); M.G.L. c. 76, § 5 and 603 CMR 26.00: Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.

And another: These «e-learning labs,» were opened at the start of this academic year to help school officials get around the state law — approved in a referendum by voters in 2002 — that limits class size.

Over 1 in 5 of California's charter schools have restrictive admissions requirements or other exclusionary practices that keep out many students with the greatest academic needs, a report released Monday by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the public interest law firm Public Advocates alleges.

The Academic - Year Governor's Schools are established as «joint schools» by Virginia school law.

Academic Year Governor's School The Academic - Year Governor's Schools are established as «joint schools» by Virginia school law.

NCSECS advocated and helped influence the law including a provision raising the bar a bit higher to ensure high standards for special education students by limiting their participation in tests based on alternate (lower) academic achievement standards to 1 % of students tested (and not just limiting the reporting of their scores on such tests, as was done under NCLB).

«An academy trust is required by law to balance its budget from each academic financial year to the next,» said the DFE spokeswoman.

Utah law requires that in an academic year in which 65 percent of schools receive an A or a B grade, the Utah State Board of Education must raise the range of scores for grades by 5 percent.

Colorado's law will hold teachers accountable for whether their students are learning, with 50 % of a teacher's evaluation based on students» academic growth as measured partially by test scores.