Sentences with phrase «law school decisions»

She makes the interesting comparison between law school decisions driven by USNWR rankings and the «earnings management» that goes on in publicly traded companies:

Data - driven law school decisions and more hands - on technology courses are upending conventional legal education.

Good luck with your law school decisions!

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I didn't recognize I was good at advising others on their careers, nor was I aware I had such a strong passion for this job until after many career - shaping decisions had already made (aka law school).

Gorsuch's commitments to interpreting the law as «the words on the paper say» and not over-criminalizing innocent conduct were on full display in a 2015 decision in which he used «plain old grade school grammar» to determine the legal penalties imposed on defendants accused of using a firearm «during and in relation to any crime of violence of drug trafficking crime.»

Staying in law school would have been a decision driven by the fear of disappointing her family.

In this corner we have Professor Randall Thomas of Vanderbilt Law School who said this approach made sense because it «lends itself to allowing these nominees, if elected, to focus on independent decision - making and fulfilling their fiduciary obligations on behalf of shareholders.»

The Maudoodi school, on the other hand, accepts only the Qur» an and the Hadith as the infallible sources of law and does not regard the decisions of the medieval jurists as binding in all cases.

In a 5 - 4 decision this morning, the Supreme Court said that a California law school can require a Christian group to open its leadership positions to all students, including those who disagree with the group's statement of faith.

Writing in the Baylor Law Review before the Romer decision, David Smolin of Samford University Law School argues that the present Court» rejecting «religiously based» claims as inherently particularistic» is increasingly dismissing «traditional theists» as too absolutist to join in public debate in a pluralistic society.

A spokeswoman with the Health and Human Services Department, charged with implementing the new health care law, said Wednesday that the department had no comment on the school's decision and that it does not keep track of changes to college health insurance plans.

The training school of liberalism is now in the schools of law, and for liberal jurisprudence the new age in the law begins in 1965 with Griswold v. Connecticut, the decision on contraception and privacy, the decision that prepared the ground for Roe v. Wade and the «right to an abortion.»

As to LTFA and school lunches, I'd like to say that there really needs to be better education for the schools / nutrition services & personnel as to what is REALLY in the foods, what has / hasn't been disclosed by manufacturers (true grasp of the food labelling laws as currently written), and how to fully and accurately provide all students / parents / consumers with timely and accurate ingredient lists so that fully - informed and educated decisions can be made as to when / if student might eat the cafeteria (bfast or lunch) foods.

In its decision, the EC has opaquely said, «After careful analysis of all relevant elements, we have come to the conclusion that the UK has provided sufficient clarification as regards its narrow interpretation of Sections 58 and 60 [the relevant law], which merely enables the faith - based education and is limited to ensure the maintenance of the religious character of the school.

AG Eric Schneiderman and state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia reminded New York school districts that — irrespective of the federal government's decision — they have independent duties under federal and state law to protect transgender students from discrimination and harassment.

President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.

He criticized the «chief law enforcement officer of the state» for not standing up for Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to close charter schools, «for the corruption in Albany» and for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to close the Moreland Commission, an anti-corruption panel that was created by Cuomo in 2013.

The decision to not hear the case came after a lower court upheld the constitutionality of the provision in the law, which was approved in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shooting in late 2012.

Mulgrew also reported on State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's decision to invoke the state's new receivership law this November to give the Buffalo schools superintendent special powers to bypass the union contract in five schools designated as «persistently struggling» by the state.

In evidence to the Education Select Committee, the Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw, was vehement in his defence of the outgoing Chair and described how he asked Gove to reconsider his decision; and sources close to David Laws, Gove's own Schools Minister, have suggested that he is «absolutely furious» at the attempt to «politicise» Ofsted.

In a letter sent today, the Attorney General and Commissioner reminded school districts across New York State that — irrespective of the federal government's decision — they have independent duties under federal and state law to protect transgender students from discrimination and harassment in their schools and at all school functions.

The Bishop's decision caused an uproar in Scranton's heavily unionized Catholic community and reignited the national debate over union protection under state law for teachers in religious schools of all faiths.

More recently, Gove fell out with his Liberal Democrat schools minister David Laws over his decision not to reappoint Labour - supporting peer Baroness Morgan to the chair of Ofsted.

This week, education secretary Nicky Morgan announced plans to prevent parents from being able to use the law to challenge the decision to convert their local schools into academies.

The group however threatened nationwide protest and a fierce legal action should the law school fail to rescind its decision of not calling the affected graduate, Firdaus Amosa, to the bar.

«Politically it seems to be a fairly tried - and - true strategy, especially if you have presidential ambitions — you don't make decisions that can come back to haunt you,» said David Spence, an energy regulation expert at the University of Texas» McCombs School of Business & School of Law.

Meanwhile, an Albany Law School expert says Chief Justice John Roberts may have been concerned about his legacy, and that was a factor in his decision.

The town of North Elba will enlist a UAlbany law school professor to, on the town's behalf, appeal the decision of a Franklin County judge that the state's plan to build a 34 - mile rail trail from Lake Placid to Tupper Lake was «arbitrary and capricious» and failed to follow numerous state laws.

The issue of admission into the Ghana Law School became contentious following a Supreme Court decision last year which scrapped exams and interviews as entry requirements.

Although the law deliberately cuts the School Board out of decision - making for struggling schools placed in receivership, the board could attempt to undercut Cash as he exercises those powers.

The decision of the school authorities came as a proactive measure to forestall break down of law and order on the campus as a result of protests embarked upon members of the Non Academics staff union and Senior staff association of Nigerian polytechnics in the institution.

The move has been criticised as a political decision, and drawn a «furious» response from Liberal Democrat Schools Minister David Laws.

With negotiations on broader ethics reform stalled in Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ventured to Fordham Law School to offer prescriptions for limiting what he described as the harmful fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen United decision.

That research in particular inspired his 2008 book Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness, coauthored by Cass Sunstein, now at Harvard Law School.

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Fortunately, the Supreme Court did not eliminate the use of race as a factor in the University of Michigan Law School admissions process (see the full text of the court's decision here).

In June of 2003, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan Law School could consider an applicant's race in making admission decisions (1, 2).

Bioethicist John Robertson of the University of Texas School of Law in Austin believes HFEA's decision is sound.»

Much like my decision to apply to law school, it just occurred to me one day and I thought «Hmm... that could be cool.»

Despite being in law school (a decision I struggle with emotionally all the time), I often feel like I'm not sure if my life is headed in the right direction.

When and why did you make the decision to go to law school?

In this decision, the court struck down an Oregon law that compelled all children to attend a public school and thereby guaranteed the right of parents to send their child to the school of their choice.

In a 5 - 2 decision, the court said the 2007 state law that required school districts to dig deep into the criminal histories of employees and fire those convicted of certain offenses was constitutional.

It provides knowledge and practical skills in: understanding business issues and how they influence HR decision ‑ making; employment law; researching data; resourcing and talent planning; reward management; and developing yourself and understanding the benefits of effective HR practice in schools.

Congress, under pressure from TFA and perhaps taking account of the severe disruption of schools that could result from the 9th Circuit's decision, resolved this judicially created imbroglio by writing the DOE's regulation into law.

The move sparked a row within the coalition, with Liberal Democrats schools minister David Laws said to have been «furious» at the decision to replace Morgan and Lib Dem spokespeople claiming that former education secretary Michael Gove was attempting to politicise the Ofsted post, an accusation he denies.

Because the presence of charter schools in an area might affect both student achievement and the decisions of families to move to a district, we measured state demographics and student achievement during the 1989 — 90 school year, several years before the first charter laws took effect.

Case law decisions by judges generally suggest that schools ought to manage the risks inherent in play and sport, rather than curbing or preventing play and sport altogether.

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

Charles Ogletree Jr. of Harvard Law School and Kimberly Jenkins Robinson of the University of Richmond School of Law argue that, just as Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned the infamous «separate but equal» standard set by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court should not hesitate to overturn the erroneous Rodriguez decision.