Sentences with phrase «law schools are interested in»

Most law schools are interested in attorneys who will spend some of their time advancing the public good.
It also doesn't seem to be a solution the law schools are interested in.
Law is a trade and I think that vast majority of people who enter law school are interested in learning to practice that trade....

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Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School and an expert in the First Amendment, told the Washington Post that a court could decide that if the public interest was so compelling, then newspapers or the public should try to compel the candidate to authorize the IRS to release his tax information lawfully.
'' [Silicon Valley] runs the risk of being perceived as arrogant and entitled and super-wealthy and narrowly satisfying its own interests,» says Dan Siciliano, a research fellow at the Immigration Policy Center, and executive director at the Program in Law, Economics, and Business at Stanford Law School.
Using the home mortgage interest deduction as a case study, Hemel and Kyle Rozema, a postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern - Pritzker School of Law, argue that labeling a tax provision as «progressive» or «regressive» should not be done in isolation.
The country is $ 70 billion in debt, schools are closing by the hundreds, and infrastructural services — like the overburdened electricity system — have been overlooked in order to make way for debt payments to Wall Street creditors, according to Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a public interest law firm.
Another professor quoted in the materials is Larry Cunningham of George Washington University Law School who later argued that all of this «is intended to align the interests of those directors with those of the company's shareholders.»
The MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF LAW SEMINAR is a intensive, week - long program for law school students interested in the interaction among moral thought, legal theory and moral legislatiLAW SEMINAR is a intensive, week - long program for law school students interested in the interaction among moral thought, legal theory and moral legislatilaw school students interested in the interaction among moral thought, legal theory and moral legislation.
The curricula of such schools is designed to be of particular usefulness to teachers, physicians, clergymen, social workers, law enforcement and probation officers, industrial leaders, directors of alcoholism programs, and other persons interested in alcoholism education, research, and rehabilitation.
Mark Reinfeld: Well it's interesting I actually went to NYU Law School for a semester and that was the direction my life was heading and after the first semester I realized that wasn't the direction I wanted my life to head in.
I won't presume to be as up - to - speed on this as many of my compatriots are, and instead recommend the following excellent post from The Lunch Tray to those who are interested in finding out more: The Day After: Reflections on the New School Food Law.
Dan's also doing juggling, stage combat and karate, and was really interested to hear about a circus / theatre training school not far from my brother and sister - in - law in Sheffield, so we're going to find out about that too.
NYC Public Advocate Tish James is calling state lawmakers to express her interest in the AG post, and Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout, a former House and gubernatorial candidate, is also interested.
Mr. Feerick, who is dean of the Fordham Law School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election lLaw School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election llaw for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election lawlaw.
This law would set up a more flexible and functional system to allow the state to move in and appoint a caretaker school board if the NYS Schools Chancellor determines that the current one is not acting in the district's best interest, and a caretaker fiscal director to correct budgetary issues.
Schools spokesman David Laws said: «Despite the success of books like Harry Potter, there is still a worryingly large group of our young people who have absolutely no interest in reading.»
Charter school interests that was to see de Blasio's power over the school system weakened and real estate interests that want to see the status quo maintained in the rent laws spent big money to help the Senate Republicans and Cuomo in this election cycle.
In an extraordinary interview, Mr. de Blasio, appearing to unburden himself of months» worth of frustrations, said that Mr. Cuomo — who, like the mayor, is a Democrat — «did not act in the interests» of New Yorkers by blocking measures like reforming rent laws and the mayor's long - term ability to control the city's public schoolIn an extraordinary interview, Mr. de Blasio, appearing to unburden himself of months» worth of frustrations, said that Mr. Cuomo — who, like the mayor, is a Democrat — «did not act in the interests» of New Yorkers by blocking measures like reforming rent laws and the mayor's long - term ability to control the city's public schoolin the interests» of New Yorkers by blocking measures like reforming rent laws and the mayor's long - term ability to control the city's public schools.
I am interested in why so many young people do not get enough sleep and what can be done about it,» says Serena Bauducco, linked to the School of Law, Psychology and Social Work at Örebro University.
Her dream was to go to law school and spend her career representing abused children in court, so she was more interested in studying for class than flirting at a frat party.
Following schools minister David Laws refusal to publish the data, Whittaker said: «If the survey is not the only basis, in the interests of openness and transparency why will the minister not let everyone know what other things are taken into account?»
Students with increased NAPLAN scores are more skewed towards subjects such as interest in science, law, engineering, architecture, social work and arts, and students who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools has found.
An investigator for a non-profit law firm told us he enrolled in Saving Schools to better understand his clients: «I am most interested in learning about the forces in American education that... graduate significantly underperforming students that too often end up serving adult hard time, or losing their lives, in correctional facilities».
Because they were more interested in promoting equality of opportunity than simply consumer choice, sociologist Christopher Jencks and law professors John Coons and Stephen Sugarman proposed placing some constraints on how vouchers could be used: Disadvantaged students would receive larger vouchers, and regulations would prevent any school that accepted vouchers from imposing tuition and fees beyond the value of the voucher.
As she told the school board at one meeting when the policy was first being discussed, «In closing, I just want to say that I had more free time at Harvard Law School than my son has in middle school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&school board at one meeting when the policy was first being discussed, «In closing, I just want to say that I had more free time at Harvard Law School than my son has in middle school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&raquIn closing, I just want to say that I had more free time at Harvard Law School than my son has in middle school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&School than my son has in middle school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&raquin middle school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&school, and that is not in the best interests of our children.&raquin the best interests of our children.»
How much interest is there in school districts relative to special education, school sports, or school law?
As anyone who attended the 12/15/12 conference knows, there are a lot of educators who are interested in using WA's new public charter school law to create new public school choices for the children and families of WA.
Berg says she's more interested in seeing a package of bills being promoted by Rep. Craig Horn become law, which would invoke more systemic change in public schools through improving the teacher and principal pipelines.
Conflict of interest laws are also problematic for charters because they can, among other things, prohibit school employees from participating in decisions that impact them financially.
The information and materials on this site are relevant for professionals in education, mental health, and law enforcement, as well as anyone else who is interested in learning about those who commit school shootings.
That intervenor is the Institute for Justice, a self - described libertarian law firm located in our nation's capital that has a demonstrated interest in upholding laws that funnel taxpayer dollars from public school systems to largely unaccountable private schools.
«It was the right players at the right time when there was so much interest in passing a charter school law,» Smrekar told StateImpact.
This year it resulted in shadow education secretary Tristam Hunt being turned away from an east London school, amid concerns they were breaking the law, and failing schools had to meet «public interest tests» before getting Government help.
I concur, but only with the hope that the second look will be the one before the law is discarded in favor of measures that would actually support all parents and all schools in our pursuing our mutual interests in goodwill.
«I support the Parent Trigger law because it gives every parent in Los Angeles the power to transform their children's school and hold the Los Angeles Unified School District accountable for making decisions rooted in what is best for our children and not adults or special inteschool and hold the Los Angeles Unified School District accountable for making decisions rooted in what is best for our children and not adults or special inteSchool District accountable for making decisions rooted in what is best for our children and not adults or special interests.
Humanities Our humanities schools cater to students who are interested in careers in politics, law, public service, education, the arts or media.
As Fabiola Santiago notes in her excellent Miami Herald piece, Florida's ethics laws «are a joke» and further states «it's a clear conflict of interest for members of the Florida Legislature who have a stake in charter schools to vote to fund and expand them.»
Families interested in enrolling in Georgia Connections Academy are encouraged to do so early as the school has an enrollment limit of 4,000 students per state law.
The Texas waiver request is of particular interest to education leaders and policy experts, not only because of the state's considerable student population, but also because Texas has suggested that it would apply for a waiver without agreeing to all of the college - and career - readiness, school improvement, and teacher effectiveness reforms that the department is requiring in exchange for flexibility on key components of the law.
The only thing standing in their way was a state law requiring that parents, teachers and the local community had to play a role in selecting a «turnaround» model and there was little interest in a Washington D.C. charter school company that had virtually no experience running schools with a large Latino population, a significant number of English Language Learners and a large special education population.
Governor Murphy and Acting Commissioner Repollet are interested in New Jersey's charter school facts and reviewing the current law & regulations.
Without this law, many school districts had failed to adopted appropriate policies associated with contracts between school districts and corporations that are interested in collecting, buying, selling or using what should obviously be confidential student data.
A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) casts doubt on the success of an Obama - era guidance meant to reduce racial disparity in school suspensions, arguing that it did not always reduce racial disparity, confused causes of suspensions, and may not be in the best interest of teachers.
In his bill, the Lieutenant Governor modified existing law that establishes a license plate option with the words «I Support Public Schools,» which was never created due to a lack of interest.
Today, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCOP) and Education Law Center - PA filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals, school districts and organizations, making the complaint that the funding system in Pennsylvania is not only wrong, it violates the Constitution.
The law outlines five options for change: Replace all or most of the school staff; contract with a private entity to operate the school as a public campus; reopen the school as a charter school; restructure the school's governance through staff changes or other means; or turn the operation of the school over to the state Department of Education, which has indicated it's not interested in such takeovers.
If the parents of any community are indifferent to the best interests and the proper training of their children, if they elect unfit men as school officers, if they permit petty quarrels and jealousies to interfere with the administration of the school, if they try to run the schools on the cheapest basis, if they encourage tardiness, irregular attendance, and insubordination in their children, then the schools of the community may be little better than training places in shiftless habits, incompetence, disregard for the law, and even positive immorality.
The Vermont Law School is dedicated to making public interest law an affordable option for students looking to pursue their passion in this rewarding, but often low - paying career paLaw School is dedicated to making public interest law an affordable option for students looking to pursue their passion in this rewarding, but often low - paying career palaw an affordable option for students looking to pursue their passion in this rewarding, but often low - paying career path.
My balance is higher today than the day I left law school and if I make it to the end of the forgiveness period (I'm 4 years in) they will only have «forgiven» interest.
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