Sentences with phrase «of legal educators»

(Is it possible for the largest state bars to force the hand of legal educators?)

Understanding what it means is the role of the legal educators and a handful of legal researchers in tune with legal analysis and understanding.

The International Association of Law Schools is an independent organization of legal educators whose membership includes over 170 law schools from more than 45 countries.

In October, I'll present on the national project I've been working on for over a year to a room of legal educators, legal employers, and bar leaders from across the country.

Meeting under the auspices of the Board of Governors» Technology Committee, a group of legal educators, legal aid officials, voluntary bar officers, and others met October 19 at the Bar's Fall Meeting to discuss putting together a «legal incubator» to reach that goal.

Not exact matches

After all, it was through political and legal struggles over many years, and as a result of compromises, that other Western democracies recognized the pluralistic nature of a free society and adopted policies protecting the rights of parents and of educators to maintain and receive public funding for faith - based schools.

Crossroads of Parenting & Divorce offers parents, community leaders, educators, and the legal system a new and unique way to address the concerns of divorcing families.

Currently, CHN has had to suspend it's services for lack of a dedicated legislative liaison to keep Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington and or Home School Legal Defense Association informed.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

He has worked for the legal department of New York State United Teachers, where he helped defend educators facing discrimination.

But Cuomo's sympathies for the legal rights of labor are heightened by his desire for peace with the United Federation of Teachers, which represents the city's educators.

If you want more information, you can read the official state memo covering everything from the exemption of SGP scores from the state's Open Public Records Act and the process for administrators to access data through a centralized information - management system, to corrective action plans for low - rated educators and legal requirements for tenure cases, to the score certification process and accessing official course roster data.

Prior to these changes, educators lived in a vague legal world, at the mercy of a Supreme Court decision (the 1996 Virginia Military Institute [VMI] case, United States v. Virginia), which required an «exceedingly persuasive justification» of anyone wanting to set up single - sex schools or classes.

A lack of understanding about legal rights and the positive steps to take has made it hard for trans educators to stay in their jobs.

«Due to legal issues and concerns about parental reaction, however, filtering is a fact of life for most educators.

Ironically, the expansion of student legal rights, rather than enhancing youth outcomes, has increased the extent to which schools have relied on authoritarian measures, decreased the moral authority of educators, and diminished the capacity of schools to socialize young people effectively.

But is it within the competence (not to mention the legal authority) of the federal government to solve those problems, or will their efforts to do so simply make things worse for educators, school leaders, and policymakers in the places that really matter?

Although much of the development of student rights originally emerged from concern about nonwhite students in urban areas, educators in those settings had only a 41 percent probability of contact with a legal challenge.

We highlight here the extent to which both students and educators have developed an expansive definition of legal rights of students, the relationship between this sense of legal entitlement and school disciplinary practices, and perceptions of the fairness and legitimacy of various school disciplinary practices.

The Performance Assessment Review Board, an external group of educators, test experts, researchers, and members of the business and legal communities, monitors the performance - assessment system and evaluates samples of student work.

His research has helped scholars, policymakers, and educators better understand how legal and educational institutions shape young immigrants» educational trajectories, as well as their coming of age experiences.

Along with potentially costly legal battles over the use of force, educators should think about the negative message the use of force sends.

Educators must recognise the value of advice received from their legal advisor because it can help them to steer clear of legal controversies both prospectively and once controversies arise after policies are in place.

Although these rules are most appropriate for educators at the building level, governing boards and central office personnel need to be aware of them in order to ensure school safety by developing sound policies in consultation with their legal advisors to better protect the safety of all students in their care.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

The legal action taken by these seven Florida educators will undoubtedly add to the growing momentum against misguided accountability systems that rob students of actual learning and tangle up teachers» performance evaluations with unreliable test scores.

WASHINGTON — The approval by the Congress last month of the most comprehensive revision of U.S. policy on legal immigration in decades has left educators unsure about the bill's impact on schools, with some experts warning that certain districts could see a new mix of immigrant students they are ill - prepared to handle.

SEATTLE — A coalition of educators and community groups filed a legal challenge with the state attorney general Wednesday questioning the constitutionality of Washington's new charter schools law...

Through qualitative research, legal analysis, and collaboration with educators, we investigate how the culture of digital natives — a culture of connectivity, of public display, of sharing, of feedback, of constant availability and of global citizenship — impacts and will continue to impact our world.

The Association of American Educators Foundation has partnered with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to let teachers know that they have options.

A lack of understanding about legal rights and the positive steps to take has made it hard for trans educators to stay in their jobs; this discrimination is unacceptable.

If a student or his or her parent notifies the administration of the decision to transition during the school year, convene a meeting with the student and parents (if they are involved in the process) to discuss their preferences and any concerns to help find solutions that are in the best interest of the entire school community; develop a timeline for the transition in order to create conditions for a safe and supporting environment at the school; provide appropriate information and training for any educators that interact directly with the student on the transition plan, timelines for transition, and any relevant legal requirements; and develop a communications plan that outlines who needs to know what information, when, and how it will be communicated.

Their unique approach helps educators comply with new legal requirements, create meaningful change in the behavior of at - risk students, and ultimately develop more productive

As a matter of ethics and principle, let alone their legal duty, educators do not engage, condone or allow bullying or child abuse.

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99

The brief contends that one legal dispute could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars expended on an unnecessary placement and legal fees and innumerable hours of professional educators» time spent in legal proceedings rather than the classroom.

Professional Boundaries: A review of the legal requirements impacting educator and student relations and duty to report misconduct; and

... Groups supporting the letter sent to the board members include the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Foundation, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Educators 4 Excellence, Public Counsel and East Los Angeles Boys & Girls Clubs.

As part of a legal change, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education decided on a 90 - 10 rule that would allow for - profit educators to accept money from federal aid programs so long as 10 % of their students paid out of pocket.

As legal educators, we should be unafraid to question all aspects of our approach to legal education, even those practices that are so familiar that they seem beyond review.

If legal educators better understand current and emerging needs and expectations of the legal profession along with trends in the business and practice of law, the academy will be better able to prepare students for successful entry into the profession.

21 These teaching methods are all familiar to legal educators, but a more comprehensive understanding of their role in supporting first - year legal writers may promote their increased use.

In addition to addressing the e-discovery issues of law firms large and small, the conference has expanded into E-Discovery Week, with an additional Law School E-Discovery Core Curriculum Consortium, including legal educators from law schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and others.

In Part II, I will examine the discussion among legal educators about the use of technology in the classroom and how we have responded to perceived changes in new generations of law students.

Legal employers are not solely relying on educators to teach computer skills to paralegals; firms across the country are taking measures to train paralegals on a variety of legal technology applicatLegal employers are not solely relying on educators to teach computer skills to paralegals; firms across the country are taking measures to train paralegals on a variety of legal technology applicatlegal technology applications.

Host William Hamilton, legal skills professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and executive director of the UF Law E-Discovery Project, will welcome legal educators from the law schools of CUNY, Georgetown, Michigan State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Southern Illinois, Tennessee, and Texas.

L. Rev. 133, 134 (2015)(«[M] any matriculating law students arrive at law school woefully underprepared at the same time legal educators are challenged with the task of producing practice - ready graduates.»).

A common misconception among legal educators and scholars is that the subject of legal writing is a relatively new addition to the law school curriculum.

One educational intervention that has received attention from legal educators is the assignment of a mid-term writing exercise accompanied by formative feedback from the instructor.14 The current study introduces such a writing assignment — one that was designed to engage students in cross-case reasoning.

In this Article, I will argue that, as legal educators, we must balance our use of technology for pedagogical purposes against the importance of preserving linear, text - based literacy.