Campbell Law School Patent Law Symposium
Campbell Law School’s Intellectual Property Law Society hosted a Patent Law Symposium on April 10, 2015.
Education
Articles focusing on education law and policy.
Digital revolution in the classroom—What protections are there for student privacy?
Two congressmen are proposing a bill to place limits on how education technology companies can use information about students.
No LSAT Required: The New Trend?
High achieving students who meet certain other requirements will soon have the option to apply to law school without taking the Law School Admission Test.
Colleges work to stop racial profiling before it starts
School administrators are considering the use of anti-bias training and body-worn cameras to prevent racial profiling by campus police officers.
Administrators respond to allegations of racial profiling by campus police departments
College and university officials are struggling to simultaneously support protestors and law enforcement.
Accusations of racial profiling cause tension on college campuses
Colleges struggle to strike a balance between respecting students’ rights and helping campus police departments do their job.
New deal fails to calm old fears
Opponents of the Hofmann Forest sale plan to continue their lawsuit, despite a new sale agreement with friendlier terms.
Forest fight continues in court
Both opponents and supporters of the sale of Hofmann Forest hope that the North Carolina Court of Appeals will issue a decision before the end of the month.
Forest for Sale
After almost eighty years of use as a research and teaching tool, North Carolina State University’s 80,000-acre Hofmann Forest is on the market.
Wake county judge refuses to vouch for school vouchers
Judge Robert Hobgood has ruled North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program unconstitutional.
Replacing Blurred Lines with Bright Lines: California’s Senate Bill 967
The bill currently sitting on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk would require state universities seeking to obtain financial aid funds to have an “affirmative consent” standard for sexual assault.
Bar Examiners Get Tested In Court
A major software glitch could reward bar examinees who filed lawsuits.
Saving traditions by admitting nontraditional students
Women’s colleges must look beyond cisgender female applicants to keep them afloat.
Changing definition of “women” creates challenges for women’s colleges
Women’s colleges face tough choices about whether to accept and retain transgendered students.
Former UNC-Chapel Hill adviser sues for hostile work environment
Mary Willingham’s research showing serious academic deficiencies among the university’s student-athletes has resulted in a bitter fallout between herself and her former employer.