A better No Child Left Behind or another empty promise to our disadvantaged students?
President Obama signs new bill on December 10, 2015 that replaces the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act. [...]
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Campbell Law’s Black Law Student Association partners with My Goal, Our Mission to bring Christmas to local children
Each year BLSA co-hosts a Christmas party with My Goal Our Mission Inc. to bring Christmas to children in our local community. [...]
The complement of controversy: free speech
University “safe spaces” create a new conversation about free speech [...]
“You shall not pass” – The ongoing debate of deportation in the United States
With the Fifth Circuit’s decision to not halt deportation of immigrants and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, there is a nationwide debate regarding immigration, national security, and allowing refugees inside the United States. [...]
Changing Attitudes in the Fourth Circuit’s Employment Discrimination Jurisprudence
Isolated incidents of harassment may now support hostile work environment claims. [...]
Supreme Court Agrees to Review the Employer Contraception Opt-Out Option
After the Eighth Circuit refused to deny the argument that the opt-out option to the contraception mandate of the Affordable Care Act violated employers’ religious freedoms, the Supreme Court agreed to take on and consolidate seven cases regarding this issue to hopefully give proper guidance on whether the opt-out accommodation violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. [...]
Police officers in public schools: Are they the main contributors in the “school-to-prison pipeline?”
Police officers who work inside the public school systems across the nation lack the training to work with children, and therefore, contribute to the influx of students being pushed into the “school-to-prison pipeline.” [...]
The Benefits of “Banning the Box”
Finding post-release employment for ex-offenders is extremely difficult, but it may be getting easier, thanks to President Obama’s “ban the box” initiative. [...]
How do you say no when you cannot say no?
When it comes to refugees seeking asylum in the European Union (“EU”), it is not as easy as “just saying no.” Legally speaking, human rights trump all, regardless of the cost. This has created a Catch-22 that is testing the mettle of the twenty-eight member states. [...]
European Court Gives Virtual Currency a Boost: How Will This Affect the IRS?
The European Union has decided not to apply a value-added tax to the exchange of virtual currencies. Will this ruling affect how the IRS treats virtual currencies? [...]
Save Your Tears, Crying is Not Protected Communication
The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that a spouse crying was not a “communication” covered under martial privilege for purposes of determining whether a spouse could testify that her spouse cried in reaction to reading a newspaper article. [...]
Judge Giving Option of Giving a Pint of Blood or Paying a Fine: Ethical or Improper?
Is it permissible for a judge to require someone found guilty to either pay the fee or give a pint of blood? [...]
Not knowing where to go when you have to go
The Obama administration is voicing its support for Gavin Grimm, a sixteen-year-old transgender boy who was recently told by a federal judge that he is not allowed to use the boy’s bathroom. [...]
Refugee Status for Fear of Being Killed by Police Based on Race: U.S. Citizen Seeks Asylum in Canada
A United States citizen applying for refugee status in Canada based on fear for his life due to his race hopes to be one of the very few refugee applicants who is granted refugee status. Whether his application will be granted will be determined on whether his fear is “well-founded.” [...]
The University of California at Berkeley’s Critical Mass Policy: Racial Inclusion or Segregation?
Questions surround the implementation of a new “critical mass” system at the University of California at Berkley’s Law School that left some first-year sections without any black students. [...]
