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Opinion: Punishment Fit the Crime? Laying Down the Law: Handling Harassment Cases Noted: Demanding Resources or a Lawsuit Liability Tip: Computer Users Need Basic Security Just Ask: reference letter risks Follow-up: Judgement in Dorm Fire Deaths Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use Opinion: Scared of the Big Judgments?
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Key Case: A Budget for Free Speech
Can you put a price tag or a price limit on student speech? That question was recently reviewed in a challenge to a University of Montana-Missoula student election rule.
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Liability Tip: Dealing with Disabilities
Employees and campus job seekers with disabilities are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To ensure that campus meets the requirements of the federal law and related state statues, colleges and universities are advised to develop and implement compliance strategy plans. And, of course, the plans should be carefully reviewed by legal counsel before being put into action!
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Opinion: Smile!
They used to say “smile, you’re on candid camera!” to surprise some unsuspecting soul. Today, it seems students don’t wait for someone to surprise them by taking a picture in an awkward or compromising position. They take the photos themselves and then personally post them on-line.
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Liability Tip: Responding to Overseas Crisis With a growing number of student traveling overseas each year for an international academic experience, the likelihood of an international crisis involving students increases.
Cross Examination: Press Still Free Decades Later
The 1983 student burglary and theft charges had been printed in the Cornell University student newspaper but when an Internet search found the old article in 2007, the accused student sued..
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