The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lindsay Burrill-VanDellen | March 13, 2024
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration implemented a program that would have brought significant financial relief to millions of borrowers across the nation. But instead, Biden v. Nebraska struck down the program and further unveiled a U.S. Supreme Court willing to engage in questionable legal analyses and stand in the place of other branches of government to garner an outcome favorable to its own political ideologies.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Deborah Gordon Klehr | February 12, 2024
Last week we gathered in the Capitol in Harrisburg with other advocates, parents, educators, and students who are part of a statewide coalition called PA Schools Work to celebrate the anniversary of that pivotal ruling and to advocate for a proposed remedy to bring our school funding system into constitutional compliance.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | February 2, 2024
Geoffrey Sasso, who represented the school, said the jury's finding rejected the notion that the school was responsible for policing underaged drinking that occurs on its campus.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Claudia De Palma | December 15, 2023
On the heels of a landmark ruling from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court declaring that the Pennsylvania Constitution guarantees a "comprehensive, effective, and contemporary system of public education," and a court order directing the state to fund its public schools to provide every child with "a meaningful opportunity to succeed academically, socially, and civically," Pennsylvania has nevertheless found itself in a debate over the state's investment in private education.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | December 12, 2023
It appears to be the largest Title IX verdict for a male since the law was created, The Beasley Firm's Lane Jubb Jr., who represented plaintiff John Abraham, said.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | November 30, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently took up the question as to whether colleges and universities must give refunds when, during the COVID-19 pandemic, they eliminated in-person learning. The decision sparking debate on the issue was Hickey v. University of Pittsburgh.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Heather J. Hulit | November 29, 2023
Combined with my time as a paralegal, I have worked in public interest law for the last 18 years. As I transition out of public interest work into private practice, I realize how much public interest work has become my identity.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leigh E. Dalton | October 6, 2023
Who really gets to decide whether a student has access to a book during their school career? Should it be parents? Should it be school administrators? Should it be school board members? Should it be an inherent right of the students themselves? How should book banning decisions be made and on what basis?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ashling A. Ehrhardt, Sydney Smith Forquer and Allison Wisniewski | September 25, 2023
The informal resolution process is a powerful tool that gives parties a say in the outcome. It is student-centered and trauma-informed and saves expenses, time and resources, reducing stress for those involved.
By Colleen Murphy | September 12, 2023
"The DOE is obviously going to want to shore things up if they head in a direction where they know, inevitably, there is going to be litigation," Patricia Hamill, co-chair of the Clark Hill's Title IX and campus discipline practice, said.
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