In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions at Harvard and the University of...

We Have Only Begun to Fight

Kimberly J. Robinson

This story begins with one parent who took his demands for equal educational opportunity for his children all the way to the highest court of our land...

Those Who Need the Most, Get the Least: The Challenge of, and Opportunity for Helping Rural Virginia

Andrew Block

Antonella Nicholas

Rural America, as has been well documented, faces many challenges. Businesses and people are migrating to more urban and suburban regions. The...

Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline Through Three Nontraditional Pathways

Gerard Robinson

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo Analogous to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s critique of his leaders’ decision to use punishment as a...

Covid, Contracts, and Colleges

John K. Setear

This Article examines the legal issues underlying hundreds of lawsuits, claiming unjust enrichment or breach of contract, brought by students who paid...

Reactions to the Biden administration’s proposed Title IX changes from education law scholars

Kimberly J. Robinson

Suzanne Eckes

R. Shep Melnick

On June 23, 1972, President Nixon signed the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Title IX of the Act has become one of the most important, yet contested...

Title IX and the Future of Education: Reform or Overhaul?

Julia D. Mahoney

In “A Tale of Two Statutes,” Elizabeth Kaufer Busch takes a hard look at Title IX on its fiftieth anniversary. Her conclusion? That the landmark civil...

From “Undeserving Criminals” to “Second Chance Students”: Pell Grant Eligibility and Incarcerated Students

Gerard Robinson

Between 1994 and 2021, the battle in Washington to strip and then reinstate Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility for students inside U.S. prisons...

Strengthening Educational Equity through the Federal Response to the Pandemic

Kimberly J. Robinson

Strengthening the Federal Approach to Educational Equity During the Pandemic provides a timely analysis of three issues of great national significance...

Gender Differences in Law School Classroom Participation: The Key Role of Social Context

Molly Bishop Shadel

J. H. Verkerke

Sophie Trawalter

Even though women make up roughly half of the students enrolled in law school today, they do not take up roughly half of the speaking time in law...

The Gender Participation Gap and the Politics of Pedagogy

Molly Bishop Shadel

Anne M. Coughlin

“Speak Up” and similar studies documented something that many thought they already knew about large law school classes: Male students talk a heck of a...

Empirically Validating Citation Metrics for Legal Scholars: A Market Approach

Joshua Fischman

Michael A. Livermore

Citation counts are a common quantitative metric used by researchers and analysts to assess scholarly output. When U.S. News & World Report announced...

Protecting Education as a Civil Right: Remedying Race Discrimination and Ensuring a High-Quality Education

Kimberly J. Robinson

Education has long stood at the epicenter of the battle for civil rights. More than half a century after the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially...

The Children's Services Act, Petitions for Services, and Other Proceedings

Crystal Shin

CHAPTER 19 19.1 THE CHILDREN’S SERVICES ACT 19.101 Background and Importance 19.102 Structure 19.103 Eligibility for Services 19.104 Attorney’s Role...

Using Educational Law to Create Better Outcomes in Juvenile Cases

Crystal Shin

CHAPTER 18 18.1 INTRODUCTION 18.2 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND COURT 18.3 INTAKE, DETENTION, AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS 18.301 Introduction 18...

Basic Educational Law

Crystal Shin

CHAPTER 17 17.1 INTRODUCTION 17.2 ACCESSING STUDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL RECORDS 17.3 STANDARDS OF LEARNING AND EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT 17.301 In General...

A Constitutional Right to Education Fulfills Our Democratic Promise

Kimberly J. Robinson

Somewhere in inner-city Detroit, a seventh grader, whose school is closed due to the ongoing pandemic, stares blankly at her science worksheets...