This article offers a teaching case based on the 2013 controversy surrounding comments made in a deposition by Paula Deen during a lawsuit filed against her by a former employee. Deen's admission of using racially derogatory terms, on top of a variety of other allegations in the case, stunned and outraged many of her fans and the public in…

This article examines an education policy matter that involves homophobic speech in public schools. Using legal research methods, two federal circuit court opinions that have examined the tension surrounding anti-LGBTQ student expression are analyzed. This legal analysis provides non-lawyers some insight into the current realities of student…

Despite the achievement of key civil rights milestones, as well as growing public awareness and concern, educational inequities for students of color and other historically marginalized students continue to persist throughout the U.S. educational system (Aud, Fox, & KewalRamani, 2010). The pursuit of educational equity has often been achieved…

This article forecasts potential legal problems emerging from the use of new teacher evaluation systems in the states. This research was a policy analysis that combined three types of data to forecast the states and the legal challenges they might encounter: state policy data, selected case law, and problems from the literature of teacher…

Discusses the ramifications of the Adams v. Richardson case concerning the prohibition of all federal funds from schools that practice racial discrimination. (Author/PG)

Two legal scholars examine the difficult problem of race-conscious admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court's nondecision in the DeFunis case. (Editor)

Among other cases, the author discusses the Defunis v. Odegaard case concerning reverse race discrimination in law school admissions. (PG)

Bob Jones University, a Fundamentalist religious educational institution, lost its tax exempt status due to its discriminatory admissions policies. (PG)

The recent minority opinion of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas is reviewed. (HMV)

Analyzes the body of employment discrimination law as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court and reviews the rules of evidence that have been used by the Court in establishing a showing of discriminatory intent by an employer. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 West Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646. (JG)

Federal courts have developed contradictory answers in considering preferable remedies for discriminatory seniority systems in employment. The author offers suggestions for development of a uniform policy called for in the Supreme Court decision in Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. (JT)

The United States Supreme Court upheld an Internal Revenue Service decision to revoke the tax-exempt status and deductibility of donor contributions of Bob Jones University and the Goldsboro, N.C. Christian Schools because of racially discriminatory practices. The decision is discussed and comments by Bob Jones III are presented. (MLW)

Presents some guidelines and strategies that college professors who feel that they have been victims of discrimination should consider before they decide to pursue litigation. Exhausting internal appeals, gathering evidence carefully, and looking critically at one's goals are advocated. (SLD)

Discusses the legality of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) action against Cleveland Mills Co. over four years after charges were filed with the EEOC in 1968. Concludes that the circuit court was right in reversing the district court decision that the EEOC has a time limit on its right to sue. (JT)

Asserts that Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania v. Secretary of Labor is the only case in which the constitutionality of affirmative action through contract compliance has been examined, points out a growing belief in affirmative action's "significant impact," and questions the legality of Executive Order 11246, which…