To date, malpractice actions have not been applied to social workers. Emerging legal sanction for and recognition of social workers as mental health professionals, however, carries a concomitant risk of malpractice suits against them in a number of treatment practice areas. (Author)

Presents ethical questions for all group counselors to consider in practicing. (Author)

Postsecondary institutions are facing serious and mounting difficulties with the Veterans Administration as they continue to certify veteran students as eligible for educational financial benefits. Charges of prima facia school liability and ways to avoid them are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Findings of a study undertaken to discover conflicts that may exist between state consitutional and statutory provisions governing education, and federal laws and regulations in three areas: education of the handicapped, education of the disadvantaged (including migrant and bilingual) and vocational education. (Author/MLF)

Examines trends within the past 15 years in (1) structural features of American labor organizations, (2) collective bargaining, and (3) methods of legal enactment and political action. Also considers the effects that workers' attitudes and international interactions will have on future policies and structure of American labor organizations.…

Various theories are examined upon which a student might base a suit against a teacher, administrator, school, or school district for his failure to learn because of teacher negligence or incompetence. Outlines a broad range of arguments indicating strengths and weaknesses and appropriate situations for each.

Although conceived, passed, and enacted in a somewhat unconventional manner, the Buckley Amendment, intended to open up individual school files for student and parental review, illuminates a new and important trend in the law--granting students the same legal guarantees as other citizens. The amendment's waiver provision is expected to remain a…

In presenting ways plant seniority provisions regarding layoffs should be modified to accomplish the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (to end racial and sexual discrimination in employment practices), the author analyzes leading cases to demonstrate faulty interpretations currently used and suggests alternative remedies. (JT)

Argues that the solution to the problem of the discriminatory impact of layoffs on the work forces to employers with a history of past discrimination lies not in an attack on seniority but in avoidance of layoff, not in formulas for the order of layoff but in devices for distributing available work. (JT)

Existing legal doctrine, the author argues, provides no clear solution to the conflict between freedom of association and freedom from racial discrimination in cases regarding racial discrimination by private clubs and schools. Examines alternative policies toward the conflict and their likely impact on the opposing interests. (JT)

Contending that potential conflict between copyright and free speech inevitable if present provisions of the copyright bill providing copyright for television are enacted, the author suggests an alternative approach based on analysis of English and American background, copyright and the law of unfair competition, and policies of the copyright…

Urban Indians, especially the new migrants, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation by merchants, landlords, and employers. This type of exploitation which is seldom investigated, is the primary focus of this paper. (Author/AM)

Experience with an intensive effort to use interdisciplinary perspectives in a freshman legal contracts course to analyze door-to-door encyclopedia sales suggests that such programs are feasible. (Author/LBH)

The movement to decriminalize homosexuality is well launched and will no doubt continue. However, legal reform cannot itself bring about a complete redefinition of homosexuality. Gay activist groups are searching for other institutions that repress or inhibit homosexuals' liberation. (Author)