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Inmate Involvement in Prison Legal Services: Roles and Training Options for the Inmate as Paralegal.
Statsky, William P. – 1974
An introduction to the role of the paralegal in the free world, the inmate as paralegal, legal service needs, and program planning are included along with guidelines for the training of inmates as paralegals. Paralegal services, legal problems, and legal services are extensively defined. The legal problems of inmates and methods of providing legal…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Guidelines, Legal Assistants, Legal Problems
Rohrer, Daniel M. – 1978
In response to recent court decisions limiting reporters' rights to confidentiality, this paper considers whether a shield law would increase or decrease the flow of information desired in the investigation of a crime and what constitutes the public's right to know. It argues that since many reporters obtain stories by relying on the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech
Download full textBartlett, Larry – 1975
To avoid fear of potential lawsuits, administrators today must include a school attorney in decision-making. An attorney is especially useful in performing such functions as reviewing board policies and administrative regulations; monitoring collective bargaining negotiations; advising concerning employee termination and nonrenewal; consulting…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Lawyers
Kowal, Sharon A., Comp. – 1978
The document identifies the legal issues arising from the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and indicates how the courts are handling these issues. Annotations on court cases are arranged in major categories: free appropriate public education, placement in the least…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Discipline, Due Process
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1966
VOLUME I OF THE FORD FOUNDATION SUBMISSION TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATES THE FOUNDATION'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, DESCRIBES THE SCOPE, SERVICES, COMPONENTS, AND COST OF A PROPOSED NATIONAL BROADCASTERS' NON-PROFIT SATELLITE SERVICE (BNS), ASSERTS THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS OF SUCH A SYSTEM, AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Commercial Television, Communications, Communications Satellites
Trauth, Denise M.; Huffman, John L. – 1980
A number of court cases are being decided and laws are being passed that have an impact upon the First Amendment rights of children in the United States. In addition, groups such as the national Parent Teachers Association, Action for Children's Television, the Council on Dental Health, and the American Public Health Association are lobbying for…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Civil Liberties
Association of School Business Officials, Chicago, IL. Research Corp. – 1968
This compendium of the Educational Facilities Abstract Journal provides in organized form the content of eight separate publications of the Council of Educational Facility Planners Abstract Service. It is composed of resumes of school plant research and planning information of national relevance. Document resumes are organized in the following…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Finance, Facility Guidelines
Floren, Leola – 1978
After the Lindbergh kidnapping trial in 1935, the American Bar Association sought to eliminate electronic equipment from courtroom proceedings. Eventually, all but two states adopted regulations applying that ban to some extent, and a 1965 Supreme Court decision encouraged the banning of television cameras at trials as well. Currently, some states…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Courts
Hippler, Arthur E.; Conn, Stephen – 1972
Resolution of conflicts and disputes in traditional Athabascan society was based on assumptions that: (1) the authority of the leader was absolute, for as representative of both village and victim, he was limited only by the fact that the crime had to be serious enough for third party intervention and that severe sanctions demanded village…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Authoritarianism, Community Attitudes
Enos, Donald F. – 1975
When considering the tort liability of school districts or their employees for injuries suffered by students, the court basically mentions two separate problems: first, whether under the facts of the case any duty of supervision was owed to the injured person; second, whether such duty, if owed, was reasonable and was satisfactorily conducted by…
Descriptors: Accidents, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Injuries
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
With its sixth meeting, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) switched from substance to verbatim minutes. The first report, made by the president of the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, dealt with the copyrightability or patentability of computer programs, protecting investments…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Programs, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) met on May 7, 1976, to hear reports on copyrights as they apply to computers and the information industry. The first spokesman was the president of Educational Communications (EDUCOM), a consortium of colleges and universities collaborating on the distribution and use…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Programs, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Ohio State Legislative Service Commission, Columbus. – 1972
The report contains factual material pertaining to the financing of Ohio public elementary and secondary education. It reviews court decisions relating the equal protection provisions of the U.S. and state constitutions to public school finance, and identifies a legal standard formulated by several courts. It reviews three methods Ohio might…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Shimkin, Demitri B.; Shimkin, Edith M. – 1974
Investigations of the structure, rule systems, and histories of black families in rural Mississippi, Chicago, New Orleans, East Texas, and Southern California have shown the presence of well-integrated, multigeneration, multihousehold, bilateral extended families in varying U.S. social environments. These families, while varying in detail, share…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Comparative Analysis, Extended Family, Family Relationship
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC. Legal Defense and Research Fund. – 1975
A compendium of legal actions affecting the First Amendment and freedom of information interests of all the media on the federal, state, and local levels, this newsletter contains 316 indexed summaries of "Media Law Reports." The abstracts are arranged in 10 categories: prior restraints on publication and distribution, freedom of information,…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Confidentiality
