Updated
April 26, 2007
Employment Issues:
ADA, FMLA, EEOC Resources
Good Jumping
Off Points for Research (with links to laws, regulations, cases,
etc.)
-
Google. You
can do general topic searches, and keyword searches focused on
college and university home pages (keyword and "site:edu"
or "site:institution's domain name").
- Government sites = www.google.com/unclesam.
- College and university sites = www.google.com/options/universities.html.
Legal Research in a
Nutshell. This page provides links to websites discussed
or mentioned in Morris L. Cohen & Kent C. Olsen, Legal Research in a
Nutshell, 8th ed. (Thomson West, 2003).
Findlaw.
Good site for federal resources, particularly if you know the
specific case, law, or regulation cite you need.
Legal
Information Institute.
To specify education topics, go to www.law.cornell.edu/topics/education.html.
A good cite for recent Supreme Court and federal circuit court cases
on education, and laws/regs on education.
American
Law Sources Online.
Good site for state and federal court decisions (identifies relevant
federal circuit for location); also state laws/regs/attorney general
opinions.
Campus
Legal Information Clearinghouse
Pending Federal Legislation
and Legislative Tracking/History
THOMAS.
Site allows you to track progress of pending legislation, revisions
to bills, committee reports, etc.
Sites for Researching
State Legal Resources
There are not uniform URLs for state law
resources, and some states have better coverage than others.
For court cases, try www.courts.state.va.us
(insert the abbreviation for your state where "va"
appears). This does not work for laws or regulations.
Try your state's official website and look for legislative or
regulatory information links. Or, use American Law Sources
Online (above).
Virginia
legislative/Code/regulations. (Can link to code, agency
regulations, pending legislation.)
Virginia Attorney General
Opinions. This works for some other states by inserting
the appropriate state abbreviations, but not for all.
Selected Sites within the
U.S. Department of Education
General
site
Office
for Civil Rights
Office
for Post-Secondary Education
Other Federal Agency Sites
of Interest
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
Department
of Labor
Copyright
Office
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Trade Commission.
This site provides guidelines for complying with personal financial
information safeguarding rules applicable to colleges and
universities in their role as lending/loan servicing agents.
Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) Information - Center for Disease Control
Other General Sites of
Particular Use to Educators
The Office
of General Counsel at The Catholic University of America.
This site houses the Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse, a
collaborative effort of the American Council on Higher Education
(ACE) and Catholic University's Office of General Counsel. It
is a great resource for higher education legal issues and practical
compliance materials on a wide variety of topics.
The National Association of College
and University Attorneys (NACUA). Within this site,
"What's New" and "LawLinks" can be of particular
use to nonmembers.
Council on Law in Higher Education.
This site offers legal resources on specific higher education
topics, as well as other compliance materials and updates (nonmember
access to portions of site).
American
Council on Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education
United
Educators
National Association of College and
University Business Officers
Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism-University of Akron
Record Keeping:
Retention and Disposal
AACRAO (American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) Compliance
Retention of Records: Guide for Retention and Disposal of
Student Records, (2000) AACRAO.
Federal Trade Commission. This site provides guidance on safeguarding rules
designed to protect "customer financial
information." The rules apply to college and universities
maintaining personal financial information on students and employees
and require a comprehensive written information security program.
Student Records:
Access, Amendment, and Disclosure (FERPA and Solomon)
FERPA - A Legal Compendium, Steven J. McDonald, ed. (2nd
edition 2002, NACUA).
AACRAO Compliance
The AACRAO 2001 FERPA Guide, (2001) AACRAO.
Campus Legal Information
Clearinghouse
Family Policy Compliance
Office
Email Family Policy Compliance Office - FERPA@ed.gov
FERPA for
Faculty and Staff, Loyola University
- USA Patriot Act
-
Information,
Process and Protocol
-
Student
Education Records
NCES/IPEDS/SRK (National
Center for Education Statistics/ Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System/Student Right-to-Know Act) Data
Reporting and Disclosure
AACRAO
Compliance
Council on
Law in Higher Education
NCES (National Center for
Education Statistics)
Email ipedshelp@rti.org, IPEDS@ed.gov
IPEDS helpdesk (1.877.225.2568)
Student Right-to-Know Act & Graduation Rate Survey,
(2000) AACRAO.
Voter Registration
AACRAO Compliance
Federal Elections
Commission
Vote-Smart (link to
voter registration for rules state-by-state)
International Students
and Foreign Travel
Campus
Legal Information Clearinghouse
University of
Georgia
University of
Pennsylvania
National
Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA)
United
States Government
Safety
Abroad Educational Travel
Campus
Security Reporting (Clery Act)
AACRAO
Compliance
Campus Legal
Information Clearinghouse
Council
on Law in Higher Education
Office
of Postsecondary Education
Disability
Accommodations (ADA/504)
Campus
Legal Information Clearinghouse
Council on
Law in Higher Education
Americans
with Disabilities Act Document Center
Disability
Compliance for Higher Education,
LRP Publications (800) 341-7874, Horsham, PA. (Monthly cases,
commentary, and articles newsletter).
Veterans’
Education
Veterans’
Administration GI Bill
Council
on Law in Higher Education
Copyright
Issues
Campus
Legal Information Clearinghouse
University
of Texas Copyright Crash Course
Athlete
Information
NCAA manual (specific to
Division), NCAA
NCAA
Personnel
Issues
Campus
Legal Information Clearinghouse
Office
of General Counsel, Washington and Lee University
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Department
of Labor
Fair Labor Standards Act Information
Gramm
Leach Bliley Information:
-
Federal Trade Commission
-
Privacy Agenda
-
Gramm Leach Bliley
Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse GLB site
Catholic University of America
OTHER RESOURCES FOR LEGAL AND
EDUCATIONAL UPDATES
American
Council on Education
Cornell
Law School - Legal Information Institute
Catholic
University - Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse
Chronicle of Higher Education
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Popular Names of Significant New Federal Laws - 104th through 107th
Congress
Hard Copy Resources on
General Higher Education Issues
The Law of Higher Education, William A.
Kaplan and Barbara A. Lee, Jossey-Bas Publishers, 4th edition (2006).
Syntheses: Law & Policy in Higher Education, College
Administration Publications (704) 277-8777, Asheville, N.C.
(Quarterly newsletter, devoted to specific topic).
The College Student and the Courts, College Administration
Publications (800) 367-9577, Asheville, N.C. (Quarterly cases
and commentary newsletter).
The College Administrator and the Courts, College
Administration Publications (800) 367-9577, Asheville, N.C.
(Quarterly cases and commentary newsletter).
Higher Education Law Bulletin, College and University Law
Press (619) 696-8239, San Diego, CA. (Quarterly newsletter).
Lex Collegii, College Legal Information, Inc., Nashville,
TN. (Quarterly newsletter for independent higher education).
Education Law Reporter, West Publishing Co. (800) 328-9352,
St. Paul, MN. (Weekly cases, commentary, and articles on
education issues).
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