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A School Attorney’s Perspective On Handling Special Education Disputes

After nearly three full years on the job as an attorney in the San Antonio office of Austin’s Walsh, Anderson, Gallegos, Green & Treviño, Eric Rodriguez has learned a thing or two about the high-spirited and frequently litigious culture of special education school law. [Read more...]

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Appeals Court Holds Elementary Principals Immune From Students’ Free Speech Claims

Law was not “clearly established” at the time the principals restricted the distribution of religious material In a much-anticipated ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted qualified immunity to two Plano Independent School District elementary school [Read more...]

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    Supreme Court Will Not Review Student Off-Campus Speech Cases

    In my book, The Texas Legal Handbook On Student Bullying, I talk in detail about a number of recent cases involving off-campus student speech.  In each of those cases, students raised First Amendment challenges to discipline they received as a result of off-campus, internet use.  In J.S. v. [Read more...]

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    LEGAL DIGEST EXCLUSIVE: RIP SNORT INTERVIEWS LAW DAWG ON THE PERRY CAMPAIGN AND RELATED ISSUES

    The Digest is pleased to bring you our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW featuring RIP SNORT, INTREPID REPORTER and FRIEND OF THE TRUTH, and THE DAWG HIMSELF in a wide ranging review of the Rick Perry for [Read more...]