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Roy Balleste, Could You Translate This Site for Me – Rating the Usefulness of Translation Software Programs for Law Library Web Sites, 5 AALL Spectrum 4 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Darryl Wilson, Home Field Disadvantage: The Negative Impact of Allowing Home Schoolers to Participate in Mainstream Sports, 3 Virginia Journal of Sports and the Law 1 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Everyone's heard of the proverbial home field advantage in sports whereby the friendly confines of one's own humble abode provides a competitive edge over the inherent stress of being a member of the visiting team in a hostile environment. This article does not aim to analyze the extent to which the psychological perceptions of the home-field advantage manifest themselves into a positive reality. Instead the issues surrounding a more recent phenomenon are explored wherein progressively larger numbers of students are leaving the traditional school setting in favor of being taught at home. The home-schooler, for whatever reason, has become disassociated from the normal group-teaching mainstream environment offered by the more standard, yet varied educational options and instead receives individualized-educational attention literally within the confines of his or her own dwelling. Despite making the choice to avoid the mainstream scholastically, the home-schoolers argue that they are entitled to take advantage of the extracurricular offerings of the mainstream, including band and other arts programs as well as the right to be a member of the best sports teams whether public, private or parochial.
This article initially reviews the evolution of the home-school movement and the quest of the home-school student to participate in sports. The history is followed by an analysis of the arguments for and against allowing participation, along with administrative and legislative responses. The article then assesses whether more subtle and insidious aspects of student-athlete exploitation are the motivating forces behind the home-schoolers desires or whether these exploitative forces have yet to be considered or whether the mere fact that such exploitation is possible is enough to support a ban on the home-schooler becoming the ultimate athletic free agent of secondary education.
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Ann Piccard, Using Peer Editing to Supplement Feedback, 15 Second Draft 14 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Darryl Wilson, ‘Black’ Law Schools Face Challenges of a New Day, 18 Black Issues in Higher Education 104 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Tim Kaye, The Human Rights Act 1998 – One Year On: A Focus on Further and Higher Education, 6 Educ., Pub. L. & Individual 58 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Rebecca C. Morgan and Robert B. Fleming, Lawyers’ Ethical Dilemmas: A Normal Relationship when Representing Demented Clients and Their Families, 35 Ga. L. Rev. 735 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Rebecca C. Morgan et al., Foreward. Symposium: Joint Conference on Legal/Ethical Issues in the Progression of Dementia, 35 Ga. L. Rev. 391 (2001)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Stephanie Vaughan, One Key to Success: Working with Professors . . . Outside the Classroom, 29 Stetson L. Rev. 1255 (2000)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
This article will focus on why out-of-classroom interaction with a law professor can be one of the most fulfilling in the law school experience.
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Rebecca C. Morgan, Who Is the Client? Ethical Issues in an Elder Law Practice, 16 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 463 (2000)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ellen S. Podgor, Do We Need A Beanie Baby Fraud Statute?, 49 Am. U. L. Rev. 1031 (2000)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
This Essay examines the appropriate line in legislative drafting between the overly generic fraud statute (e.g., mail fraud) and the addition of an overly specific statute, such as "Beanie Baby" fraud. Clearly, issues of federalism warrant consideration to determine whether the conduct belongs in the realm of the state and local prosecutor or more aptly in the federal system. Likewise, the scope of the federal statute needs to be clear in order to avoid ambiguity, overbreadth, and application of the Rule of Lenity.
This Essay looks to a third factor for considering the propriety of the legislation: Whether the statute is designed to advance the historic roles provided to each of the three branches of government. When legislation accords a fair balancing to the executive, legislative, and judicial bodies, the appropriate line between the generic and specific statute is achieved.