Reviews the steps Catholic colleges and universities will have to implement, and the related legal difficulties, if Catholic bishops adopt the draft norms of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," the Papal constitution on higher education. The unwillingness of Catholic institutions, as corporate entities, to do so is seen as a potential barrier to…

A university president urges development of a doctrine of "academic deference" to protect academic freedom and discourages overuse of constitutional litigation in higher education-related disputes. Academic deference is encouraged in censorship of former government employees returning to academe, restrictions on international scholarly…

The practices of the Overlap Group, a group of colleges that pools information to arrive at common financial-aid packages for applicants, are examined and a Justice Department inquiry is discussed. An antitrust analysis and some possible conclusions by the Justice Department or reviewing court are offered. (MSE)

A model student code is provided for use by college and university counsel in creating their own written student disciplinary codes. Commentary on each section of the model code offers practical reasons for inclusion and some suggestions on how college counsel might approach certain disciplinary issues. (Author/MSE)

Ownership issues in the results of research generally and of human tissue research specifically are explored. While acknowledging some uncertainty in the law, it is found that human tissue may be lawfully accessed for research and that use of human tissue does not modify the general allocation of interests. (MSE)

Functions as advisor-counsellor, educator-mediator, manager-administrator, draftsman, litigator, and spokesman are discussed by the University of Michigan general counsel. An illustrative list of subjects handled by institutional counsel is presented. (MSE)

Federal antitrust issues in the day-to-day operations of colleges and universities that have arisen in recent litigation or may arise for institutions are discussed, areas of possible immunity are outlined, and sources of further information are listed. (MSE)

The holdings in two court cases concerning the professional draft eligibility of college football players are examined as they relate to federal antitrust legislation. At issue in the cases is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's regulation of college athlete eligibility. (MSE)

Problems of the university which conducts a patent management program are considered: the application of the tax on unrelated business income to patent-related activities; the effect of patent-related activities on tax-exempt status, and the treatment of payments received from patent activities. Guidelines for patent programs and licensing are…

The competing constitutional interests of the student press and the rest of the community at a state university are examined, addressing issues of administrative censorship, mandatory student funding of newspapers, and open access and right of reply claims made against the student press. (MSE)

The Tax Reform Act of 1984 has sharply limited the tax advantages for private investors to enter into real estate sales/leaseback agreements with exempt organizations. The impact the Tax Reform Act of 1984 has on sales/leaseback agreements involving tax-exempt organizations is examined. (Author/MLW)

The Internal Revenue Service has begun to question more seriously the accounting methods used by universities to determine unrelated business income tax (UBIT). Current and future impact of the UBIT are discussed, and a method of calculating the tax is detailed. (Author/MSE)

Basic principles of insurance law are reviewed, an overview of liability insurance is given, and currently significant issues concerning liability insurance coverage with special relevance to higher education institutions are examined. Focus is on professional and director-and-officer insurance, but other applications are possible. (Author/MSE)

A circuit court ruling involving sex-discrimination and college faculty tenure is examined, focusing on differences between this case's substantive analysis and the procedural focus of earlier decisions. It is concluded that the case sets a standard for judicial intervention in an area formerly considered beyond the reach of law. (MSE)

The relationship statements that many colleges have developed to define relationships with Greek-letter student organizations often impose demanding regulatory schemes on those organizations. From analysis of the statements and student legal rights, it is concluded that institutions have no right to single out the organizations for burdensome…