Explores the complex, highly varied work of campus lawyers, asserting that at its core, the work of the lawyer in higher education is basically risk-management work. (EV)

A series of reports assess the current and potential legal issues surrounding college athletics, affirmative action, student affairs, tenure, freedom and regulation of speech, disabilities, academic research, and trustees. (EV)

Discusses how, by fostering a teamwork relationship between administrators and university attorneys, the preventive law approach can effectively identify risks and develop strategies and policies in advance of any individual legal dispute. (EV)

Explores how, given the wide variety of internal and external risks to life, limb, and property that can exist on campuses, university lawyers can help plan ahead to avoid some problems and limit the impact of those that resist control. (EV)

Fifteen of the top 50 law firms in the United States with less than one percent Black lawyers in the firm are listed. (JMD)

The prevailing student mood at Yale is one of academic intensity to insure professional careers by acceptance in law or medical school. This grim professionalism is regarded by many as a threat to the ideal college experience of adventurous academic and extracurricular life. (Author/PG)

Over several decades, the field of higher education law has evolved from an informal "interest" to a complex and sophisticated legal specialty. Specific trouble spots for college and university attorneys can be anticipated, with written policies establishing channels of communication concerning conflict resolution, who can seek legal advice, and…

The humanistic orientation of students at different points in their law school experiences was examined to determine whether this value changed markedly from entrance to graduation, and whether alumni practitioners and teachers held the same or different views from their students.

The trend toward in-house university counsel is discussed and the variety of problems confronting university lawyers is described. Activities and membership of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) are also reported. (LBH)

A movement toward non-law school legal studies is underway on many undergraduate campuses, including the most famous at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The law school establishment seems to be the only opposing force as publishers, students, and faculty support the legal studies programs. (LBH)

A law firm, Equal Rights Advocates, Inc., specializing in sex discrimination cases, has become a magnet for law students in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is involved in a cooperative program with area universities in which a new model for clinical teaching is offered. Fifteen students each semester spend at least two days a week with the firm.…

Excerpts from interviews with Black students and graduates from Harvard Law and Medical Schools reveal the concern of these minority professionals as representatives of the Black community. Their experiences in graduate school and later in their professions are described. (JMF)