Discusses copyright laws applied to computer software for professors, students, and institutions. Concepts including infringement, contributory infringement, first sale doctrine, and licenses are considered. A sample university policy statement to avoid liability is presented. (YP)

Offers guidelines for college administrators on retaining counsel for the institution (e.g., hire a general practitioner, seek recommendations, agree upon costs early, keep the attorney updated on current events, and establish reporting relationships between the attorney and the board or president). (DMM)

Lists and discusses sources of employment test information, with special attention on information given to what will be valuable to employment and career counselors. Includes discussion of trends, standards for employment testing, and legal aspects of testing. (Author/ABL)

Table details crime data 1991 and 1992 from 774 colleges and universities including reported incidents and number of arrests by type of crime. Shows robberies and assaults on college campuses are increasing. However, because of confusion about the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, the federal law requiring colleges to report crime…

Discusses the evolution of "fair use," the use of video in teaching, and how three leading copyright scholars interpret the use of videos. Offers interpretative conclusions about what professors can and cannot videotape for classroom purposes. (SR)

U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that students who have been sexually harassed by teachers may recover money damages against school districts and administrators. Article suggests to avoid lawsuits, including establishing and announcing clear-cut policy, educating teachers to recognize sexual harassment behaviors, requiring student complaints to…

A thorough review of governing board bylaws will help ensure that the fundamental framework for the institution's governance is legally sound, up to date, and appropriate for its current circumstances. Serious bylaw reviews deal with fundamental college issues, and resulting discussions frequently identify basic issues or problems previously…

Reviews some of the legal responsibilities of public relations practitioners in the preparation of press releases. Discusses legal criteria for judging the fraudulence of press releases and discusses the timeframe for fraudulent action. Concludes with lessons that practitioners need to understand. (SR)

Argues that the "analytic turn" in jurisprudence has undesirable consequences for both the theory and practice of law. Argues that a rhetorical view of the law sees law as an exercise in communicative praxis, reshaping the theoretical and practical contours of the law, changing patterns of communication, and opening discursive space both…

Competent school resource officers are knowledgeable about appropriate responses for dealing with resistance and violent confrontation. Application of locally acceptable response options to a given set of circumstances reduces the risk of liability for using force to control students and increases the likelihood of managing a potentially explosive…

Provides examples of ways to integrate legal and practical public relations concerns into the mass communication law course. (SR)

Analyzes the actual substance and procedure of legal jurisdiction to argue that (1) the theory of subject matter jurisdiction is inappropriately applied to debate, and (2) the theory of personal jurisdiction implies recognition in debate practice of important procedural characteristics of the jurisdictional challenge. (SR)

U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth W. Starr has asked the Supreme Court to abandon the Establishment Clause it formulated in "Lemon v. Kurtzman" (1971) for cases involving governmental accommodation of religion in civic life. Starr's "amicus curiae" in "Lee v. Weisman" questions the clause's persistent tendency to…

Based on a recent lawsuit involving Kinko's Graphics custom-made anthologies resembling university print shop copies, this article examines three liability questions pertaining to the copyright law's fair use standards and accompanying classroom guidelines. Basically, individual teachers must desist from assembling these anthologies without…

Principals are responsible for improving the grading and marking systems in their schools. School administrators should provide leadership for designing, revising, and validating grading systems that meet sound measurement principles, are applied uniformly, and match local needs. This article reviews definitions, operational principles, legal…