Higher Education Law (Week 4): National Higher Education Law Issues

Stetson University's School of Law sponsors their annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education every spring semester. This conference focuses on topics ranging from the impact of immigration law on higher education to FERPA updates.  Conference archives from 2009 are published here - http://www.law.stetson.edu/tmpl/academics/edlaw/internal-1-sub.aspx?id=7325.

Papers of interest to TACUSPA members include:

• Litigation and Insurance Trends (1 paper)
  
• The Continuing Quest for Equality in Sexual Orientation and Identity:
  GLBTQ Issues for Today’s Campuses (13 papers)
  
• The Intersection of Disability and Discipline (3 papers)
  
• Higher Education on ICE: Special Issues in Immigration Law (6 papers)
  
• FERPA Updates (5 papers)
  
• “Generation Me”: Students — and Their Parents — in the Modern University (4 papers)
  
• Emerging Best Practices in Campus Risk Management (1 paper)
  
• Face the Music: The Law and Policy of File Sharing (7 papers)
  
• Millennial Challenges: Alcohol, Prescription and Illicit Drugs, and Other Risks (3 papers)
  
• That’s My Room! Balancing Privacy, the 4th Amendment, and Safety Responsibilities in Residence Halls (3 papers)
  
• Higher Education Act – Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts (1 paper)
• Law and Policy Issues Associated with Service Learning Programs (1 paper)

 

For information on the 2010 National Conference on Law and Higher Education, please access the following link - http://www.law.stetson.edu/tmpl/academics/helps/conf/conf.aspx?id=7744&ekmensel=78e6e020_152_0_7744_2.