Particular facts of Bakke v. Board of Regents and the California Supreme Court decision are described along with other recent cases that, dealing with the concept of reverse discrimination, will provide the legal environment for the Supreme Court's decision. Some alternative possible decisions the U.S. Supreme Court may make are considered. (LBH)

This brief urges the Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of the California Supreme Court. (IRT)

This brief urges the Supreme Court to affirm the California Supreme Court decision. (IRT)

The AAUP 1976 Recommended Insitutuinal Regulations prescribes that "dismissal will not be used to restrain faculty members in their exercise of academic freedom or other rights of American citizens." Constitutional freedoms, professional accountability, AAUP case reports, the Angela Davis case, and court decisions are discussed. (LBH)

A university's affirmative responsibility to maintain access to university facilities for first amendment activity may conflict with its equally compelling duty to restrain from interfering with first amendment activity. This dilemma is considered with regard to Mississippi Gay Alliance vs. Goudelock, a case involving editorial censorship of an…

The merits of student arguments challenging the constitutionality of mandatory student fees to finance certain activities or services are examined and balanced against the public university's interest in providing a forum for the expression of diverse and controversial ideas. (MSE)

The right to form adult consensual intimate relationships is a fundamental personal freedom. A strong and effective university policy against sexual harassment and the recognition of faculty and students' right to privacy will, within the parameters of constitutional guarantees, serve both the university's and the individual's interest.…

A case in which California's constitutional right to privacy is used to protect confidential peer review files is analyzed, and the case's significance and possible ramifications for discovery requests of peer review files are discussed. (MSE)

Supreme Court rulings of the last five years regarding freedom of speech are examined. There have been a wide range and variety of free speech developments during this period. (RM)

Although administrators cannot engage in censorship, there are many ways in which they can encourage a responsible student press. The legal rights of the state university student press and the connstitutional bases of those rights as seen by the courts are described. (MLW)

Discusses (1) the history of state financial aid to independent colleges and universities; (2) constitutional issues affecting such aid; and (3) several types of aid programs in existence, particularly nonneed-based tuition grants. Speculates on the future of such aid. (MCG)

The momentum which pushed law-related education during the past two decades needs revitalization. Curriculum development ventures that involve university professors of the social sciences and secondary school teachers are in order. Recent reports on the subject and course content are discussed. (PP)

The question of whether Title IX is limited in scope to particular programs directly receiving federal financial aid or covers whole institutions or school systems that benefit from federal money provided to one of their programs is discussed. Recent University of Richmond litigation is analyzed. (MLW)

The memorandum opinion constituting the district court's findings in the case of Arkansas' state law mandating instruction on creation in public schools is presented. Plaintiffs in the suit include Jewish and Christian individuals and organizations and those concerned with academic freedom issues. Defendants include state education officials and…

By seeking to compel a religious organization to conform to a perceived government policy, the Internal Revenue Service violates both the free exercise and establishment clauses of the first amendment. This would open the door for further use of taxing power to pressure religious organizations to change. (Author/MSE)