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Higher Education News

 

American Council on Education Legal Issues and Policy Briefs: Includes the latest papers reports of interest to attorneys, legal briefs and comments to government agencies.  

 

Chronicle of Higher Education

 

College Administration Publications (Gary Pavela site) Password required but has index to back issues. Practical advice and thoughtful commentary on higher education issues.

 

 

Federal Law

Most federal law is now available through the web. Use these sites or go through the university law libraries for access to federal and state codes and regulations.


 

Federal Register Online back through 1994.

 

FedWorld

 

Legal Information Institute (LII), U.S. Code

Hosted at Cornell Law School

 

 

Code of Federal Regulations:
 -Cornell Law
 -GPO Access: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
 


THOMAS: A service of the Library of Congress providing federal legislative information.  Has new laws, sometimes quicker than LEXIS.

 

Information for Financial Aid Professionals:  Dear Colleague letters are online at this site.

 

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders.

This is the National Archives site.

 

Fedlaw

 

 

 

 

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Federal Agencies

 

Compliance Contacts for Federal Agencies: This is a list of compliance contacts at both cabinet and non-cabinet agencies. The liaisons  were set up specifically for small businesses but will act as liaisons for the higher education community as well. The page includes a liaison's name, phone number, and email for each agency.

See also www.business.gov for other compliance links for both federal and local laws.


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 

Family Policy Compliance Office

 

Internal Revenue Service

 

National Center for Education Statistics

 

National Institutes of Health

National Labor Relations Board

 

National Science Foundation 

 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

 

U.S. Census Bureau 

 

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

 

U.S. Copyright Office 

 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

 

U.S. Department of Education (DOE) 

 

  -U.S. Department of Education Employee Locator System

   (you must know the name of the employee)

 

U.S. DOE Office for Civil Rights 

 

U.S. DOE Family Compliance Policy Office 

 

U.S. Department of Justice 

 

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 

  -See also the DOL Compliance Page

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

U.S. Government Printing Office 

 

U.S. House of Representatives 

 

U.S. Information Agency  (archives)

 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office


U.S. Senate 

 

U.S. State Department 

 

U.S. State Department visa page  

 

U.S. Social Security Administration 

White House 

 

 

 

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DC Law

 

Council of the District of Columbia 

 

DC Law by topic   

 

 

 

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University Law Libraries


Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law 

 

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute (LII) 

 


 

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Courts & Court Rules

 

U.S. Supreme Court

  -Where to find briefs to the Supreme Court

 

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia  

 

US Courts

 

Legal Information Institute (LII) Supreme Court Collection  

 

LII Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

 

LII Federal Rules of Evidence 

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Higher Education Organizations

***** Means this is a very helfpul site for higher ed attorney and also tends to indicate there is helpful information on the site that can be accessed without a password.

 

 

 

American Association of Community Colleges 

 

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers 

See the Compliance page.


American Association of State Colleges and Universities  


American Association of University Professors 

 

American College Personnel Association

 

*****American Council on Education  See ACE Legal Issues and Policy Briefs

 

American Indian Higher Education Consortium

 

Association of American Universities 

 

Association of American Colleges and Universities

 

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

 

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

 

Association of Higher Education Facility Officers

 

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

 

Association of Public and Land Grant Universities

 

Association of Research Libraries (see Copyright and IP)

 

The Association of College and University Auditors 

 

College and University Personnel Association 

 

***** Council on Government Relations

 

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

 

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

 

Council for Higher Education Accreditation 

 

Council of Independent Colleges

 

*****Educause

 

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

 

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

 

*****National Association of College and University Business Officers
(see Business & Policy Areas)

 

National Assocation of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

 

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 

 

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators 

 

National Collegiate Athletic Association 

 

*****National Association of College and University Attorneys  
 

*****NAFSA:  Association of International Educators 

See Regulatory Information page for updates on the law


*****National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

See the HEA 101 Web page for assistance in complying with the new Higher Education Act (summer 08)

 

National Council of University Research Administrators


National Education Association 

 

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

 

United Educators

 

Women's College Coalition

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Reference Materials

 

 

CyberCemetery: The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a partnership to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This collection was named the "CyberCemetery" by early users of the site. 

 

Access to LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe by members of the CUA community and other DC Consortium Schools-Go to Alphabetical list, then LEXIS-NEXIS 

 

Law Dictionary by John Bouvier 

 

Google Customized Search Engine for Higher Ed attorneys: (couresty of Bill Woodward, Legal Counsel, University of Alabama)

 

Peter Martin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation 2007 edition

 

ABA Legal Technology Resource Center

 

State Related Information


State Legislative Presence on the Internet

 

American Council on Gift Annuities

 

 

 

 

 

 

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