Education

“Senate Bill 1383 Stinks” by Stephanie Forzon.

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abstract Climate change is no longer a prediction. It’s a reality. Part of the climate change debate revolves around increasing methane emissions, with the agricultural industry being focused on as the culprit. To address these concerns, the California Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 1383, which aims to reduce methane emissions from the agricultural industry, particularly … Read more

“Easements Come, Easements Go – Cemetery Access Easements: Exemptions” by J. Dwight Tom

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magazine title Environment: Journal of Environmental Law and Policy abstract This article discusses cemetery access easements and access agreements under the lens of an emerging contemporary theoretical approach: social moral theory of property law. Part II reviews the history of public and private monuments in Texas, 19th-century cemetery preservation efforts, and other important Texas historic … Read more

A Debate on Teacher Privacy Rights” by Dakota Brewer

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magazine title Brigham Young University Education Law Journal abstract In the second part of this article, we first discuss the purpose of wiretapping (or recording) laws. Next, we’ll track the evolution of wiretapping laws at the federal and state levels and explain some important differences. Part 3 discusses the development of the Fourth Amendment in … Read more

Sandbranch and the Unincorporated Story” by Dejah Pemberton

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magazine title UCLA Environmental Law and Policy Journal abstract Sand Branch is Dallas County’s only remaining unincorporated community, and residents of this impoverished, majority-black community have had their cries for basic necessities such as clean running water largely ignored. So far, the county and the city of Dallas have not remedied the problem, raising questions … Read more

“A Blueprint for Balancing Health and IP” by Arjun Padmanabhan and Tanner J. Wadsworth

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magazine title Pennsylvania Law and International Affairs Journal abstract In December 2021, the World Health Assembly (“WHA”) convened to develop a Pandemic Response Convention to prepare for future pandemics. Unfortunately, as currently envisioned, the resulting pandemic response framework will suffer from many of the same deficiencies that prevented existing frameworks from responding effectively to COVID-19. … Read more