Law Resources: Education Law Reference Resources

All of these reference works are shelved in the reference area on the main floor of Buley.

American Public School Law
REF KF 4118 .A39 2001
A text book that discusses issues in education law and excerpts landmark cases.

Educational Adequacy and the Courts
REF KF 4155 .W35 2005
Includes a chronology of statutes and cases, discussion of the role of state education departments, and school impac. Also has a bibliography of books,articles, websites, and other materials.

Law and Public Education: Cases and Materials
REF KF 4118 .G64 1995
Essentially a law school text book that discusses issues in education law and excerpts landmark cases.

Law and Special Education
REF KF 4210 .Y45 2006
Includes a basic introduction to legal research, background on issues of special education, discussion of major laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act and No Child Left Behind Act, and essential concepts like individualized education and least restrictive environment. The book has a companion website.

Law of Schools, Students and Teachers (Nutshell series)
KEF 4119.3 .A43 1995
The Nutshell books summarize an area of law and are used primarily as study aids by law students. Explanations of the law as it stands and citations to landmark cases are given.

Student Rights: A Reference Handbook
REF KF 4150 .H56 2001
Covers all the basics like searches, freedom of speech, and religion.

Student's Guide to Landmark Congressional Laws on Education
REF 4119 .C357 2002
Predates the No Child Left Behind Act, but covers all the major legislation from 1785 to 1994. Summarizes the act, the background, and the impact.

We the Students
REF KF 4150 .A7 R37 2000
Covers all the big Constitutional areas like search and seizure, integration, etc. and walks the reader through the development of case law with explanatory text and excerpts of the major cases. Much more layreader-friendly than the Nutshell or Law and Public Education: Cases and Materials

West's Education Law Digest
REF KF4110.3.W47 1999-
Like all digests, West's Education Law Digest acts as a subject index to case law and is arranged by broad topic areas such as Constitutional Law, Public Contracts, Release, and so on. Each topic is divided into subtopics using West's "key" system. Each subtopic has a unique key number. Within each key number or subtopic, pertinent cases are summarized and citations to the full opinions are given. Most of the digested cases appear in full in the companion series, West's Education Law Reporter. The Words and Phrases volume functions as an index to the Digest. Volumes are updated by pocket parts.

West's Education Law Reporter
REF KF4110.A2W47 1982-
Full opinions of federal and state cases in the area of education law. Updated by paper supplements until new bound volumes are published. Cases are arranged chronologically. Each volume has a table of cases and key numbers. Most volumes also contain "comments", articles about school law issues (e.g. "State Universities and the Americans with Disability Acts" in v. 150) that review the current state of the law and important cases.