Publications

The United States Supreme Court decided a record number of employment law cases in its 2001-2002 term. This bulletin is the second of two that discusses those decisions.

Describes the revisions to North Carolina's 1998 child support guidlines that were adopted by the Conference of Child District Court Judges on June 17, 2002 (effective October 1, 2002).

Consider this: a fifth grader is teased during class by other students, who call him “stupid,” “retarded” and “a reject.” Sound pretty typical? Let’s also assume that the student is ADHD, and the teasing takes place with the knowledge of his teacher, who does nothing to intervene on his behalf. If the student’s parents file a disability harassment claim, how likely is it to survive a motion to...

The third in a series of Social Services Law Bulletins that will address confidentiality and social services. This bulletin examines what it means to say that information is confidential. It addresses such issues as whether information may never be disclosed or if there are exceptions that allow or require disclosure of confidential information and under what circumstances social services...