Education Law

Cases about Kids

Colin Firth, who frequently plays a Lawyer on TV, with a "little author of great thoughts." I like them better. Just a small thought, but one that occurred to me tonight as I was reading complex cases about motions to amend, pension system statutory interpretation, student loan interest accrual, the Bankruptcy Code, etc.

Don't get me wrong they are just as important (ok, maybe not the student loan cases) but they are so impersonal, dry and tasteless. Understanding the nuances of the state Administrative Review Act is vitally important to a lawyer's core business model, much more so than understanding student speech. And, that's unfortunate, I think.

It's little wonder that many of us lawyers come to personally reflect the cases we spend our time reading ... impersonal, dry and tasteless. I think it would do us a great service as educational lawyers to make sure that we devote an equal amount of time reading cases about kids.  

Full post as published by Edjurist on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).