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Abortion Law and Abortion Discourse in Taiwan: Rights, Social Movements and Democratization
My dissertation tells a story of the abortion right in Taiwan: how abortion was not a right either before or after its legalization, how it became a right after the mobilization of social movements and democratization, and finally, what sort of right it is today.

Canadas York University Reschedules Abortion Debate After Student Censorship
LifeNews reports: York University has rescheduled a debate over abortion after student government leaders engaged in alleged censorship by canceling the first forum. The second attempt at holding the debate appears to have been made possible by the college’s administration...

First Professional Reading Recommendation of 2008: Living Legal Scholarship
Maksymilian Del Mar, University of Edinburgh research student, has deposited Living Legal Scholarship in SSRN. Here's the abstract: This paper offers a personal reflection on the value of legal scholarship...

Yale Student Reportedly Submits Fraudulent Transcript And Gets In With A $32,000 Scholarship
Yale Student Is Accused of Lying on Application is a frightening April 10, 2008 New York Times article about a student, presumably a college student, dismissed from Yale because he submitted trancripts from Columbia fraudently indicating he obtained straight A's...

Voting Underway for One Less Worry Scholarship Contest
Access Group's One Less Worry scholarship contest will award a $10,000 scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year to the law student whose video receives the most votes. [LLB's earlier post] Voting closes on August 22, 2008...

New Mexico Pro-Life Student Prevented From Holding Silent Abortion Protest
fficials at a middle school in New Mexico have prevented a pro-life student from organizing a silent abortion protest next week. James Monroe Middle School student Jannelle Bushnell hoped to get friends to wear red tape on their mouths to be the silent voice for babies who die in abortions.

F-1 Visas
Visas for Foreign Students

Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students
Student Loan Xpress Settles Class Action with Students

Princeton Review
Sarasota Student Data Breach Prompts Class Action

Music Teacher
Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Teacher Student Abuse
Beaufort County agrees to pay $300,000 settlement to abuse victim.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.