Education Law

180 degree views on 360 degree evaluations
Having written approvingly about so-called 360? assessments, where managers, peers, and reports complete assessments of a lawyer, I think of them as useful (See my post of Dec. 26, 2007: 360? instruments with 5 references...

360-degree assessments from several angles
A talent tool that all general counsel should understand is the 360-degree assessment (See my post of Dec. 26, 2007: worries about confidentiality of 360s and five references cited...

Assess This
Capping property assessments could become the big “sleeper” issue in this session of the Indiana General Assembly.  Already there is Senate Bill 40, which would cap assessments at 5% of a home’s value over the previous year unless there was a sale or other improvements which clearly showed the home had increased in value...

Some more takes on US News, Peer and Lawyer/Judge Assessments
While I should be working on my comments about Justices Catron and McLean for a conference on "neglected justices" I'm going to at the end of the week, I'm thinking about the US News peer and lawyer/judge assessments...

Is it a fee or a tax
That was the question in a ruling issued Monday by the State Intermediate Court of Appeals in a case regarding assessments imposed by the State executive branch. The State Insurance Commission has been imposing assessments on insurance companies to pay for the cost of regulating them...

Condominium Associations Insurance, Other Dues And Assessments.
Insurance Premiums for Condominium Association Insurance Policies are paid either from Owners' dues or from assessments on the Owners. Dues and assessments are paid to the Condominium Association...