Institute For Higher Education Law And Governance
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION LAW AND GOVERNANCE
CASEBOOK News for Olivas Casebook Posse:
As of May 5, 2006, the third edition is now available in fine bookstores everywhere: http://www.cap-press.com/authors/150 .
The Teachers Manual is available by request for teachers who adopt the text, from Carolina Academic Press. Drop them or me a note.
I am also posting additional materials on this site, such as the informed consent sample protocols, for those who teach the Informed Consent cases in the casebook. As important cases and events occur, I will post them here as well, for your instructional use.
Of course, I look forward to hearing from my Casebook Posse, and to receiving suggestions.
Michael A. Olivas
University of Houston Law Center
713-743-2078
molivas@uh.edu
The U H Law Center, UH's Arte Publico Press, and several Houston law firms hosted a conference on November 19, 2004, in the 50th anniversary year of Hernandez v. Texas, the major case involving Mexican Americans and jury selection. The case was decided by the Warren Court two weeks before Brown v. Board of Education. This landmark case, the first to be tried by Mexican American lawyers before the US Supreme Court, held that Mexican Americans were a discrete group for purposes of applying Equal Protection. Civil rights, social science, and criminal law scholars presented papers on Hernandez and its implications at the conference in Houston on November 19th, 2004. Houston attorney James deAnda, one of the original attorneys in the Hernandez case, who later served as a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas, gave the keynote address at the conference dinner on Friday, November 19. For information, contact Prof . Michael A. Olivas at molivas@uh.edu or at 713-743-2078.
"Colored Men” and “Hombres Aqui": Hernández v. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican American Lawyering is now available for purchase, including discounts for multiple copy purchases:
http://www.latinoteca.com/app-home/app-information/Publications/showBookDetails?code=9781558854765
State College Savings and Prepaid Plans (pdf)
List of State Prepaid Plans (pdf)
State Legislation Concerning Undocumented College Students (2010)
Developments in 529 Plans (2003-present) (pdf)
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