Education law can involve a multitude of subjects such as tenure, desegregation, sports, gender equity, and Internet filtering. Listed below are the resources that the Zimmerman Law Library has to offer in this area, plus some links to Internet sites that contain education law information.
Books
You will find education law treatises and reporters on the third floor of the library between the call numbers KF4102 - KF4243. Look on the end panels of the shelves to find the appropriate row. Some of the topics covered by the treatises are school desegregation, public prayer, amateur sports, tenure, and crime. The following list will provide you with a selection of materials of a more general nature:
The Yearbook of Education Law KF4102.5 .N6 (1972-)
U.S. Supreme Court Education Cases KF4110.3 .U15 1998
West's Education Law Reporter KF4111 .A2 W377 (1982-1992)
School Law Reporter KF4114 .N35 (1974)
Education Law (7 vol. treatise) KF4115 .R37
U.S. School Laws and Rules KF4119 .A1 L155
Education Law (Law for the Layperson) KF4119.6 .J37 1998
The Law and Higher Education KF4225 .A7 O44
United States Code Title 20 KF62
Code of Federal Regulations Title 34 KF70
Periodicals
Law reviews and journals can be found in the reserve area on the second floor (unbound issues) or on the third floor of the library (bound). The Index to Legal Periodicals is located on the library's second floor near the Circulation Desk (paper), or via Ohiolink on one of the public access terminals (searchable index). The Library holds the following:
BYU Education and Law Journal
Journal of Law and Education
NOLPE School Law Journal
(National Organization on Legal Problems of Education)
Ohio Materials
Baker's Ohio School Law Guide KFO390 .B34
Baldwin's Ohio School Law KFO390 .A6 O5
Ohio Jurisprudence 3d (Vol. 82, Pg. 83) KFO65 .O5
Ohio Admin. Code (Vol. 5, §§3301-3379) KFO35 .A44
Ohio Revised Code (Title 33) KFO30
Internet Sites
There are a lot of sites out there for educational materials. The following three, plus a decent search engine like LawCrawler(http://www.lawcrawler.com) or Altavista(http://www.altavista.com) , should provide you with more than enough information:
Findlaw
www.findlaw.com/01topics/37education/index.html
Hieros Gamos
www.hg.org/edu.html
Legal Information Institute
topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Education