The Potential for Online Schools to Reduce Truancy
Ask The Judge has written before about how juvenile inmates were earning high school diplomas while behind bars: these inmates
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Thoughts on teen law by Judge Tom Jacobs.
Did a kiss or lying about it merit removal from football team?
Jamie Kuntz was an 18- ear-old freshman at North Dakota State College of Sciences. He was a linebacker with a partial football
“Freedom to Read” week starts September 30, 2012
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It will be held between September 30, 2012
Does YouTube video constitute a federal crime?
This was the question put to a jury in Tennessee. Before them was 36-year-old Franklin Delano Jeffries. He had been involved
“Satan’s representative” wins $4.5 million verdict
Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Shirvell, of Michigan was sued by the University of Michigan student body president, Christopher Armstrong who
Is hazing illegal?
Hazing laws exist in most states to protect students from serious harm, usually physical, and even death as there have
North Carolina “torments” the First Amendment
In what may be the first piece of legislation of its kind in the country, North Carolina passed a law
Twitter bullies target celebrities
Country western star, LeAnn Rimes, age 30, has been the target of multiple bullies over the past year. When news
What does a “statute of limitations” mean?
A “statute of limitations” is a law or rule that sets a time period for you to file a lawsuit
Study shows marijuana use and IQ are linked
The University of Otago in New Zealand released a report in September, 2012 that studied the long-term effects of marijuana