Public Education

Urges all state, territorial and local bar associations to work with national, state and territorial bar examiners, law schools, universities and elementary and secondary schools to address significant problems facing minorities within the pipeline to the profession. Presented by the Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession. Co-sponsored by the Kansas Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Association of Women Judges, National Bar Association, Bar Association of Erie County, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York State Bar Association, Section of International Law, San Diego County Bar Association, National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, State Bar of New Mexico, King County Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Section of Taxation, Bar Association of San Francisco, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, New York County Lawyers Association, Section of Business Law, Senior Lawyers Division, Section of Dispute Resolution, Oregon State Bar, Judicial Division, Tennessee Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Health Law Section, Dupage County Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Section of Intellectual Property Law, Santa Clara County Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Law Student Division, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Washington State Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, Maricopa Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, Monrow County Bar Association, Pennsylvania State Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, National Association of Women Lawyers, Section of Antitrust Law, Energy Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, State Bar of South Dakota, Commission on Immigration, Massachusetts Bar Association, Section of Real Property Probate and Trust Law, Columbus Bar Association, Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Commission on Women in the Profession, Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, Association of American Law Schools, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Young Lawyers Division, San Fernando Valley Bar Association.
Approved August 2006

Supports policies to help assure uninterrupted educational access, special education and related services, and stability for homeless children and youth as well as children and youth placed by public agencies in out-of-home settings. Presented by the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. Co-sponsored by the Steering Committee on UNMET Legal Needs of Children, the Commission on Domestic Violence, the Comision on MEntal and Physical Disability Law, the Section of Family Law, the Young Lawyers Division and the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
Approved August 2004

• Encourages federal, state, territorial and local governments to adopt legislation that promotes school violence prevention education instruction, awareness training and programs for children, parents, teachers and school administrators and encourages lawyers to support school violence prevention education in schools and community settings. Presented by the Young Lawyers Division. Co-sponsored by the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, the Section of Dispute Resolution, the Section of Family Law, the Section of General Practice, Solo and Small Firms, the Standing Committee on Public Education, the Section of State and Local Government Law, the Commission on Domestic Violence, the Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, and the Steering Committee on the UNMET Legal Needs of Children.
  Approved February 2004

• Urges Congress, the Administration, and other appropriate entities to enact legislation and/or strengthen and develop initiatives to bridge the “digital divide.” Co-sponsored by the Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
  Approved August 2001

• Supports reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or enactment of similar legislation. Presented jointly with the Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law. Cosponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association and the Steering Committee on Unmet Legal Needs of Children.
  Approved February 1996

• Opposes adoption of a Constitutional amendment or federal legislation that would allow for officially sanctioned prayer in public schools. Jointly presented with the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Section of Litigation.
  Approved February 1995

• Urges the protection of the rights of children and opposes legislation that denies children access to public education, health care, foster care or social services based on their or their parents’ citizenship or immigration status. Presented jointly with the Hispanic National Bar Association, Steering Committee on Unmet Legal Needs of Children, National Asian Pacific Bar Association, National Association of Women Lawyers, Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law, Commission on Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession, Section of Litigation, and the Section of International Law and Practice. Cosponsored by the Chicago Council of Lawyers. Related recommendation sponsored by the Section Approved (2/90).
  Approved February 1995

• Opposes federal government efforts to withhold funds from educational institutions that deny access to campus placement facilities to government employers who contravene university policies by discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation. Jointly presented with the Law Student Division.
  Approved February 1992

• Supports reauthorization of the National Endowment for the Arts with no restrictions on the content, subject matter, idea, or message of what the Endowment may fund. Jointly presented with the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
  Approved August 1990

• Recommends that state and federal education programs for judges include a course devoted to fairness and an analysis of race and stereotypes that may affect judicial decision-making. Presented jointly with the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, cosponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Law Student Division.
  Approved August 1986

• Opposes the use of corporal punishment in institutions where children are cared for or educated. Jointly presented with the Section of Family Law.
  Approved August 1985

• Recommends that federal and state policies regarding youth alcohol and drug problems include prevention, education, treatment, law reforms and strategies for raising the necessary financial resources to support these activities.
  Approved as Amended August 1985

• Urges the prompt, vigorous and effective implementation and enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which promotes equal educational opportunity.
  Approved August 1975

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