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A Ward of the State: The First Amendment as Protecting the Best Interest of the Child in Custody Disputes

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law 3L Ellen Ray argues for First Amendment protection for public employees who testify in child custody hearings. She explains that the Supreme Court has the opportunity to enact this protection by taking on an appeal for the Tenth Circuit case Butler and should in light of Lane and the best for the child standard.

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Ellen Hancock
Public University Professors: Employees or Appointees?

In this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Alicia Gilbert’s Note discusses the difficulties with defining who is and is not an “employee” under employment law classifications, and advocates for university and college professors to be labeled as employees under worker classification labels because this label provides them with the most statutory protections.

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