Author: Jane Coleman

Jane Coleman

Jane Coleman writes on law and policy and lives in New Jersey. Her legal treatise Secondary Trademark Infringement was published by Bloomberg BNA. You can follow Jane on Twitter @JaneBColeman and LinkedIn.

Court: Barrington (RI) School Committee Liable For Attorney’s Fees Of Teachers Fired Over Covid Vax Mandate

Posted by Jane Coleman on October 09, 2022 10 Comments

A follow up to our prior coverage of the three Christian teachers fired after the district refused even to consider their requests for religious exemption. Court imposed a $500 fine for an open meetings violation and more significantly, the teacher's attorney's fees that could be...

Yeshiva University and ‘Pride Alliance’ Agree To Stay Of State Court Order That Forced School To Officially Recognize LGBT Group

Posted by Jane Coleman on September 23, 2022 10 Comments

The Supreme Court indicated it likely would take the case once state appeals were exhausted, and likely would rule in favor of the university....

U Penn Law Prof. Amy Wax Seeks Dismissal Of University Disciplinary Proceedings: “Premature, Unwarranted, and Prejudicial”

Posted by Jane Coleman on September 16, 2022 22 Comments

"The substantive and procedural problems with the proceedings instituted by Dean Ruger are immense and require immediate rectification ...

NY Times Hit Piece On Hasidic Education Published On Eve Of NY Regents Vote To Undermine All Religious Schools

Posted by Jane Coleman on September 11, 2022 47 Comments

A New York Times article attacking boys’ Hasidic schools was published today, on the eve of the New York State Board of Regents vote on regulations poised to undermine the way Jewish religious schools have operated for generations. The timing of The Times' attack appears...

How A Weak Penn Law Dean Weaponized Student Hurt Feelings Against Dissident Prof. Amy Wax

Posted by Jane Coleman on August 23, 2022 34 Comments

Wax: Dean Ted Ruger "has the power to shut it all down in a second...

NY State Proposed Regulations Threaten Orthodox Jewish Schools

Posted by Jane Coleman on July 18, 2022 41 Comments

A proposed set of regulations that require private schools to be “substantially equivalent” to public schools threaten to wreak havoc with Orthodox Jewish yeshivas in New York. Religious education leaders and parents are starting to fight back....

Vaccine Mandate That Led To Firing Of Three Barrington (RI) Teachers Lacked Necessary Public Notice, Court Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on May 26, 2022 24 Comments

The judge has scheduled a hearing on remedies for June 21, 2022. If the firing was the fruit of a poisonous tree -- the imposition of a vaccine mandate in violation of the Open Meetings Act -- the firing should be reversed as it was...

“Just Devastating” – Three Teachers Who Sought Religious Exemption From Covid Vaccine Fired In Barrington (RI)

Posted by Jane Coleman on May 16, 2022 31 Comments

Barrington, Rhode Island, schoolteacher Stephanie Hines asks me whether we can make our Sunday morning phone call an hour later than I had planned. She needs a little time after church.

Laurie Gaddis Barrett – Fighting To Help Rhode Island Parents Take Back Their Children

Posted by Jane Coleman on March 21, 2022 11 Comments

Rhode Island mother Laurie Gaddis Barrett has testified at so many legislative hearings that she has to pause to remember which one I’m asking her about. And when I ask her why the message she just texted me is written in legalese, she says she’s spent so much time talking to lawyers, she’s beginning to sound like one herself. (I almost suggested she should consider going to law school, but they’re woke now, too.) With all she has learned this past year, she could be teaching civics. For Barrett, fighting for parents' rights has been transformative—and nearly a full-time job. But it wasn’t always.

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