CUA Columbus School of Law

William Kaplin

Research Ordinary Professor

Bill Kaplin joined the law faculty in 1970 and has been a tenured full professor since 1978. He specializes in education law and policy, constitutional law, and civil rights law. He has also been special counsel to the university since 1981. In 1984-85, he served as founding director of the law school's Law and Public Policy Program.

Professor Kaplin has been a visiting professor at Cornell University (1975) and a visiting professor at Wake Forest University (1990-91). He has also been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Educational Leadership, George Washington University (1976-77), distinguished visiting scholar at the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, University of Houston Law Center (1991), a scholar-in-residence at Stetson University Law School (2000), and visiting scholar at Wake Forest (2000).

Professor Kaplin's books include: Cases, Problems, and Materials: An Instructional Supplement to the Law of Higher Education (Rev. ed. 2001) (with Barbara Lee); A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals (with Barbara A. Lee) (Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1997); The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to the Legal Implications of Administrative Decisionmaking (with Barbar A. Lee) (3rd ed., Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1995); and The Concepts and Methods of Constitutional Law (Carolina Academic Press, 1992). The first edition of The Law of Higher Education was recognized by the American Council on Education as the most outstanding book on higher education for the year 1978. The third edition of this book was recently supplemented by the Year 2000 Cumulative Supplement (with Barbara Lee) (National Association of College & University Attorneys, 2000). An earlier work of Professor Kaplin's, State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law Education (Matthew Bender, 1973 & 2nd. Ed. 1979) (with Sorgen, Duffy, and Margolin) was the first law school casebook on education law in the United States.

Professor Kaplin is the past chair of the Education Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, the former editor of the Journal of College and University Law, and a former member of the Education Appeal Board of the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently a contributing editor for Synfax Weekly Report on Critical Issues in Higher Education, editorial board member for the Journal of College and University Law, and a mentor/leader for the biannual Houston Higher Education Law Roundtable; and since 1991 he has been a faculty member/presenter for the Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education. He has been awarded the American Council on Education's Borden Award, the Association of Student Judicial Affairs' D. Parker Young Award, and the 20th Anniversary Scholarship Award presented by the Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, and has been named a fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Cases, Problems, and Materials: An Instructional Supplement to The Law of Higher Education. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College & University Attorneys, revised edition, 2001 (with Barbara A. Lee).

Year 2000 Cumulative Supplement to the Law of Higher Education, Third edition. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Attorneys, 2000 (with Barbara A. Lee).

A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1997 (with Barbara A. Lee).

The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. Third edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1995 (with Barbara A. Lee).

The Concepts and Methods of Constitutional Law. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1992.

The Importance of Process in Campus Administrative Decision-Making. University of Houston: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, 1992.

The Law of Higher Education: 1985-1990 Update. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1991 (with Barbara A. Lee).
The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. Second edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1985.

Accrediting Agencies' Legal Responsibilities: In Pursuit of the Public Interest (Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1982).
The Law of Higher Education 1980. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1980.

State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law and Education. Second edition. New York: Matthew Bender, 1979 (with others).

The Law of Higher Education: Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1978.

Respective Roles of Federal Government, State Governments, and Private Accrediting Agencies in the Governance of Post Secondary Education. Washington, D.C.: Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1975.

State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law and Education. New York: Matthew Bender, 1973 (with others).

BOOK CHAPTERS

"The Law's View of Professional Power: Courts and the Health Professional Associations." In SASHEP Staff Working Papers, Part II. National Commission on Accrediting, 1972.

BOOK REVIEWS

"Review of Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity." 55 Cornell Law Review (1969).

JOURNAL ARTICLES

"A Typology and Critique of Title IX Sexual Harassment Law after Gebser and Davis." 26 Journal of College and University Law 615 (2000).

"Limited Liability for Sexual Harassment by Students." Synfax Weekly Report. (June 1999). 862.

"Sexual Harassment: Law and Policy Issues in 1999." Synfax Weekly Report. (Feb. 1999). 815.
"Problem Solving and Storytelling in Constitutional Law Courses." 21 Seattle Law Review 101 (1998).
"Case Study: Cyberspace Speech and Peer Harassment at State University" (with Gary Pavela). 9 Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education 675 (Winter 1998).
"'Hate Speech' on the College Campus: Freedom of Speech and Equality at the Crossroads." 27 Land and Water Law Review 243 (1992).

"A Proposed Process for Managing the First Amendment Aspects of Campus Hate Speech." 63 Journal of Higher Education 517 (1992).

"The Process of Constitutional Interpretation: A Synthesis of the Present and a Guide to the Future." 42 Rutgers Law Review 983 (1990).

"Tributes to Mrs. Dorothy E. Lord (Secretary of the Cornell Law Review)." Cornell Law Review 72 (March 1987): IV.

"Law on the Campus 1960-1985: Years of Growth and Challenge." 12 Journal of College and University Law 269 (1985).

"Accrediting Agencies' Legal Responsibilities: In Pursuit of the Public Interest." 12 Journal of Law and Education 87 (1983).

"An Overview of Legal Principles and Issues Affecting Postsecondary Athletics." 5 Journal of College & University Law 1 (1979).

"Professional Power and Judicial Review: The Health Professions." 44 George Washington Law Review 710 (1976).

"Flag Salute, Patriotic Exercises, and Students' Rights." 44 Contemporary Education 84 (1972).

"The Marjorie Webster Decisions on Accreditation." 52 Educational Record 219 (1971).

"Judicial Review of Accreditation: The Parsons College Case." 40 Journal of Higher Education 543 (1969).

"The Legal Status of the Educational Accrediting Agency." 52 Cornell Law Review 104 (Fall 1966) (with J. Philip Hunter), reprinted in AACSB Bulletin 3 (1967): 48.

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	William Kaplin Research Ordinary Professor kaplin@law.edu Bill Kaplin joined the law faculty in 1970 and has been a tenured full professor since 1978. He specializes in education law and policy, constitutional law, and civil rights law. He has also been special counsel to the university since 1981. In 1984-85, he served as founding director of the law school's Law and Public Policy Program. Professor Kaplin has been a visiting professor at Cornell University (1975) and a visiting professor at Wake Forest University (1990-91). He has also been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Educational Leadership, George Washington University (1976-77), distinguished visiting scholar at the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, University of Houston Law Center (1991), a scholar-in-residence at Stetson University Law School (2000), and visiting scholar at Wake Forest (2000). Professor Kaplin's books include: Cases, Problems, and Materials: An Instructional Supplement to the Law of Higher Education (Rev. ed. 2001) (with Barbara Lee); A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals (with Barbara A. Lee) (Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1997); The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to the Legal Implications of Administrative Decisionmaking (with Barbar A. Lee) (3rd ed., Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1995); and The Concepts and Methods of Constitutional Law (Carolina Academic Press, 1992). The first edition of The Law of Higher Education was recognized by the American Council on Education as the most outstanding book on higher education for the year 1978. The third edition of this book was recently supplemented by the Year 2000 Cumulative Supplement (with Barbara Lee) (National Association of College & University Attorneys, 2000). An earlier work of Professor Kaplin's, State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law Education (Matthew Bender, 1973 & 2nd. Ed. 1979) (with Sorgen, Duffy, and Margolin) was the first law school casebook on education law in the United States. Professor Kaplin is the past chair of the Education Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, the former editor of the Journal of College and University Law, and a former member of the Education Appeal Board of the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently a contributing editor for Synfax Weekly Report on Critical Issues in Higher Education, editorial board member for the Journal of College and University Law, and a mentor/leader for the biannual Houston Higher Education Law Roundtable; and since 1991 he has been a faculty member/presenter for the Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education. He has been awarded the American Council on Education's Borden Award, the Association of Student Judicial Affairs' D. Parker Young Award, and the 20th Anniversary Scholarship Award presented by the Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, and has been named a fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS Cases, Problems, and Materials: An Instructional Supplement to The Law of Higher Education. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College & University Attorneys, revised edition, 2001 (with Barbara A. Lee). Year 2000 Cumulative Supplement to the Law of Higher Education, Third edition. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Attorneys, 2000 (with Barbara A. Lee). A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1997 (with Barbara A. Lee). The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. Third edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1995 (with Barbara A. Lee). The Concepts and Methods of Constitutional Law. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1992. The Importance of Process in Campus Administrative Decision-Making. University of Houston: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, 1992. The Law of Higher Education: 1985-1990 Update. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1991 (with Barbara A. Lee). The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. Second edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1985. Accrediting Agencies' Legal Responsibilities: In Pursuit of the Public Interest (Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1982). The Law of Higher Education 1980. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1980. State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law and Education. Second edition. New York: Matthew Bender, 1979 (with others). The Law of Higher Education: Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1978. Respective Roles of Federal Government, State Governments, and Private Accrediting Agencies in the Governance of Post Secondary Education. Washington, D.C.: Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1975. State, School, and Family: Cases and Materials on Law and Education. New York: Matthew Bender, 1973 (with others). BOOK CHAPTERS "The Law's View of Professional Power: Courts and the Health Professional Associations." In SASHEP Staff Working Papers, Part II. National Commission on Accrediting, 1972. BOOK REVIEWS "Review of Rich Schools, Poor Schools: The Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity." 55 Cornell Law Review (1969). JOURNAL ARTICLES "A Typology and Critique of Title IX Sexual Harassment Law after Gebser and Davis." 26 Journal of College and University Law 615 (2000). "Limited Liability for Sexual Harassment by Students." Synfax Weekly Report. (June 1999). 862. "Sexual Harassment: Law and Policy Issues in 1999." Synfax Weekly Report. (Feb. 1999). 815. "Problem Solving and Storytelling in Constitutional Law Courses." 21 Seattle Law Review 101 (1998). "Case Study: Cyberspace Speech and Peer Harassment at State University" (with Gary Pavela). 9 Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education 675 (Winter 1998). "'Hate Speech' on the College Campus: Freedom of Speech and Equality at the Crossroads." 27 Land and Water Law Review 243 (1992). "A Proposed Process for Managing the First Amendment Aspects of Campus Hate Speech." 63 Journal of Higher Education 517 (1992). "The Process of Constitutional Interpretation: A Synthesis of the Present and a Guide to the Future." 42 Rutgers Law Review 983 (1990). "Tributes to Mrs. Dorothy E. Lord (Secretary of the Cornell Law Review)." Cornell Law Review 72 (March 1987): IV. "Law on the Campus 1960-1985: Years of Growth and Challenge." 12 Journal of College and University Law 269 (1985). "Accrediting Agencies' Legal Responsibilities: In Pursuit of the Public Interest." 12 Journal of Law and Education 87 (1983). "An Overview of Legal Principles and Issues Affecting Postsecondary Athletics." 5 Journal of College & University Law 1 (1979). "Professional Power and Judicial Review: The Health Professions." 44 George Washington Law Review 710 (1976). "Flag Salute, Patriotic Exercises, and Students' Rights." 44 Contemporary Education 84 (1972). "The Marjorie Webster Decisions on Accreditation." 52 Educational Record 219 (1971). "Judicial Review of Accreditation: The Parsons College Case." 40 Journal of Higher Education 543 (1969). "The Legal Status of the Educational Accrediting Agency." 52 Cornell Law Review 104 (Fall 1966) (with J. Philip Hunter), reprinted in AACSB Bulletin 3 (1967): 48.
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William KaplinResearch Ordinary Professor

William Kaplin

Research Ordinary Professor