In Brief Newsletter

In Brief is a quarterly newsletter published by the Legal Services Department for students, employees and friends of the Maricopa Community Colleges. The department is pleased to present here the articles that have appeared in the newsletter. We welcome your feedback.

2008: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2007: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2006: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall / Special Edition
2005: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2004: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2003: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2002: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2001: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
2000: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
1999: Winter / Spring / Summer / Fall
1998: Winter / Special EEO / Spring / Summer / Fall
1997: Winter / Special EEO / Spring / Summer / Fall
1996: Summer / Fall

Fall 2009 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader) Coming Soon!

1. Maricopa's Student Loan Code of Conduct
2. Introducing the Maricopa Emergency Management System
3. Board Adopts New Policy on Alcoholic Beverages
4. Political Activity on Campus

Summer 2008 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader) Coming Soon!

1. Policy Through Public Contracts
2. Death or Taxes: Which is Worse?
3. The First Amendment in Public Schools
4. New Law Affects Textbooks

Spring 2008 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader)

1. Behind the Scenes - Responding to Public Records Requests
2. Dignity and Respect in the Workplace
3. Do a SMART Assessment

Winter 2008 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader)

1. Donating Surplus Property
2. Proposed Administrative Regulation on Gratuities... Can I Accept This Gift?
3. What is an "IRB" and Why Should You Care?
4. Whistleblower Protection Policy Gets Facelift
   

Fall 2007 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader)

1. Arizona Legislature Short-Circuits Cyber Porn
   (reprinted from Fall 2003 issue)
2. ARS § 38-448 - State Employees, Access to Internet Pornography Prohibited; Cause for Dismissal; Definitions
   (reprinted from Fall 2003 issue)
3. Political Activity on Campus
4. Return of Public Property
5. Student Discrimination Complaint Procedures Reflect Significant Modifications

Summer 2007 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader)

1. Motor Vehicle Usage Renewal
2. Mother May I - Do I Have Permission?
3. OMBUDS FAQs
4. We Are Not Your (Personal) Attorneys

Spring 2007 - Download Issue (requires Acrobat Reader)

1. Due Process for Public Employees
2. Governing Board Adopts New Policies
3. Identification Requirements for Proposition 300
4. Proposition 300 Frequently Asked Questions

Winter 2007

1. Adjunct Faculty Tuition Waiver - FAQs
2. Maricopa Employees Subject to State Conflict-of-Interest Law
   (reprinted from Fall 1997 issue)
3. Unclaimed Property

Special Edition 2006

1. Avian Influenza and the Potential Pandemic
2. The Flu: Questions and Anwers

Fall 2006

1. Public Access to Personal Email
2. Children on Campus - Part Two
3. Props. 107 and 300 Pose Consequences
4. Political Activity On Campus: An Employee's Guide

Summer 2006

1. Criminal Background Checks in Employment
2. Corporate Ventures in the Public Setting:
3. Children on Campus - Part One
4. Free Speech and Workplace Collegiality

Spring 2006

1. College Discipline and the Disruptive Student
2. Regulation Guides Use of College Facilities
3. Answers to Questions About Fair Labor Standards
4. Is Commercial Speech Free Speech?

Winter 2006

1. Regulation Details Complaint Procedure for Technology Misuse
2. "That Question Comes Up a Lot"
3. Volunteers: Help or Hindrance?
4. Got Paper?

Fall 2005

1. Avenues For Resolving Student Discrimination Complaints
2. To Employ, or Not to Employ; That Is The Question
3. Gender Discrimination Law Prohibits Retaliation
4. Tougher Restrictions on Political Activity

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Summer 2001

1. Religious Activities on Campus and the First Amendment
2. Accommodating Religion in the Workplace
3. Arizona's New Anti-Hazing Law
4. The Truth About Cats and Dogs

Spring 2001

1. Student Art and the Constitution
2. Automatic External Defibrillators: The Shocking Truth
3. New Statute Clamps Down on Entertaining Public Officials
4. Part 2: FAQs About Insurance and Indemnification

Winter 2001

1. How To Avoid Discrimination Charges
2. New Manager of EEO and Affirmative Action
3. Part I: FAQs About Certificates of Insurance
4. How Free is Free Speech at Work?

Fall 2000

1. State Law Restricts Many Political Campaign Activities on
   Campus
2. Workplace Harassment Illegal
3. The Clery Act: Ensuring a Safer Environment for Students and
   Employees
4. Guidelines for Responding to Employee-Reference Inquiries (reprinted from Summer 1997 issue)

Summer 2000

1. Claims Administration: Reporting Liability and Property Claims
2. Courts Again Struggle with Affirmative Action Practices in
   College and University Enrollments
3. Maricopa Promotes Voter Registration

Spring 2000

1. Maricopa's Whistleblower Protection
2. Maricopa Employees Subject to State Conflict-of-Interest Law (reprinted from Fall 1997 issue)
3. Maricopa Provides Student Insurance Coverage

Winter 2000

1. FMLA Provides Job Protection for Family- and Medical-Related
   Leaves of Absence
2. Governing Board Defines Community College District's Mission
3. It's Pornographic...But Is It Obscene?
4. What You Should Know About Driving District Vehicles

Fall 1999

1. High Court Okays Lawsuits Over Peer Sexual Harassment
2. Legislature Outlaws Use of SSN's
3. Public Records Law Exposed!
4. State Board Coordinates Arizona Community Colleges

Summer 1999

1. The Legal Foundation of Community Colleges
2. Ethics Go Beyond Laws and Policies
3. Mediation: EEOC Offers New Avenue to Complaint Resolution
4. Janice Bradshaw Retires as General Counsel
5. High Court Speaks on Peer Harassment

Spring 1999

1. Maricopa's Computing Resource Standards
2. Sex, Constitutional Law, and the Internet
3. Diversity Under Fire in the Courts

Winter 1999

1. Racial Discrimination/Hostile Environment
2. Student Speech and the First Amendment
3. Violating the Open Meeting Law
4. Y2K: Is It Really a Lawyer's "Get Rich" Issue?

Fall 1998

1. Federal Guidelines Protect Against Job Retaliation
2. Meeting Behind Closed Doors
3. Sexual Harassment Liability in School and at Work Determined
   by US Supreme Court

Summer 1998

1. Understanding the Procurement Process
2. Colleges Not Expected to Assume Parental Role Toward
   Students
3. Introduction to the Open Meeting Law

Spring 1998

1. Academic Freedom "Safeguarded" by American Courts
2. Devoting Public Resources to a Public Purpose
3. Federal Laws Protect Students with Disabilities
4. State's Attempt to Outlaw Minority Preferences Dies

Special EEO Edition 1998

1. Maricopa Reports Affirmative Action Progress for 1997-98
2. Sexual Orientation Included in MCCCD Nondiscrimination Policy
3. States Focus on Affirmative Action in 1997

Winter 1998

1. The Value of a Liability Release in School-Sponsored Activities
2. Diversity Issue Remains Despite Settlement of Controversial
   Case
3. Courts Question Reasoning of Sexual-Harassment Guidelines

Fall 1997

1. Maricopa Employees Subject to State Conflict-of-Interest Law
2. Answers to Questions About Affirmative Action
3. Supreme Court Announces Rulings Important to Higher
   Education
4. Tax-Deductible Contributions to "Investing in Arizona"

Summer 1997

1. Guidelines for Responding to Employee-Reference Inquiries
2. Eliminating Race- and Ethnic-Based Preferences in Public
   Employment and Education
3. What You Should Know Before the OSHA Inspector Knocks on
   Your Door
4. Richard S. Young
5. Legal Services Department Offers Students and Employees a
   Wealth of Legal Resources

Spring 1997

1. Courts Now Outlaw Age Harassment
2. Emissions Inspections Required for Employees and Students in
   Maricopa County
3. New Guidelines Target Peer Sexual Harassment
4. Annual "Round-Up" of Waste Items
5. Arizona's Version of Prop 209

Special EEO Edition 1997

1. Embracing Equal Employment and Affirmative Action
2. Prop 209 Stirs Affirmative Action Debate
3. Maricopa's Discrimination Complaint Procedures

Winter 1997

1. Policy Governance and the Maricopa Community Colleges
2. Environmental Protection Agency Classifies Phoenix Area As
   Serious for Carbon Monoxide
3. Am I Liable . . .If?

Fall 1996

1. Use of Copyrighted Material in Academia
2. Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education Since Bakke
3. Affirmative Action for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

Summer 1996

1. Message from the General Counsel
2. Freedom of Speech and Hostile Expression
3. The State of Affirmative Action