by Byron Schlomach | Oct 21, 2020 | Legal, Research
Professional Teacher Charter Schools: Proposal with Model Legislation Authors Byron Schlomach, Mike Davis Abstract This paper advocates for education practitioners – teachers – having the ability to start and run their own schools, competing for public...
by Benjamin Lepak | Aug 26, 2020 | Legal, Research
Walking Out on School Kids: How Oklahoma Law Enabled the 2018 Teacher Strike, And How to Prevent the Next One Authors Ben Lepak Abstract This paper looks at the causes of the 2018 teacher walkout, and offers solutions for preventing another one. Summary PDF Full...
by Benjamin Lepak | May 27, 2020 | Legal, Research
An Argument that Oklahoma’s Mayors Acted Unlawfully During COVID -19 Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract Ben Lepak lays out a legal argument for why the mayors of Oklahoma’s three largest cities acted unlawfully, exceeding their legal authority under state...
by Benjamin Lepak | Mar 25, 2020 | Legal, Research
Author Benjamin M. Lepak Abstract Ben Lepak argues that Oklahoma should drop the requirement that one must have attended an ABA-accredited law school in order to sit for the bar exam and that the exam should be reformed to make it more relevant to the actual practice...
by Mike Davis | Mar 6, 2019 | Legal, Research
Well Begun is (Only) Half Done: The Supreme Court’s Excessive Fines Decision; Need for Further Reform Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper summarizes the recent federal Timbs case out of Indiana in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Eighth Amendment’s...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jan 2, 2019 | Legal
Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Fleck v. Wetch Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper is an amicus (or friend of the court) brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case of a North Dakota attorney who has been forced...
