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College Student Personnel 550 - Legal Issues for Professionals in College Personnel: Journals

A guide to resources for legal issues in higher education.

Education journal articles

Use education or multidisciplinary databases, such as:

to research education topics related to FERPA, Title IX, hazing, discrimination, etc.

Law journals

Law journals publish peer-reviewed articles written by law professors.  Law journals come in two types: multidisciplinary, such as Harvard Law Review or Yale Law Journal, or topical, such as the Journal of Law & Education.  Use Nexis Uni to find law journal articles on education topics. 

Some law journal articles are also available through multidisciplinary databases, such as

A note on law journal citation:

Law journals are cited within law journal articles, law treatises, Shepard's Citations, and written opinions in a similar way to court opinions:

  • (vol) / (abbreviation of journal) / (starting page#)
  • examples
    • 34 Wis. J.L. Gender & Soc'y 1
    • 5 Charlotte L. Rev. 79
    • 48 Ind. L. Rev. 1505