Are you a teacher who is concerned about your school recording you without your permission? The issue of recording teachers came up in 2009 when the Board of Education for...
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In February 2018, Illinois middle school student Paul Boron used an audio recorder on his cell phone to record a conversation between himself, his principal, and his assistant principal. After...
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You may have a general understanding of how self-defense works in a criminal case, but the concept is very different in the educational environment. There are limits to what teachers,...
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You already know some of the ways that a criminal conviction will affect your life, including fines, jail time, probation, and other penalties. However, there are other significant areas of...
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If you were arrested for certain types of drug crimes, it is important to become familiar with the drug court program established under the Illinois Drug Court Treatment Act. This...
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In the old days, it was fairly easy for people to determine if their personal conversations were being recorded because private recording equipment was so arcane that about the only...
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The Prairie State has one of the most sweeping carrying a concealed weapon laws in the United States, mostly in that authorities must issue permits to qualified individuals even if...
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When the United States federal government first sat down to business in the spring of 1789, one of the first items on the agenda was a slate of proposed constitutional...
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