Effective Litigation Strategies to Improve State Education and Social Service Systems

Authors

Albert H. Kauffman, St. Mary's University School of LawFollow

Journal Title

Journal of Law and Education

Volume

45

Issue

4

First Page

453

Document Type

Article

Publication Information

2016

Abstract

Texas border area Latino plaintiffs brought state court litigation, the Lulac case, to improve higher education opportunities in the Texas- Mexico borderlands. Plaintiffs successfully parlayed their trial court judgment into a massive influx of resources and permanent improvement in higher education in the Texas border. The Article describes the history of the Lulac case and includes an original analysis of the improvement of higher education in the Texas border area. The Article then develops a model for the successful integration of litigation, legislation, public advocacy and community involvement, and applies this model to the Lulac case and the Texas school finance litigation. The author was a lead attorney in both these multi decade struggles

Recommended Citation

Albert Kauffman, Effective Litigation Strategies to Improve State Education and Social Service Systems, 45 J.L. & Educ. 453 (2016).