title: The dental educator and the law.
abstract: Dental educators become vulnerable to student lawsuits if they ignore legislative changes and judicial decisions that affect all academic units in higher education. Issues involving contractual considerations, privacy and grading, and recent copyright revisions are of particular interest to those faculty actively engaged in teaching. Knowledge of these issues as they relate to the course director's daily responsibilities will better prepare the dental educator to avoid litigation and to know when to seek advice of institutional counsel.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003219:Confidentiality; D003309:Copyright; D003479:Curriculum; D008192:Deception; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007879:Legislation, Dental; D012575:Schools, Dental; D013335:Students, Dental