Eagle Forum Educaton & Legal Defense Fund
Amicus Curiae
Karen Tripp, Counsel of RecordEagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund is an Illinois nonprofit corporation organized in 1981. It works to enable conservative and pro-family citizens to participate in the process of self-government and public policy making. Karen Tripp is a Houston, Texas, based lawyer specializing in intellectual property, patents, trademarks, and copyrights. She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Alabama Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 12, 2001.The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provides essential protection to…