Most students who attend colleges and universities have learned throughout their years of involvement in the education system that academic integrity is essential for academic success. Your whole life you've been lectured about the importance of exhibiting traits like honesty, respect, trust, responsibility and accountability when it comes to submitting your original work and in regard to esteeming other individuals' intellectual property. These constant reminders to “do the right thing” spouted by your teachers and professors serves a purpose, as the academic community flourishes when all students maintain habits of integrity.
Mostly all higher education institutions in Pennsylvania have violations pertaining to the committance of academic misconduct - when a student fails to comply with ethical academic standards imposed by a school. And students who are found responsible for such misconduct often experience relatively harsh consequences. However, unsurprisingly enough, most of these accusations are pinned upon students who may have been completely oblivious to the fact that they were committing academic misconduct, or are misinformed as to what constitutes academic misconduct at their institution.
Unfortunately, these students may be facing harsh sanctions that may not only throw a wrench in their academic journey, but prevent them from completing a program or graduating altogether. This is why it's important to retain a student defense attorney to help fight for you.
Academic Misconduct Charges
It's important for you, as a student, to understand that there are a wide range of actions that could potentially fall under the umbrella of academic misconduct. Plagiarism, cheating, duplicate submissions, and fabrication are just some of these actions, but there are several instances when a student can commit these too. Here is a list of circumstances and examples that could constitute as academic misconduct:
- Using unauthorized materials, prepared answers, written notes, or concealed information during an exam
- Submitting the same assignment for more than one course without prior approval of all the instructors involved
- Copying or attempting to copy from others during an exam or on an assignment
- Plagiarism and/or paraphrasing another person's phraseology, literary device, or metaphor without acknowledgement
- Selling, distributing, or posting lecture notes, records, handouts or other information provided by an instructor, or using them for a commercial purpose without the permission of an instructor
- Obtaining a copy of an exam or assignment prior to it being approved by an instructor
- Stealing another person's assignment, book, experiment, paper, notes or software
- Forgery of an instructor's signature on a letter of recommendation or any other document
Pennsylvania Academic Misconduct Attorney
If you or your student is charged with a disciplinary violation involving academic misconduct, you should consult with a student defense attorney at the LLF Law Firm today. They have helped other students who have been in your predicament avoid the dire repercussions of being found responsible for this violation, and can do the same for you. Contact LLF Law Firm today for help.
Pennsylvania colleges and universities where the LLF Law Firm can help as your or your student's academic misconduct advisor during investigations, hearings, and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following schools:
- Albright College
- Allegheny College
- Arcadia University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bloomsburg University
- Bucknell University
- Cabrini University
- Cairn University
- California University of Pennsylvania
- Carlow University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cedar Crest College
- Central Penn College
- Chatham University
- Chestnut Hill College
- Cheyney University
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania
- Delaware Valley University
- DeSales University
- Dickinson College
- Drexel University
- Duquesne University
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Eastern University
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Elizabethtown College
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Gannon University
- Geneva College
- Gettysburg College
- Grove City College
- Gwynedd Mercy University
- Harcum College
- Haverford College
- Holy Family University
- Immaculata University
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Juniata College
- Keystone College
- King's College
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna College
- Lafayette College
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- La Roche College
- La Salle University
- Lebanon Valley College
- Lehigh University
- Lincoln University
- Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
- Lycoming College
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
- Marywood University
- Mercyhurst University
- Messiah College
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Misericordia University
- Moravian College
- Mount Aloysius College
- Muhlenberg College
- Neumann University
- Peirce College
- Pennsylvania State University
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Philadelphia University
- Point Park University
- Robert Morris University
- Rosemont College
- Saint Francis University
- Saint Joseph's University
- Saint Vincent College
- Seton Hill University
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna University
- Swarthmore College
- Temple University
- Thiel College
- Thomas Jefferson University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University Of The Arts
- University of the Sciences
- University of Scranton
- Ursinus College
- Valley Forge Military Academy
- Villanova University
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Waynesburg University
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Westminster College
- Widener University
- Wilkes University
- York College of Pennsylvania
It is an unfortunate reality that academic misconduct charges can upend an accused student's life if not properly addressed, and the LLF Law Firm have unparalleled experience passionately fighting for the future of their clients at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation. They do not settle for the easiest outcome, and instead prioritizes the clients' needs and well-being. LLF Law Firm, representing clients nationwide, will serve as an academic misconduct advisors for students facing disciplinary cases in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your student's interests are protected - Contact LLF Law Firm today at 888-535-3686.
