Title IX law is in constant flux, with new rules and legal challenges continuing to shape how schools, colleges, and other institutions handle sex-based misconduct and discrimination. Our firm closely monitors these...
U.S. federal law safeguards people with disabilities as a protected class, and institutions of higher education have a legal obligation to ensure equal access. Most colleges and universities are already compliant with...
The University of Central Florida was overruled by a three-judge federal appeals court in April 2022 for two internal speech policies that violated the First Amendment. The ruling imposed an injunction to stop the University from...
To put it mildly: American political culture is incredibly polarized. No matter where you land on the political spectrum, there’s a good chance that other people may find some of your views at least somewhat offensive. If...
Although you may have seen student-teacher relationships romanticized in various syndicated dramas, the real-life benefits of hooking up with a teacher tend to be few and far between. Your college’s representatives and staff...
Can a Professor Date a Student
June 20, 2022
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediment,” Shakespeare writes in one of his most famous sonnets. In the same vein, the American poet Maya Angelou writes, “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles,...
We hear all the time about inappropriate, flirty college professors. That kind of story is headline-worthy. Flirty students, though, are common too, maybe more common than we realize. According to one study by a Kansas University...
If you’ve been kicked off your sports team because of a Title IX accusation, it could seem like you’ve already endured more than enough of a punishment. When it later becomes clear that your scholarship is in jeopardy,...
Issues of Consent
June 17, 2022
In today’s political climate, many of us seem to assume that college sexual misconduct cases are always cut-and-dried. Maybe you’ve read articles on the subject or seen documentaries like The Hunting Ground. Despite...
Recent news stories serve to remind us that hazing on college campuses continues, despite its many dangers and despite the fact that college policies forbid it and, in many cases, it’s against the law. A story from April...
If you’re a pre-med student, you know that pressure is the name of the game. From the intense coursework that you’ve been tasked with to the rampant competition between you and your peers, it may seem that you always...
To put it succinctly: Your involvement in a Title IX investigation probably won’t help — but there are steps you can take to protect yourself throughout your Title IX experience. If you’re a college professor and...
Even before the recent years’ massive shift to online learning, proctoring remote exams had its problems. Some colleges sought to monitor remote students somewhat manually, assigning TAs to watch students during tests over...
The MCAT is a famously grueling exam that hangs over the future of every hopeful physician. It tests a candidate’s knowledge, critical thinking, and test-taking skills across a range of tricky sciences. For many students,...
Close to 30 years ago, the movie Higher Learning confronted of different issues of university student life, especially as they relate to all kinds of prejudice: sexual, racial, social included. Racial prejudice was one of the...
In 2022, the Supreme Court delivered their decision on Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. In this case, the plaintiff, Jane Cummings, had signed up for physical therapy services from Premier Rehab Keller. Cummings...
The incidence of cheating at colleges and universities has been rising at an alarming rate over the last few years. Conventional wisdom has attributed most of this rise to the pandemic, with campuses closed and students doing all...
In academia, it is common for professors to leave one role in search of another position at a new school. During the hiring process at the new school, the hiring committee may learn of rumors of your behavior at your prior school....
In April 2022, New York University Students, alumni, and professors met outside NYU to protest the faculty appointment of Dr. David Sabatini, a biologist who had been pushed out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology over sexual...
Most colleges and universities place their students on academic probation when they fall below a certain grade point average in a semester. The idea is that if a student knows they may fail out of the school and be dismissed for...