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Part 1 of this series looked at what can happen to their NCAA eligibility when college basketball players engage in academic misconduct. While cheating and passing someone else’s work off as your own will land you in...

We’ve all done it: hit the send button only to realize too late that we’ve sent a chat message, text, or email to the wrong person. In the usual case, a misdirected message means no harm, no foul. Just let the...

Playing basketball in college is a dream for many kids. Only an elite few ever make it a reality. Once they reach that level, though, it takes more than skills on the court to stay in the game. Maintaining your status as an...

When COVID-19 was first discovered in January of 2020, it was unknown how it would affect individuals long-term. After two and a half years, we now know that those who have contracted it in the past continue suffering from...

A media report recounts the experience of a University of Central Florida associate professor of psychology whom the university fired for tweeting about a controversial subject. The professor pursued an arbitration proceeding...

Students rightly love and support their siblings at school. Who doesn’t want to see their older brother or younger sister achieve and succeed? And sibling support can go beyond the usual things like sharing food, clothes,...

Given the nation’s sad history of racial segregation, intimidation, and violence, nooses, like burning crosses and pointed hoods, are frightening and offensive symbols of racial discrimination and bigotry. Nooses certainly...

Social media apps like Snapchat can be a great way to connect easily with your classmates and friends. It’s easy to think that once the Snap’s time is up, it vanishes into the ether. But that’s not true. Even...

The New York State Supreme Court handed down a ruling compelling Yeshiva University, a Jewish institution of higher education, to recognize the school’s YU Pride Alliance as an official student group. The LGBTQ+ student...

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...

In April of 2024, the Department of Education approved New Title IX rules, which are scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2024. Our firm is closely monitoring ongoing challenges to these new rules in court, and is working hard to...

The June 2022 student discipline case Vengalattore v Cornell University illustrates what federal appeals Judge Jose Cabranes has called “Star Chamber” like and “deeply troubling aspects” of college and...

Federal appeals Judge Jose Cabranes published a June 2022 concurring opinion in the campus sexual-misconduct discipline case Vengalattore v Cornell University, calling campus due process a matter “of life and death for our...

What do you do if you’re in trouble for something you wrote about a professor in an anonymous survey or at an online review site? Shouldn’t happen, right? After all, that’s the whole point of anonymity....

In late March, 2022, the parents of three eighth-graders in the Kiel, Wisconsin Area School District were notified of a Title IX complaint and pending investigation. It alleged the boys sexually harassed another student. The...

As online learning becomes the new normal, algorithm-based technology is an increasingly important tool for colleges to monitor cheating. Anti-plagiarism apps have long been used for written submissions, but the last year has seen...

You lied to your professor or school advisor about having an illness or disability, and now the school has found out. That’s not a good situation. Making false excuses for falling behind on academic assignments, requesting...

Reports from higher education journals like the widely read Inside Higher Ed document a rise in student worker strikes at college and university campuses. The Inside Higher Ed stories describe strikes at Indiana University and...

The term catfishing became popular in 2010 with the release of a movie of the same name. The idea is that a person enters into some kind of relationship with someone they have met over the internet. When they finally meet the...

Taking the LSAT is a sometimes stressful, sometimes harrowing experience for hopeful law students to complete. A high score on the LSAT can mean the difference between a career in Big Law, easier access to high profile cases...