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 provide you the most up-to-date information. Click here to learn about the current state of Title IX and how we can help if you are facing accusations.
To best understand how to appeal a Title IX case in Maine, it's good to ask the question, "What is Title IX?" Title IX is a federal civil rights law that's intended in part to prevent and address campus sexual misconduct. At colleges and universities in Maine, if a party, be it the accused party or the accuser, because of the appeal right is allowed to one party, it's allowed to both. If a party finds it necessary to appeal a finding and or sanction, the specific school's policies would have to be referenced in terms of what bases would be allowed to seek the appeal, will be a failing on the school's part. A say procedural error defect that is. Will the argument be made that the sanction is disproportionate to the finding? Is there new evidence? Will be a combination of appealable grounds. When appealing a Title IX case in Maine, one of the most important considerations is that the appealing party have the help of an experienced attorney advisor.
