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 Montana, it's good to have a brief understanding of what Title IX is. Title IX is a federal civil rights law that's intended in part to prevent and address campus sexual misconduct. Campus sexual misconduct can encompass various forms, be it sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment. If a party is seeking to appeal Title IX finding and or sanction, the particular college or university in Montana, their appealable grounds would have to be referenced and met, be it a procedural defect or error, a disproportionate sanction, new evidence in the appeal process itself. The grounds would have to be met. The most effective and comprehensive appeal itself would have to be submitted to the school. Because of what is at stake and because of what is involved, one of the most important considerations is that the appealing party have the help of the an experienced attorney advisor, helping them through the appeal process.
