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 Wisconsin, it's good to have a brief understanding of what Title IX is. Title IX is a federal civil rights law, which is intended in part to prevent and address campus sexual misconduct. Campus sexual misconduct encompasses various forms, be it sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and various other forms.
If a party's found responsible of a Title IX charge or violation, the consequences can be profound. A person seeking to appeal an outcome, the potential consequences would have allowable grounds per the particular school's policies, be it a procedural defect or error, which led to the unfavorable outcome, a disproportionate sanction, new evidence, for example.
Because of what's involved and what needs to be done to try to get a school to change course through the appellate process, it's critical to have the help of an experienced attorney advisor help in seeking an appeal.
