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To best understand how to appeal a Title IX case in Colorado, it’s best of 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, whether it’s sexual violence, sexual harassment. There’s many, many various forms of sexual misconduct.

If a party does find the need to appeal a finding and/or sanction of a Title IX case in Colorado, there’s generally available grounds which are contained in the school’s policies, say new evidence, for example, disproportionate sanction, procedural error, or defect. All those are potential available grounds depending on the circumstances of the case. One of the most important considerations if a Title IX appeal becomes necessary is to make sure that the appealing party has the help of an experienced attorney advisor in Colorado.

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Can Your Search History Bring You Down? How Schools Can Use Search Histories as Evidence of Misconduct

Students at Princeton University are drawing attention to the school’s policies and access related to students’ search histories on their devices. An article in the Daily Princetonian points out the ways that the university can use students’ search histories as evidence of cheating or other misconduct. Students are worried that […]

When the School Becomes the Problem: What UNC’s Botched Investigation Teaches Every Student

A University of North Carolina (UNC) student lost his scholarship and was permanently expelled from the entire UNC system after the school found him responsible for sexual misconduct. Years of federal litigation followed. And then, quietly, UNC settled. The former student, identified in court records as Jacob Doe, argued that […]

How a Cell Phone Policy Violation Can Escalate Into a Serious Disciplinary Issue

The cell phone bans sweeping the country’s K-12 schools in the last few years may sound good on paper—and educators overwhelmingly support them—but what do you do if what began as confiscation of your child’s phone has escalated into significant disciplinary action? The Student Defense Team at the LLF National […]

Taking a School District in WA to Court to Protect Students’ Title IX Rights

The LLF National Law Firm’s Education Law Team will be suing a school district in Washington state for its failure to meet its Title IX reporting obligations in the case of an elementary school student who claims they were bullied and sexually assaulted. The student, a third grader, now suffers […]