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If you’re a student facing a Title IX hearing at a college or university in Connecticut, many steps have to be taken to maximize the success at a hearing. Prior to the hearing itself, an investigation report will be provided by the school. It has to be responded to as effectively as possible. All necessary documentation, evidence, and information would need to be included in that investigation report, be it if it includes, say, a toxicology report, a forensic evaluation. That investigation report, once finalized, will be provided to the hearing panel, and the hearing panel will have a strong sense of the case prior to the hearing itself.

For the hearing, necessary opening statements, closing statements would have to be drafted, questions for all witnesses would have to be prepared. Expectations in terms of what to be on the lookout for at the hearing, a student would have to be mindful of. The hearing panel itself, the composition, that is would have to be considered to see if there’s any bias or conflict of interest. Many steps and many considerations go into achieving a favorable outcome at a Title IX hearing.

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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 […]

Questions About AI Use at One University Reflect Broader Concerns

A report from Montreal’s Concordia University that looks at student AI use over the 2025–2026 school year shows us a microcosm of the broader trends at work not just in Canada, but in the U.S. as well. Here’s what we’re seeing in the report: Students are using AI in their schoolwork — […]