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To best understand how to appeal a Title IX case in Illinois, 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. If an appeal is allowed to one party at a college or university in Illinois, it’s available to both parties, say the accused or the accuser. If a party, say the accused, is found responsible and sanctioned and is seeking an appeal, the school itself, the specific rounds would have to be referenced in terms of the allowable basis for an appeal of a Title IX case. Often they’re similar. For example, a disproportionate sanction, a procedural error or defect, new evidence. If a person is seeking to appeal a Title IX case at a college or university in Illinois, it’s very important to make sure that they have an experienced attorney/advisor helping them through the process.