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2 Stanford Students File Suit Over University Admissions Scandal

Lawyers for Stanford students Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods claim that the value of their education has been tarnished by the scandal. Their lawyers are also pursuing class claims on behalf of applicants who were rejected by schools caught up in the scandal.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suspended Student Fails at Challenges to Columbia University Disciplinary Process

The student attacked Columbia's hearing process, challenging the university, for instance, for allegedly not allowing him to have a lawyer or other representative be present and for not allowing him to present live witness testimony.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Senators Back Removing Former Justice's Name From FSU Law School

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice B.K. Roberts left a troublesome legacy when he wrote pro-segregation opinions in the 1950s.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Lawmakers Look to Toughen Anti-Hazing Criminal Laws

If Sen. Lauren Book's measure is approved, prosecutors would be able to charge people who knew about hazing plans or recruited people to participate in the hazing.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bucknell GC to Join Pepper Hamilton Higher Ed Practice

Amy Foerster is set to join Pepper Hamilton as co-chair of its higher education practice in May.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Can You Tell Me a Little About Yourself?: Hiring Biases on College Campuses

The effects of implicit bias create huge potential for age, race and gender discrimination on college campuses—not only in the faculty recruiting process, but also in the recruiting process for students on campus.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

William Paterson University Settles Title IX Claim for $800,000

The university allegedly failed to investigate a student's claim that she was raped.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Supreme Court Impanels Statewide Grand Jury on School Safety

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the state's deadliest school shooting, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the court to impanel the grand jury to “make recommendations about what some of the various school districts could do better.”
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Teacher's Bid to Rescind Retirement Granted After City Waits Years to Address It

John Joyce's rescission request, made less than a year after his 2011 retirement, must be accepted, even though the Department of Education's chancellor had eventually denied the request, an Appellate Division, First Department, panel has ruled.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Michigan Attorney General Attacks University, Renews Push for Nassar Sex Abuse Documents

Newly elected state Attorney General Dana Nessel held her first public press conference Thursday and said her office is still trying to find out who knew what and when about Nassar, a university sports doctor found guilty and imprisoned for assaulting young female athletes for over two decades.
5 minute read

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