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Litigation Daily

USC Student Expelled Over Rape Charge Granted New Hearing

A three-judge panel of District Seven of the Second Appellate District on Tuesday overturned a prior ruling by a Superior Court judge who said the expelled student was not deprived of a fair investigation and hearing.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Department of Education Proposes Changes to Title IX: For Better or for Worse?

On Nov. 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education issued proposed regulations to supplement Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in response to a dire need for clarification of the gender discrimination statute that has evolved so far from its beginnings. This article examines the provisions requiring more work during a 60-day notice-and-comment period, and those worth applauding.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Fight for Educational Justice in New Jersey

OP-ED: The state's outdated "last in, first out" law prevents children in Newark from getting the education they deserve. And when politicians fail to protect children, the court system provides a way to seek justice, enforce their constitutional rights and make positive change.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

In UCLA Stabbing Case, Appellate Court Holds University Responsible for Student Safety

The move makes way for Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student stabbed by her classmate while on campus, to bring her case against the university before a jury.
3 minute read

The Recorder

In UCLA Stabbing Case, Appellate Court Puts University on the Hook for Protecting Students

The move makes way for Katherine Rosen, a former UCLA student stabbed by her classmate while on campus, to bring her case against the university before a jury.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cappuccino, Bill Lee and the Harvard Admissions Case

"The people bringing the suit would like to return to a day that's long passed," says the Wilmer partner representing the school in a challenge to its admission policies regarding Asian-Americans.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dysfunctional Law Gives Everyone Rights and Harms Children

The law gives everyone just enough rights to hurt schoolchildren in underperforming private religious schools, but not enough rights to actually help them. In cases where religious parents want less education than the state mandates—or even simply refuse to teach that which conflicts with their religious faith that the state labels a minimum—a compromise is needed.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Laster Greenlights Lawsuit Challenging Del. Education Spending Gaps

Chancery Court Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said it appeared the current system for allocating public school resources suffered from "deep structural flaws" and that Delaware's public schools have become re-segregated by race and class.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Stony Brook Granted Summary Judgment in Case Over Handling of Alleged Sexual Assault

The Long Island state school was found to have met the threshold required under Title IX of federal civil rights law.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Grewal Declines to Cancel Speech at Rider Despite Conflict of Interest Allegation

Grewal was added as a "necessary party" in a lawsuit over Rider University's planned sale of Westminster Choir College.
5 minute read

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