Approaching the 12-hour mark of a student conduct hearing at a major university I am reminded of lyrics from a Maroon Five song (“cross my…
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College students facing both criminal prosecution and university prosecution may feel that they are victims of double-jeopardy because they are prosecuted twice for the same…
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Students facing conduct and academic honor code violations lack the most basic tool by which to defend themselves: subpoena power. One of the worst aspects…
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"It Isn't mine." Uttering this phrase to the police when they have found you in close proximity to anything: drugs, alcohol, or violence - only…
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When it comes to academic honor code violations, colleges and universities must be fans of the legendary frontier jurist - Judge Roy Bean - who…
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So justice is easy but truth is hard. It's hard to tell what's true. The boy/girl who says you're the one. The missing cookie from…
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Your university and college don’t want you to hire a lawyer. Many student discipline codes and student conduct codes forbid lawyers from speaking at a…
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On a Halloween twenty years ago, the actor River Phoenix died outside Johnny Depp’s The Viper Room nightclub in Los Angeles, convulsing on the sidewalk…
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“Sally Kram, a spokeswoman for the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, said the group is working to come up with a plan…
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Rebecca Ann Sedwick died on September 8, 2013. She went to an abandoned cement plant and jumped from a tower. It was a Monday morning.…
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