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…
“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…
Rebecca Ann Sedwick died on September 8, 2013. [1] She went to an abandoned cement plant and jumped from a tower. It was a Monday…
I chose my college (Vassar) in part for the lack of Greek life. My daughter factored in that too in her college choice (Smith). But…
You can solve most problems – and even avoid them in the first place – and this includes student conduct violations. The key to defending a…
Irresponsible drinking might be summed up as the philosophy of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” [1] Responsible drinking – a much repeated phrase on…
The other night my 18-year old woke up crying from a nightmare. Don’t get me wrong – she’s a tough enough kid – a competitive…
To paraphrase the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: First, we show up. Then we figure out what to do.[1] Mentors help you do that. But more importantly,…
Who decides who is being noisy? DC recently amended its anti-noise laws to specify that: “It is unlawful to make an unreasonably loud noise between...
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Numerous college and university student disciplinary codes don’t allow students to have a lawyer present at a student disciplinary hearing. The colleges and universities may...
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o·ri·en·ta·tion /ˌôrēənˈtāSHən/ Noun: The determination of the relative position of something or someone (esp. oneself). The relative physical position or direction of something. See “Orientation.”…
University and college student conduct investigations about school sexual assaults suffer from the same defect as Pentagon- approved investigations. The New York Times calls it…
A recent Businessweek article reported that business school admissions staff increasingly relies upon plagiarism-detecting software. But Admissions is late to the game as anecdotal tales…
Claiming human rights violations, students sued Howard University and a sorority chapter, alleging hazing. The accusations of hazing included having to wear a certain shirts...
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