Allegations of Title IX violations—particularly those involving sexual violence—trigger a chain of events that can change the course of your life. The prospect is terrifying. It is also embarrassing. We often have a tendency to assume that people are telling the truth, so when someone makes an accusation in the court of public opinion, the …

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Title IX is a short legislative provision with a long reach. Specifically, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 states that no person in an educational program receiving federal assistance should be subjected to discrimination on the basis of sex. The definition of discrimination has expanded through regulations, judicial opinions, and agency guidance so …

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In a move that dismayed victims’ rights organizations and gratified some free-speech civil liberties organizations, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a student was not immune from defamation proceedings based on statements she made during the course of a Title IX disciplinary proceeding at Yale University. Writing for the Court, Justice Raheem L. Mullins observed …

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