Title IX cases dredge up tremendous amounts of negative emotions. There’s a lot of anger, a sense of betrayal, fear, frustration, and an overwhelming need for justice. Regardless of the outcome of the case on campus, one or possibly both parties involved will feel that they have been badly treated and that the consequences are …

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The majority of medical schools in the U.S. require prospective students to submit their primary application through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). Even those that do not use the standardized AMCAS application will usually ask if an applicant has been the recipient of any “institutional action” by a college or medical school for unacceptable …

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July 2025 – Nesenoff & Miltenberg, LLP obtained a favorable ruling on behalf of a former tenured professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Virginia who was terminated from his employment after false allegations of misconduct led to findings of responsibility in Correa v. The Rector and Visitors of the University …

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By Kimberly Courtney, Esq. Across some of the country’s most respected universities, a deeply concerning pattern is taking shape: students who voluntarily admit to cheating are allowed to walk away with little more than a warning—or nothing at all. In institutions like Stanford University and the University of Maryland, self-reporting amnesty policies let students disclose …

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