DUE Process Legal Update: The Kangaroo Lives On

Rulings for Lynn University, UC San Diego, and William Paterson University…Universities increasingly rely heavily on investigators rather than hearings to determine responsibility in sexual misconduct cases. The dangers of combining in a single individual the power to investigate, prosecute, and convict, with little effective power of review, are obvious. No matter how well-intentioned, such a person may have preconceptions and biases, may make mistakes, and may reach premature conclusions. These “single investigator” systems raise significant due process concerns, articulated perfectly by Judge Dennis Saylor in the Doe v. Brandeis decision:

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