UT Knoxville Settles Lawsuit, Nixes Help Finding Lawyers

July 15, 2016

The university did not admit to guilt but it conceded it provided the names of six local lawyers for accused student-athletes and agreed not to give such information to accused athletes. The university’s settlement raises once again the question of if and how attorneys should be involved. Rather than abandon the plan to help some students through the disciplinary process, the university could have aimed to equalize the system by increasing allstudents’ access to attorneys. This would have put accusers and accused students on equal footing while protecting both parties from further imbalances and injustices created by the broken college hearing system.

thefire.org By Susan Kruth