BAD RULING in Illinois. Judge Blesses Campus Kangaroo Courts
If you’ve ever signed up for a service on the internet or downloaded an app, you’ve probably seen a check box asking you to confirm that you’ve read the terms of service. Colleges have a similar version of terms of service: student conduct codes and other policies that govern the responsibilities and obligations of colleges and their students…A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a student’s due-process lawsuit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, saying he admitted he never read the student code on its website before enrolling. As with many contracts that consumers don’t read carefully, this “NO CONTACT” provision was not obvious enough for Doe to immediately notice it. If Doe had read and understood school policies on its website before enrolling – again, unlikely without a lawyer – he would have learned that the university has a different sexual-misconduct standar
d than the state of Illinois and it doesn’t do live hearings in Title IX cases…The judge expressed exasperation with the University of Illinois as well, writing in a lengthy footnote that this was a “close decision” and reminded the University of Illinois that it’s likely in violation of 7th Circuit precedent by denying accusing and accused students a “meaningful opportunity to be heard“.
thecollegefix.com By Piper & Thanks to KC for tweet
