COLLEGE Students Go To Court Over Sexual Assault

August 7, 2016

Lawsuits against colleges that ignore due process are garnering more media attention. “In April, 2015, Columbia University’s motion to dismiss one such lawsuit was granted by a federal district court in New York, which seemed to spell doom for these kinds of claims. But, last week, a unanimous Second Circuit appeals panel reversed that decision and held that the accused student could go forward with his claim that the university subjected him to sex discrimination in violation of Title IX. The case will go back to the lower court for trial proceedings, unless Columbia settles with the student, who is seeking damages and wants his disciplinary record scrubbed.

newyorker.com By Jeannie Suk Gersen