Civil Litigation,
Education Law,
Criminal
Apr. 13, 2018
Title IX sexual assault cases not conducive to summary judgment
If you are a lawyer taking a Title IX case, even if the facts are clearly in favor of the victim or the suspect, it may be a long and expensive haul to trial, with heavy events beyond your control, so be fully prepared to take on these worthy cases.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 began as a law to help equalize women's rights in college sports. This federal civil rights law says that any school or university that receives federal funds cannot discriminate based on gender. With regard to sports, that means that if half the student body is female, then half the athletes should be female. In response to the law, schools had to shift their athletic programs, and big money decisions were made.
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