Any college student facing a charge of academic dishonesty faces enormous obstacles in overcoming a false charge. The public colleges in Connecticut give that student a right to a hearing to [...]
A new sexual assault policy requires every college and university in Connecticut to use an “affirmative consent” standard when determining whether or not sexual activity was consensual. This is [...]
T.M. was born in July 2004. He has been diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder whose symptoms include difficulty with social interaction, difficulty with communication, and repetitive [...]
Your longtime client calls you one evening in great distress to tell you that she just got an expulsion notice for her 13 year old son – and the hearing is in two days. Your college [...]
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By Attorney Winona W. Zimberlin Connecticut law allows public schools to expel students, up to a maximum period of one calendar year. Unless an emergency exists, a hearing is required. On school [...]
By Winona W. Zimberlin SCOPE The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the basic background required to represent students who are involved in disputes with schools. The rights of [...]
One of the best ways to help your lawyer help you in a higher education disciplinary case – or in any education case – is to make a written request to your school for a complete copy [...]
You can afford a lawyer to help you in your higher education disciplinary case. Private colleges won’t allow your lawyer into a hearing session, but that does not mean that you are not [...]
Most colleges will allow an appeal process if you lose a disciplinary hearing. They will typically allow a written appeal to another university official. There are limited grounds for such an [...]