The Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) recently issued guidance specific to reopening college campuses. Though the CDC did not weigh in on whether institutions should resume in-person classes in the fall, it set forth key considerations an institution should contemplate […]
Category: Higher Education
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog. When I was studying for the bar many, many years ago, I remember waking up about six weeks before the exam with a sinking feeling in my stomach, wondering “How am I ever going get […]
Supreme Court Rules DACA to Continue—For Now
June 19, 2020
On June 18, 2020, The United States Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that the Trump Administration could not immediately shut down DACA, a program protecting nearly 700,000 young immigrants, many children, from Deportation. In Department of Homeland Security v. […]
YES: Non-Instructional Support Staff Employees May Be Eligible for Unemployment This Summer
June 16, 2020
As you may have heard already, as part of the legislation (HB2455) signed by Governor Pritzker on June 5, 2020, certain non-instructional, non-administrative school term employees (commonly referred to as 10-month employees) may now be eligible for unemployment this summer. […]
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog. For anyone taking the ostrich approach to the Department of Education’s Title IX regulations—sticking their heads in the sand and hoping that a lawsuit will come along to blow these pesky regulations away—there may be […]
Jennifer Smith Quoted By RealClearInvestigations
June 11, 2020
Jennifer Smith was quoted in an article published by RealClearInvestigations regarding the legal representation in investigations of sexual misconduct involving school children. In addressing the new Title IX rules and regulations, particularly the narrowing definition of inappropriate sexual behavior, Jennifer […]
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog. It seems like all we talk about these days in the Title IX world is sexual harassment, as we scramble to implement new Title IX regulations that go into effect in August. Yet, this week brought significant […]
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog. Although some suggest that the Title IX rules issued earlier this month are a boon for schools, colleges, and universities, those of us working to help schools comply with the new rules know that they are anything […]