Amid allegations from the Women’s Law Project that Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania treats its female athletes as “second-class citizens,” eight female athletes from the university are suing Lock Haven in what they characterize as a class action suit, alleging violations of Title IX by unequal treatment of female athletes. The 4220-member student body is 59% female, and the university … [Read more...] about Female Students Bring Title IX Suite Against Lock Haven University: It’s Not Sex This Time, But Sports
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A Win for Pedagogically Defensible Syllabi
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that teaching students to avoid inflammatory sexual language in academic writing is a legitimate pedagogical goal, and that educators do not run afoul of the First Amendment by exercising editorial control of students’ course-related expression, even control of the viewpoints expressed therein, if such control relates to legitimate pedagogical … [Read more...] about A Win for Pedagogically Defensible Syllabi
7th Circuit Rules Transgender Students Protected Class Under Title IX and Equal Protection Clause
In an opinion decided just last week, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals joined two other circuits (the 6th and the 11th) in holding that transgender status is indeed a protected class under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause thus broadening the protection for transgendered students throughout the United States. Background of the Case In Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District, the … [Read more...] about 7th Circuit Rules Transgender Students Protected Class Under Title IX and Equal Protection Clause
School Personnel as Sexual Predators? Responding to the Threat
In 2004, under a provision of No Child Left Behind, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) commissioned Charol Shakeshaft of Hofstra University to conduct a study of the occurrence of sexual assault in K-12 schools. Shakeshaft’s report, “Educator Sexual Misconduct,” revealed that nearly one in every ten students then in American public schools were exposed to some kind of sexual misconduct at the … [Read more...] about School Personnel as Sexual Predators? Responding to the Threat
Text Messages Will Not Do: On the Necessity of a Formal Sperm Donor Agreement
On June 1, the Superior Court quashed an appeal in which a child's mother sought to block the custody rights of the child's biological father (J.A.F.). In 2014, a woman and her husband wished to have a child but needed a sperm donor to do so. Lacking the financial resources to obtain the services of a sperm bank, they sought a sperm donor among friends and co-workers. J.A.F. volunteered. The … [Read more...] about Text Messages Will Not Do: On the Necessity of a Formal Sperm Donor Agreement
Sanctions in Custody Matter Must Always Consider Best Interests
In a decision issued on May 31, 2017, the Superior Court clarified the limit of the sanctions that can be applied in a custody matter when a parent is found to have violated a custody order. Mother and Father separated in March, 2014. Father filed a custody complaint and the parties agreed that Mother would enjoy primary physical custody of the children pending a custody trial. The interim … [Read more...] about Sanctions in Custody Matter Must Always Consider Best Interests
