Recently, Attorney Samantha Harris delivered a lecture at Ursinus College titled “Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and Freedom of Speech: Navigating the Post-10/7 Landscape.” Part of the Jewish Life Series, her talk explored the complex relationship between free speech and antisemitism in the current political climate. Harris emphasized the need for nuanced dialogue…
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Allen Harris’ newest associate, Attorney Andrew Cavarno, showcased his top-notch representation skills and dedication to due process by clearing an international student falsely accused of a Title IX violation. The student, a Chinese national, was enrolled in a graduate program at a top-ten university, where he is now free to…
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This week, Allen Harris sent an open letter to Dr. Michael Lauer, Deputy Director of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lauer is an accomplished American cardiologist and scientist, and he serves the NIH as the principal scientific leader and advisor on all matters relating to the…
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Recently, the New York Post featured an article about attorneys Mike Allen and Samantha Harris, of Allen Harris Law, titled, "Meet the go-to lawyers for cancel culture victims: ‘Standing up for free speech.'" In the article, Mike Allen and Samantha Harris discuss prominent cases they've handled in the past and…
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Last Friday, Allen Harris attorney Robert Shibley, representing the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of a student accused in a Title IX campus proceeding. The case, Doe v. Loyola University Chicago,…
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Attorney Robert Shibley of Allen Harris Law wrote an op-ed featured on Fox News called, "'Twitter Files' show today's censors continue to be terrible at their jobs." The op-ed speaks about how we now know, thanks to the "Twitter Files," that Twitter censors actively worked alongside government agencies--albeit rather incompetently--to…
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On Monday, Allen Harris submitted a comment on the Department of Education’s proposed new Title IX regulations. The proposed regulations would undo many of the changes that went into effect in 2020 when the Department of Education issued Title IX regulations that protect due process and free speech protections for…
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Allen Harris is thrilled to announce that Robert L. Shibley, Esq., has joined our firm. Prior to joining Allen Harris, Robert was the Executive Director of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), where he advocated for the free speech and due process rights of students and faculty members…
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June 23, 2022 President Joe Biden's administration released a proposal Thursday that would provide stronger protections against sex and gender discrimination on college campuses, as well as for anyone who claims they were the victim of sexual assault on campus. The changes seek to overhaul a federal rule known as…
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May 19, 2022 Princeton University’s president has recommended that the school’s board of trustees fire a tenured classics professor, concluding he didn’t cooperate fully in a sexual-misconduct investigation, according to a copy of his letter to the board’s chair reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The recommended dismissal is being…
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May 20, 2022 In July 2020, as social justice protests roiled the nation, Joshua Katz, a Princeton classics professor, wrote in a small influential journal that some faculty proposals to combat racism at Princeton would foment “civil war on campus,” and denounced a student group, the Black Justice League, as…
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May 19, 2022 In a recent New York Times article, Samantha Harris, of Allen Harris Law and one of Dr. Negy’s lawyers, called the arbitrator’s finding “a victory for the rule of law, and a reminder that due process matters.” An arbitrator found that the University of Central Florida failed…
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Decision allows case to proceed against the Frederick Gunn School for expelling student who cursed at his football coach after benching and berating him during final game LITCHFIELD, Conn., February 16, 2022 --- In a ruling exposing the lack of due process at one of the country’s elite private schools,…
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Recently, an Allen Harris case was again recognized in the New York Times in a Jan. 25, 2022 opinion piece by John McWhorter. The case involves University of North Texas music theory professor Timothy Jackson. In July 2020, he became the victim of backlash and calls to step down for…
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Last week, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York shot down Syracuse University’s attempt to dismiss the Complaint of “John Doe,” who sued the university for unfairly expelling him in 2017. This is a major victory for Allen Law LLC’s client, John Doe, who is…
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The University of Connecticut expelled a male student for an allegedly nonconsensual sexual encounter with a female student. But now a judge has issued a temporary restraining order to halt the student's removal, on the grounds that the university's investigation was wildly unfair. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education…
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As reported in the Hartford Courant on Saturday, Attorney Michael Thad Allen of Allen Law LLC successfully argued in the District Court for the United States District of Connecticut that the University of Connecticut denied his client, identified only as John Doe, his constitutional rights to due process. The decision,…
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HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a temporary order requiring the University of Connecticut to reinstate a male student who had been banned from campus for two years amid a sexual misconduct investigation. The student, referred to in court documents as John Doe, said in a lawsuit…
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Case featured in Hartford Courant A federal court has delivered an early legal win to a UConn student whose claim that he was unfairly suspended for an alleged sexual assault could put the school’s system for investigating and punishing sexual misconduct on trial. U.S. District Judge Michael Shea issued a…
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A federal court in Connecticut handed the University of Connecticut a stinging rebuke yesterday, holding that the university likely violated an accused student’s due process rights when it ignored exculpatory evidence and prevented him from questioning witnesses in his sexual misconduct case. This is the second time in a week…
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How broadly does the First Amendment’s free speech clause apply to students? This is a question that American courts have been interpreting for quite some time. Social media has made it more complicated. The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech without government interference—with certain limits that are designed…
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