Attorney Samantha Harris Holds Free Speech Lecture at Ursinus College

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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New Allen Harris Attorney Andrew Cavarno Clears International Student of False Title IX Accusation

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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Allen Harris and FIRE Team Up to File Title IX Amicus Brief with Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

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 Has Op-Ed Featured On Fox News

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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Samantha Harris Quoted in USA Today Article: Biden Administration Proposes Protections for Transgender Students and Against Sexual Violence in Schools

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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Samantha Harris Featured in The Wall Street Journal: Princeton President Asks Board to Fire Tenured Classics Professor, Citing Sexual-Misconduct Investigation

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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Samantha Harris Quoted in NYT Article: After Campus Uproar, Princeton Proposes to Fire Tenured Professor

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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Famed New England Prep School Not Above the Law in Disciplinary Action Against Former Student, Judge Rules

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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When a judge tells you twice in one week that you are violating students’ constitutional rights, it may be time to listen.

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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Is Your Free Speech Protected on Social Media when You’re at School? The Answer Is …. Maybe?

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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