New Regulations Dial Back Regulation of Higher Education but Increase Role of Counsel in Campus Title IX Procedures

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The Friday before most college students headed home for Thanksgiving break (November 16, 2018), the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education released new regulations governing Title IX.[1] A draft of the proposed regulations had been released at the end of August, and bits and pieces of their substance had been leaked over the course of the following weeks.

Guest article written by Attorney Allen published by HigherEducationLaw.org