Cornell has banned fraternity parties for the year and promises immediate suspension for any chapter that breaks the rule. How a chapter case differs from a student's own Title IX case, and what members should know before they talk.
Netflix released a documentary about the Cornell case before anyone has been charged. What heavy publicity can and cannot do to a future jury, a campus hearing and an accused student's defense.
Campus rallies tied to the Cornell case demand "trauma-informed investigations." New York and federal rules already require trauma training, and they require impartiality, a presumption of non-responsibility and public training materials too.
Cornell now sends sexual assault complaints to the New York State Police unless the reporting person chooses otherwise. What that means for an accused student's records, and how evidence moves between a police file and a Title IX file.
At Thursday's hearing on removing Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell case, the judge asked why only one of seven accused men had sued. Here is how joinder and ripeness work, and how campus cases consolidate.
As Cornell's faculty votes on no confidence in its leadership, the university's own rules show two senior administrators sit on every three-member Title IX appeal panel. Here is who decides what, and when to object.
A Cornell student who served a suspension in the Chi Phi case was placed in a shared dorm on his return. Here is what a written sanction, Title IX remedies and FERPA allow a school to do when a suspended student comes back.
New York may change how its rape law treats voluntary intoxication after the Cornell case. Campus consent rules already treat heavy drinking as possible incapacity, and the campus bar is lower.
A Cornell defendant is asking a New York court to remove Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor for bias. Here is how New York decides whether a prosecutor can be removed, and why the bar is so high.
A former Chi Phi member named in the Cornell Jane Doe lawsuit says the claims against him came too late. Here is how New York's one-year and twenty-year deadlines work, and why the criminal and campus clocks are different.
A judge let Cornell's Jane Doe keep her name out of her lawsuit and invited the seven accused men to seek the same. Here is how pseudonyms work for the accused, and why it is harder for them.
Sally Yates is asking the Cornell community for information and plans campus visits. Here is who the reviewer works for, whether your FERPA file goes to her, and how to handle an interview request.
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