Tompkins County voted to fund an outside review of how its DA handles sexual assault cases. Here is why a decision not to charge is not the end, and how a reopened criminal case touches a campus file.
A former Cornell fraternity president was dropped from the Jane Doe lawsuit. Here is how a defendant leaves a New York case, what "with prejudice" means, and how campus dismissals differ.
A former UW student's negligence suit, built on a new Washington Supreme Court ruling, shows why accused students should expect schools to act faster and look harder at their past.
Two men named in the Cornell lawsuit say the special prosecutor prejudged their case. Here is how bias objections work in a campus Title IX case, and the short deadlines that come with them.
A New York judge's refusal to gag the lawyers in the Cornell civil suit shows why an accused student usually cannot stop public statements about the case, and what protections are realistic.
Cornell's decision to give the New York State Police a role in sexual assault investigations is a reminder that an accused student may face two investigations at once, under very different rules.
New reporting on Cornell's sexual misconduct outcomes shows that a finding of responsibility is only half the case, and the sanctions stage has its own rules, factors and appeal rights.
Cornell's outside review of its sexual misconduct response has accused students asking whether a closed campus case can be reopened, and the rules on finality and appeals give the answer.
News outlets are now quoting hearing transcripts and investigation records from the Cornell case, and the rules explain how a closed campus process ends up in public view.
A New York judge upheld a Cornell finding of an attempted violation the student says he was never told to defend against, and the ruling shows what a Title IX notice letter does and does not protect.
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