By Winona W. Zimberlin SCOPE The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the basic background required to represent students who are involved in disputes with schools. The rights of [...]
One of the best ways to help your lawyer help you in a higher education disciplinary case – or in any education case – is to make a written request to your school for a complete copy [...]
You can afford a lawyer to help you in your higher education disciplinary case. Private colleges won’t allow your lawyer into a hearing session, but that does not mean that you are not [...]
Most colleges will allow an appeal process if you lose a disciplinary hearing. They will typically allow a written appeal to another university official. There are limited grounds for such an [...]
College students often face disciplinary hearings because of conduct related to a disability. Sometimes students with a mental disabilty such as depression or anxiety will try to self- medicate [...]
College disciplinary hearings are complex. There are usually two or more possible procedures in educational disciplinary hearings. There may be one procedure for disciplinary hearings and a [...]
Mistake Number One – Not telling the parents Over the next few weeks I will be blogging about the five biggest mistakes college students make when facing a disciplinary hearing. The first [...]
A mistake people make is thinking that thsy need to have worked in order to qualify for social security disability benefits. That’s not true! Even if you have never worked, you may still [...]
Another mistake many people make is thinking that, just because they can’t do their past work, that is enough to qualify them for Social Security disability or SSI benefits. It is not [...]
Failure to describe all your impairments to your doctors You only have a few minutes with your doctor at every appointment. Your doctor is busy and may be in a rush. You are going in for [...]