Janet Hoffman & Associates has represented numerous students in university discipline and Title IX proceedings. The firm has reached favorable outcomes in many of these cases and we are familiar with the widely varying procedural rules of campus judicial systems. The firm also has experience bringing litigation against universities to challenge disciplinary findings when the procedures underlying those findings violate a student’s rights.

Representative Cases

  • Obtained judgment against University of Oregon for violating its own disciplinary rules during the investigation and prosecution of a student for sexual assault.
  • Settled case involving Lewis & Clark College student facing allegations of sexual assault.
  • Settled case of University of Oregon student accused of sexual harassment by former girlfriend.