Saving Title IX: Designing More Equitable and Efficient Investigation Procedures

Authors

Emma Ellman-Golan, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

In 2011, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on Title IX compliance. This guidance has resulted in the creation of investigative and adjudicatory tribunals at colleges and universities receiving federal funds to hear claims of sexual assault, harassment, and violence. OCR’s enforcement efforts are a laudable response to an epidemic of sexual violence on college campuses, but they have faced criticism from administrators, law professors, and potential members of the Trump Administration. This Note suggests ways to alter current Title IX enforcement mechanisms to placate critics and to maintain OCR enforcement as a bulwark against sexual violence on college campuses.

Recommended Citation

Emma Ellman-Golan, Saving Title IX: Designing More Equitable and Efficient Investigation Procedures, 116 Mich. L. Rev. 155 (2017).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol116/iss1/4