School Disciplinary Actions & Title IX

Allegations of student and faculty misconduct in secondary schools, colleges, and universities are serious. Laredo & Smith attorneys handle all aspects of faculty and student disciplinary matters, including investigations, hearings, and appeals. We also work with colleges and universities to provide advisory services to students. Working with both complainants and respondents, we counsel students and their families as well as teachers and professional staff, helping them reach both formal and informal resolutions to allegations of misconduct including:

• Academic and disciplinary probation
• Campus crimes and violence
• Disciplinary and suspension hearings
• Discrimination related to race, gender, sexuality and more
• Expulsion hearings
• Hazing
• Plagiarism, cheating and other academic misconduct
• Sexual assault, harassment and misconduct, including Title IX
• Suspensions
• Violations of school codes of conduct

We prepare clients for the investigative process, represent them at hearings and handle the full scope of communications and negotiations on our clients’ behalf. Our deep background in criminal defense and investigations informs our comprehensive approach to obtaining a full and accurate picture of what took place with sensitivity and practicality, and protecting our clients’ reputation, resolving conflicts and allowing clients to move beyond these traumatic experiences.

• Boston College
• Boston University
• Brandeis University
• Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
• Bunker Hill Community College
• Harvard Business School
• Harvard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Northeastern University School of Law
• Phillips Academy Andover
• Providence College
• Smith College
• Tufts University
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst