by Kimberly Courtney, Esq. Parents and students trust schools to make careful decisions about who is given access to children. That trust depends on a simple expectation: when a school knows of a serious risk, it acts to...
Mon 12 Jan, 2026
Deliberate Indifference: Bryan Kohberger and the Legal Reckoning of Washington State University’s Title IX Office
by Kimberly Courtney, Esq. The horrific stabbings of four University of Idaho students in November 2022 are often framed as a sudden, unpredictable act of violence, but a civil lawsuit filed by the victims’ families...
by Kimberly Courtney, Esq. The New “Cheating” Accusation on Campus Across the U.S., universities are increasingly treating the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) online tools like ChatGPT as a form of...
Mon 3 Nov, 2025
When “Studying Together” Becomes a Trap
by Kimberly Courtney, Esq. How vague collaboration rules are punishing students — and why universities need to reform their honor codes. Imagine two students preparing for a midterm. They meet in the library, quiz each...
by Kimberly Courtney, Esq. Across some of the country’s most respected universities, a deeply concerning pattern is taking shape: students who voluntarily admit to cheating are allowed to walk away with little more than a...
