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OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - burger - 02-09-2017
It seems like there's an embarrassing article about our rape adjudication process every couple of weeks now. This week's entry (yeah, she was more "no longer hired" than fired, but you get the idea):
Quote:Stanford has cut ties with a lawyer who represented students in sexual assault complaints after she spoke out against the universitys internal process for handling such cases.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/sports/stanford-lawyer-sexual-assault-accusations.html
The lawyer, Crystal Riggins, is one of six the university has on retainer to provide legal guidance to students involved in complaints, under the provisions of Title IX, a federal law aimed at protecting women on campus. Riggins was the only lawyer who exclusively represented accusers.
Riggins was quoted in this article from a few weeks back: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/sports/football/stanford-football-rape-accusation.html
Isn't there someone in the administration whose job it is to remind everyone else that the world is watching what we do now on sexual assault?
Re: OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - fullmetal - 02-10-2017
The separation is will be seen as tone deaf. It probably is.
Re: OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - winflop - 02-10-2017
I'm reserving judgment until I hear facts, but it is worth noting that the University has five other lawyers available, so it's not like this action is significantly hampering students from getting legal counsel for sexual assault matters.
Re: OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - fullmetal - 02-11-2017
It just seems like she is being punished for speaking out. Not a good implication for the university is all.
Re: OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - CompSci87 - 02-11-2017
Is it possible she was let go for some other reason and now is retaliating by claiming she was let go for this reason, to make the university look bad?
Re: OT: Stanford fires rape vicitms' lawyer critical of Title IX process - CTcard - 02-12-2017
(02-11-2017, 05:55 PM)CompSci87 link Wrote:Is it possible she was let go for some other reason and now is retaliating by claiming she was let go for this reason, to make the university look bad?
The article said that the a Stanford administrator sent the lawyer a letter stating that, "Given your stated lack of confidence [in Stanford's Title IX complaint process] it does not make sense for the university to continue to refer our students to you." Thus she was definitely not retained for reasons associated with her complaints to the NY Times, and likely elsewhere.
But perhaps you meant something more subtle and this was just the specific thing that prompted Stanford to act?