Quote:My own position is that if the University's actions spurred a law now known as "Katie Meyer's Law" (Assembly Bill 1575) that literally changed the student discipline process for all California universities...it's at least a little bit at fault. It's quite a stretch to state that Stanford bears no fault whatsoever.
Not sure I agree with this reasoning. This is the same legislature that passed a law targeting private schools like Stanford for legacy admissions, with the Varsity Blues scandal as the supposed stimulus, as per the bill's author Phil Ting. But legacy admissions really had nothing to do with Varsity Blues cases.
Now, the Katie Meyer bill seems like a good law. But I sincerely doubt it would have averted her tragic suicide. If Stanford had sent that same letter, with an extra paragraph regarding her being entitled to an independent advisor during potential disciplinary proceedings, would it have changed anything? I'm skeptical. And the bill only applies to public universities, so it doesn't even apply to Stanford! That last bit seems a particular head scratcher to me.