Chronicle quotes Sokolow on high-profile cases

"Most cases that have been filed intersect around privilege," said Brett A. Sokolow, president of the Ncherm Group, a consulting and law firm that advises colleges on sex assault and other issues.

"Of the 170-plus cases that have been filed against colleges, almost all were filed by 1 percenters," he said, alluding to their affluence. Most students can’t afford to sue, just as most women who are attacked cannot afford legal representation.

While most Title IX challenges go nowhere, a case that proceeds with the right set of facts and finds a sympathetic judge could set an important precedent, Mr. Sokolow said.

"Once that first case is won," he predicted, "a tidal wave will follow."

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Inside Higher Ed quotes Sokolow on college defense strategies

“While it is certainly victim blaming to assert that a victim’s own alcohol use and partying contributed to a sexual assault, and administrators should never take such a position, it would simply be actionable malpractice for a lawyer not to assert contributory or comparative negligence as a defense,” said Brett Sokolow, president and CEO of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management. “It may be distasteful to assert such a defense, but college administrators, even if aware, would typically have little to no say in how the case is defended.” 

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McCreary quoted on hazing law in the Chronicle

McCreary said the law carries the potential to change campus cultures around hazing. 

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