Harvard sexual misconduct policy

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Dozens of Harvard Law School faculty members are asking the university to withdraw its new sexual misconduct policy, saying that it violates basic principles of fairness and would do more harm than good.

"Harvard has adopted procedures for deciding cases of alleged sexual misconduct which lack the most basic elements of fairness and due process, are overwhelmingly stacked against the accused, and are in no way required" by the federal anti-discrimination law, known as Title IX, they wrote in an op-ed article signed by 28 current and retired members of the Harvard Law faculty and posted online by The Boston Globe on Tuesday night.

"It's a totally secret process, in which real genuine unfairnesses can happen, and it's so airtight that no one would know," Janet Halley, one of the professors who signed the article, said Wednesday.

Some Harvard Professors Oppose Policy on Assaults

By JESS BIDGOOD and TAMAR LEWIN

NYT, OCT. 15, 2014 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/education/harvard-law-professors-back-away-from-sexual-misconduct-policy.html