Will Baylor Succeed in Dismissal of Title IX Claim?

Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist college, faces further upheaval and complications with regards to a Title IX claim filed in March 2016. Jasmin Hernandez had enrolled at Baylor when a former football player, Tevin Elliott, raped her at an off-campus party in 2012. In 2014, the court convicted Elliott of two counts of sexual assault and sentenced him to twenty years in prison.

In March 2016, Hernandez filed her Title IX lawsuit against Baylor, the former athletic director, Ian McCaw, and head football coach, …

July 12, 2016 Litigation

University of Tennessee Reaches Settlement in Title IX Lawsuit

The University of Tennessee announced on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, that they have reached a settlement in the Title IX lawsuit brought against them by eight former female students. The settlement of $2.48 million comes after allegations of a “hostile sexual environment” at the university arising from a policy of indifference towards sexual assaults by student-athletes.

Seven of the eight plaintiffs in the lawsuit made allegations against UT athletes, and six athletes were accused by name. The plaintiffs alleged a “culture of sexual violence,” which …