As a legal firm that defends the legal rights of students, we often find ourselves litigating complex cases of discrimination in higher education. These cases pose numerous challenges, including proving intent, navigating each institution’s idiosyncratic policies, and contending with the asymmetric power relationship between an institution of higher education (which are multimillion-dollar and, in some cases, multibillion-dollar organizations, with thousands of employees) and an individual student who frequently just wants to get their degree and move on. Our goal in each such case is to use the rights structures that…
