Virginia University / College Campus
Rape Allegation Representation
We offer criminal defense representation for individuals accused of rape or sexual assault on Virginia University and College Campuses. Rape accusations and disciplinary hearings / proceedings can lead to disciplinary actions, expulsion from the schools, and criminal charges. We strongly recommend that any individual accused of rape or sexual assault on a college campus to hire a private attorney to represent his interests.
Victims’ advocates say the OCR letter helped destigmatize sexual assault and encourages survivors to report. But a less-told consequence is the tendency by schools to trample due process rights for the accused, according to some higher education and legal experts. “There was for a long time a perception that colleges were not responsive at all to claims of sexual misconduct,” says Samantha Harris, director of policy research at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. These days, however, “a growing number of people are starting to be concerned that the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.”
Nungesser leads the swelling ranks of male students suing colleges, seeking damages and asking judges to force schools to clear their records. A database on the website of advocacy organization Boys and Men in Education says at least 90 men have filed such lawsuits in the past few years, and some lawyers say the total number is even higher. Until recently, the lawsuits focused on claims such as breach of contract and lack of due process. But increasingly, lawyers are throwing gender discrimination into the mix. Accused men are now echoing the complaints of their (most often) female accusers: that schools are violating Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.
List of Local Virginia Colleges and Universities
- University of Virginia
- James Madison University
- College of William and Mary
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Virginia Wesleyan College
- Virginia Tech
- University of Richmond
- Liberty University
- Washington & Lee University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- George Mason University
- Marymount University
- Shenandoah University
- University of Mary Washington
- Virginia Military Institute
