A high school English teacher was accused of using a racial slur while incorrectly explaining a word to his class. He testified in a public termination hearing. Under New York law, employees facing disciplinary proceedings can choose to have a private or public hearing. Jim Quinlisk teaches at Brighton High School in Rochester, New York.…

Brill Legal Group secured a new disciplinary hearing for a New York college basketball player after the Court of Appeals found that he had been robbed of his right to due process. According to the ruling, the college wrongfully took away his right to legal counsel during an administrative hearing, especially in light of a…

A former Columbia University student who filed several legal challenges against the university’s disciplinary hearing process failed to convince a New York State appeals court to rule in his favor. The appellate panel sided with Columbia, stating that the university’s decision to uphold a disciplinary hearing committee’s semester-long suspension of the student was justified. The…

A teacher who was previously employed by the city, and who voiced his objections to a “gender bender” day at a public high school in Brooklyn, has found himself unemployed. A social studies teacher named Richard Severin disagreed with a “spirit day” event at Urban Action Academy in Canarsie in April 2016 in which students…