Graffiti photographed by security at Pine Bush High School. By Adele Kimmel Senior Attorney Today, a federal court put all schools on notice that they can’t ignore severe harassment and, if they do, they risk being held accountable in court. What does the law require…
This is a tort action brought by five current and former students at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Ill. All five students were subjected to physical and sexual assault while members of Maine West High School sports teams (soccer and baseball) as part…
By Adele Kimmel, Public Justice Managing Attorney On March 11, I had a great conversation about bullying and the law with hundreds of people who participated in The BULLY Project’s “Speak with an Expert” Conference Call Series. Thanks again to The BULLY Project for inviting…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney What legal options do bullying victims have when their schools fail to take appropriate steps to protect them? This is exactly what I’ll be talking about tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern Time as part of The BULLY Project’s conference call…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Lawyer bashing is nearly a national sport. But people seem to have forgotten how often civil litigation has led to important social change. And civil litigation is just as important today as it was when a courageous group of individuals…
By Sarah Belton, Cartwright-Baron Attorney Read the comments to the November 8 New York Times article about Public Justice’s Pine Bush bullying lawsuit and some themes are evident. The anti-Semitism these students faced is unacceptable. People expect that when students attend school they will be…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney “If being Jewish is so important to you, why would you move into a community that does not have a synagogue? If you want your kids to hang out with more Jewish children or have more tolerance, why would you…
by Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been criminally charged with a felony in the tragic case of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old Florida girl who committed suicide last month after enduring a year of online and face-to-face bullying. As…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney The start of the new school year has already provided a painful lesson on the effects of bullying. After the first day of school, 15-year-old Bart Palosz of Greenwich, Conn., killed himself in an apparent effort to escape years of…
By Adrian Alvarez, Goldberg-Robb Attorney I recently posted a blog with my colleague Adele Kimmel about an Oregon case filed by Josi Harrison, a high school student who was “sextorted” into sending nude photos of herself to her boyfriend starting in middle school. The crux…
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