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Title IX: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore. How to Navigate the Yellow Brick Road to Keep Survivors in School.
Friday August 29, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Room 412
This session will provide technical guidance on how to help survivor’s meet their education goals after experiencing a sexual assault or domestic violence on campus. Lawyers tend to focus on “winning” by getting a finding of responsibility. Our goal is to provide an alternative type of Title IX practice that focuses on the core goal of Title IX—ensuring the student’s access to their education. Supportive measures are on-disciplinary, non-punitive services available even without a formal Title IX complaint and can include things like counseling, housing assistance, and academic accommodations. We will summarize the relevant regulations and laws as they exist at the time of the presentation and provide a step-by-step process for identifying a survivor’s educational needs after an assault and how to advocate for them. We will cover both K12 schools and higher education.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Christine Reed

Mary Christine Reed

Economic and Social Justice Group Coordinator, Education Team Manager, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
As an attorney with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) since 1993, Mary Christine Reed has assisted low-income clients with a broad range of legal problems, including a frequent focus on issues impacting youth and families. TRLA is a non-profit corporation that provides free civil and... Read More →
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Brittany Hightower

Staff Attorney, Lone Star Legal Aid (Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt)
Brittany Hightower is a Staff Attorney at Lone Star Legal Aid with the Individual Safety Unit where she provides legal services to survivors of sexual abuse, including protective orders, divorces, custody, housing, privacy, and more. Prior to joining LSLA, Brittany worked as an attorney... Read More →
Friday August 29, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Room 412 500 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78701

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