A Students' Lawyer
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Do Not Underestimate Your School: Why Students Must Be Proactive
Schools have committees, counsel, and record-building experience. Why waiting for the final decision is the biggest mistake, how to check your school’s docket history, and what the 2026 loan caps change.
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What Actually Follows You: Transcripts, Disciplinary Records, and Who Gets Told
The transcript, the disciplinary file, and the dean’s certification are three different records. What applications really ask, and what can still be changed.
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Dismissed After Board-Exam Failures: What DO and MD Students Can Still Do
Failed Step 1 or COMLEX and facing dismissal? The attempt-limit math, the accommodation issue underneath many failures, and what to negotiate besides reinstatement.
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Can You Actually Sue Your University? A Litigator’s Honest Answer
Yes — sometimes. The four real legal theories, the deference rule in plain English, what a winnable record looks like, and the honest math on costs.
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Accused of Using AI on an Assignment? Read This Before You Respond
AI detectors produce probabilities, not proof. What to preserve tonight, why the informal meeting is a trap, and how wrongly accused students actually win.
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Why I Don’t Have a Google Review Page
Why this practice does not collect Google reviews, and what I offer instead.
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Claude Now Marks AI Content — What It Means If You’re Accused of Using AI in School
If you use AI for schoolwork, or you have been accused of it, the ground…
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Academic Dismissal vs. Professionalism Dismissal
If a school tells a student they are being dismissed, the first question should not just be “why,” but also “what kind of dismissal is this?” That distinction matters because schools and courts often treat academic dismissals differently from professionalism dismissals, and schools sometimes blur the line between the two, sometime purposefully to try to gain the benefits of each, a type of have your cake and eat it to attempt.