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If you are reading this, chances are that you or someone you know has been charged with an academic integrity violation. How do you defend an academic integrity violation? Read on to for an idea of what you will be facing and why a lawyer for college students is...

Did you seek help at the writing lab or writing center for a paper or research project? Are you now being accused of plagiarism? How can a professor accuse you of plagiarism after using the resources available through the university? If you are in this situation, you...

Did you find your textbook test bank online and purchase it to study? Did you use past course resources to help boost your exam scores? Even if you did not mean to cheat, you could be facing an academic cheating charge. I didn’t know that using the test bank or old...

Graduate and doctoral programs require internships as part of their curriculum. Students have options for placement, but the school decides what those internship options are. Internship sites are built on relationships the school makes with hospitals, schools, clinics...

Did you help a friend who didn’t study for a test by letting them glance at your paper and got caught? Did you show a friend your answers for an assignment and are being accused of collaboration? Did a friend turn in a past assignment of yours and get caught for...

If you are reading this, chances are you have been found responsible or guilty of academic misconduct. Being found responsible for academic cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration or another infraction can have long lasting consequences. If you are found...

Students face all types of obstacles to success in school. In college, some of these challenges may require a student to submit a leave of absence request from classes. Although the reasons are genuine, a school can reject the students request. This leaves the student...

Is sharing notes academic cheating? To cut to the point, yes, sharing notes can be considered academic cheating. How, you may ask? While it often happens innocently enough, some professors consider giving your notes to a classmate academic cheating. Even if a student...

Is your child facing an expulsion from school? If so, you will have a chance to fight the charges and avoid placement in an alternative school. Should you bring a lawyer to the expulsion hearing? Yes, you should absolutely bring a lawyer to a school disciplinary...

If you are reading this, chances are you already know what a college disciplinary hearing is. You have been charged with academic misconduct and are facing a panel of school staff and peers. So, I will cut right to the point, yes, you should absolutely bring a lawyer...