Due Process Roulette: Why Public University Students Are Not Guaranteed Procedural Due Process When Facing Suspension or Dismissal

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Medd, Ty C.

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2019

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This Note will discuss the importance of providing public university students facing expulsion or long-term suspension with proper due process protections. First, this Note will present the origins of a constitutionally-protected liberty or property interest as derived from the Due Process Clause. Next, this Note will examine Supreme Court precedent relating to a student’s right to procedural due process. Then, the split amongst the circuit courts of appeals, which resulted from a lack of guidance from the Supreme Court, will be reviewed. Finally, this Note will argue that both a protected property interest in continued education and a protected liberty interest in a student’s reputation should be implicated when a public university student faces dismissal or long-term suspension for academic or disciplinary reasons

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Creighton University School of Law

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