Education | Bashian & Papantoniou

November 18

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Constitutional , Criminal Defense , Education , Uncategorized
Date: November 18, 2016
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Are Schools Allowed To Search Your Child?

The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable search and seizures applies to searches of students in public schools. However, private or religious school students are not afforded those same constitutional protections. In the context of public schools, students have a legitimate expec...

November 16

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Education , Litigation , Personal Injury , Uncategorized
Date: November 16, 2016
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When is A School District Liable for Physical Injury By One Student to Another?

In New York, it is well settled law that a school district is under a duty to adequately supervise the students in their charge and that it will be held liable for foreseeable injuries proximately related to the absence of adequate supervision. However, the school district is not an insurer of saf...

November 16

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Education
Date: November 16, 2015
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Revocation of Student’s Masters Degree Overturned At New York Graduate School

Erik Bashian, head of the Bashian & Papantoniou litigation department, successfully represented his client’s interests by proving to administrators that the graduate student had no knowledge of or involvement with the program wide cheating scandal involving administrators and other students. ...

August 14

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Education , Litigation
Tags: discplinary, school, university
Date: August 14, 2014
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Dealing with Disciplinary Allegations at Universities

When a client contacts us about a disciplinary issue stemming from alleged violations at a university or graduate program – the first thing that we will want to review is something called the code of conduct. The code of conduct is a handbook that discusses the school’s policies and proced...