North Dakota Bill Would Allow Students An Attorney For Disciplinary Hearings

North Dakota Bill Would Allow Students An Attorney For Disciplinary Hearings
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, passes out amendments during a Senat Appropriations Committee meeting at the Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Thursday, April 5, 2007. The committee agreed to set aside 42 million dollars for state prison improvements. Holmberg, the committee chairman, said the action clears the way for talks with the state House on the issue. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, passes out amendments during a Senat Appropriations Committee meeting at the Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Thursday, April 5, 2007. The committee agreed to set aside 42 million dollars for state prison improvements. Holmberg, the committee chairman, said the action clears the way for talks with the state House on the issue. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)

GRAND FORKS -- North Dakota legislators introduced a bill Thursday that would grant university students and student organizations the right to be represented by an attorney during university disciplinary proceedings.

The bill, introduced by state Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, would grant students the right to be represented by an attorney or non-attorney advocate at the student's expense. The right would not extend to hearings regarding allegations of academic dishonesty.

Student organizations would also have the right to an attorney or advocate.

Before You Go

17. University of Texas - Austin
Wikimedia Commons
14. University of Washington
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Tied for fourteenth)
14. University of Florida
Wikimedia Commons
(Tied for fourteenth)
14. Pennsylvania State University
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Tied for fourteenth)
13. University of Wisconsin - Madison
Mike McGinnis via Getty Images
11. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Tied for eleventh)
11. University of California - Irvine
Wikimedia Commons
(Tied for eleventh)
10. University of California - Santa Barbara
beltz6/Flickr
9. University of California - Davis
Wikimedia Commons
8. University of California - San Diego
ASSOCIATED PRESS
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
Bloomberg via Getty Images
6. College of William and Mary
5. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Replay Photos via Getty Images
4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2. University of Virginia
Wikimedia Commons
(Tied for second)
2. University of California - Los Angeles
aimintang via Getty Images
(Tied for second)
1. University of California - Berkeley
Feargus Cooney via Getty Images

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot