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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I had a similar incident with a student before I was tenured. I had proof and the student threatened to sue. As others have noted, you should contact general counsel and make sure you CYA, which means document everything and stop engaging with the student. I was advised to CC legal counsel and my chair for any future correspondence. The student and parents tried to escalate but I had department/ university support. She did hire a lawyer and threatened to file against me and the university but it didn’t go anywhere. I wasn’t worried because I had evidence.

I also had another student try to sue me because she thought she should have received an A instead of a B and also went to the dean and later president of the university. She argued that I was ruining her chances of getting into a T1 law school. She was a development student and made it very clear that her family name was on one of the campus buildings. I didn’t change her grade even when the dean suggested otherwise. Surprisingly, I didn’t experience any issues with the dean afterwards but not sure if the student’s family stopped donating to the university. [/quote]

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