If you are a student looking for a Louisiana Title IX lawyer, this page links to our guides for three Louisiana public universities. Each guide explains, in general terms, how that university handles a Title IX, sexual misconduct or power-based violence complaint against a student.
Each university runs its own process under its own policy. The written notice you receive, and the policy version it names, control your case.
How Louisiana universities handle Title IX cases
Each school on this page decides its cases under its own documents.
- LSU uses Permanent Memorandum 73 (PM-73), Prohibiting Power-based Violence. Its Code of Student Conduct sends sex and gender-based cases to the PM-73 process.
- Southeastern Louisiana University uses its Power-Based Violence & Sexual Misconduct Policy, its Title IX Grievance Procedures for conduct inside the federal Title IX definition, and its 2026-2027 Student Code of Conduct.
- UL Lafayette uses its Sexual Harassment and Other Prohibited Sexual Conduct Policy and its procedures for cases with a student as the respondent.
Southeastern belongs to the University of Louisiana System. The System’s Sexual Misconduct/Power-Based Violence policy, S-II.XXI, effective August 1, 2022, says each report is investigated and resolved by each institution under its own policy and procedures. It also says each institution’s policy must comply with the Board of Regents Uniform Policy on Power-Based Violence and Sexual Misconduct. Southeastern’s policy also cites Act 472 of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
The UL System Board has its own rule on student conduct appeals to the Board for the most serious sanctions. Southeastern’s documents do not agree on whether and when that step applies in a Title IX case, and UL Lafayette’s procedure only refers students to the Board bylaws. See each school page on that point.
At a Title IX hearing at all three schools, advisors, not the students, question the other side. Each school provides an advisor for this at no charge if you do not have one.
Louisiana university guides
- Louisiana State University (LSU): PM-73 has informal, administrative and formal resolution tracks, and formal cases go to a three-person hearing panel. PM-73 gives five business days from email notification of an administrative or formal decision to file a written notice of appeal with the Title IX Coordinator.
- Southeastern Louisiana University: after a report, the Title IX office decides whether a case goes on the Title IX track or the power-based violence track. See the school page for appeal timing, because the policy, the Title IX Grievance Procedures and the Student Code each set a different appeal deadline.
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette): the student procedure’s Formal Resolution route includes an investigation and a live hearing. It gives five business days from the university’s determination to appeal in writing to the Title IX Coordinator. It does not state a separate deadline for appealing a dismissal.
Common questions
Do all Louisiana public universities follow the same policy?
No. Each school on this page has its own policy and procedures. The UL System policy tells its member schools to resolve reports under their own documents.
Is the appeal deadline the same everywhere?
No. LSU’s PM-73 and UL Lafayette’s procedure both say five business days, counted from different events. Southeastern’s documents give different deadlines, so use the deadline in your outcome letter and confirm which document governs.
What should I check first in my notice?
Check which document and track the notice names. At LSU, the track decides the decision maker and hearing rights. At Southeastern, the Title IX and power-based violence tracks have different steps. At UL Lafayette, the policy and procedure versions posted on different university pages carry different dates.
Talk to a Louisiana Title IX lawyer
If you have received a notice from a Louisiana university, you can contact us to talk about your situation and the documents you have.
Disclaimer
This page is general information only and is not legal advice. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any university named on this page, or by the University of Louisiana System. Reading this page or contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. University policies and procedures change. The notice you receive and the policy version it names control your case, so check your notice.
