IU has opened a Title IX investigation on Maurer School of Law associate professor Ian Samuel, said IU Spokesman Chuck Carney.

“As with any ongoing Title IX investigation, we cannot comment on aspects of this personnel matter,” Carney said. “We take these processes very seriously and will determine the facts in the case."

The Title IX statute states that no student will, based on their sex, be excluded from participation, denied benefits, or discriminated against in educational programs or activities that receive federal money, according to the US Department of Education website. Sexual misconduct issues on campus are considered part of Title IX.

Samuel graduated the New York University School of Law in 2008 and was a lecturer at Harvard Law School for two years before coming to IU this semester. He also spent three years with the United States Department of Justice.

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