Supreme Court Ruling Brings Title IX Back Into The Spotlight

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court
has ruled recently that victims of sexual harassment by student athletes can
now sue individuals -- including coaches and athletic directors -- as well as
institutions.

This ruling and recent court cases are bringing Title IX back into the
spotlight. Thirty-seven years after it was first enacted, colleges and
universities are reexamining their policies and adapting to recent court
rulings.

Tim Davis, professor of law at Wake Forest University, is one the country's
best known sports law scholars and has written a casebook on sports law.

"Title IX continues to evolve and this evolution affects all of those whose
interests are impacted by the law," says Davis, who is also a member of the
Board of Advisors for the National Sports Law Institute.

Davis has organized a forum to update college and university athletics
directors and coaches, and attorneys who deal with sports law. "Sports Update:
Title IX," will be held Friday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Worrell
Professional Center, Room 1312, on the Wake Forest campus. The program is free
and open to the public. For more details,
http://law.wfu.edu/calendar/2009/09/25/8237/.

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SOURCE Wake Forest University

Chery Walker of Wake Forest University, +1-336-758-5237, walkercv@wfu.edu