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Presentation on CT’s Affirmative Consent Law and Campus Relationships

Affirmative Consent law has created an entirely new and extremely difficult landscape for Connecticut students. 

The Maddox Law firm will present Campus  Relationships:  Connecticut’s Affirmative Consent Law at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 29 at New Canaan Public Library.  Detailed and highly valuable information and guidance will be offered to students and parents alike.  Please join us. Here’s Attorney Matthew Maddox’s recent opinion article on Darienite.com about the state’s Affirmative Consent Law:
Five Things College Students and Parents Need to Know About CT’s ‘Affirmative Consent’ Law: Advice from a Lawyer
All Connecticut school campuses, of any kind, are subject to Connecticut’s law entitled “Affirmative Consent”.  This is a law that states that every stage of a romantic or sexual contact between two students must be marked by an out-loud, unambiguous “yes”. Since the law doesn’t differentiate, we must assume that it applies to everything from hand-holding and up. Whether you are a Connecticut student or a Connecticut student’s parent, here are five things that you must understand about Connecticut’s Affirmative Consent Law:

1. “No means no” no longer holds sway.

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Five Things College Students and Parents Need to Know About CT’s ‘Affirmative Consent’ Law: Advice from a Lawyer

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All Connecticut school campuses, of any kind, are subject to Connecticut’s law entitled “Affirmative Consent”.  This is a law that states that every stage of a romantic or sexual contact between two students must be marked by an out-loud, unambiguous “yes”. Since the law doesn’t differentiate, we must assume that it applies to everything from hand-holding and up. Whether you are a Connecticut student or a Connecticut student’s parent, here are five things that you must understand about Connecticut’s Affirmative Consent Law:

1. “No means no” no longer holds sway. In the event of a dispute in which a student complains of a sexual assault, the accused will have to demonstrate that the complainant uttered an unequivocal “yes” to absolutely everything that may have occurred between them.