Practice question
A university uses a fair summary disciplinary procedure meeting the applicable safeguards, including written charges, information on evidence, a meaningful chance to answer and present evidence, and consideration of it. A student objects solely that no full criminal courtroom trial was held. Which response follows Ateneo?
- Every school proceeding must duplicate every criminal trial formality.
- A summary procedure is necessarily lawless.
- Counsel must be forbidden in every academic case.
- Adequate academic disciplinary process is assessed by the applicable safeguards, not an automatic requirement of a full criminal trial.
- The university may therefore ignore all contrary evidence.
Legal references
- Ateneo de Manila University v. Capulong, G.R. No. 99327, May 27, 1993, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/may1993/gr_99327_1993.html
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