Lara Bazelon, of the University of San Francisco School of Law, argues in favor of components of Betsy DeVos’s Title IX reforms. She critiques the Obama era regulations for eliminating the option mediation — even for parties who prefer the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/opinion/-title-ix-devos-democrat-feminist.html
While sexual harassment and sexual assault are unlikely underlying conflict conducive perhaps, to mediation, in some instances a direct facilitated process can provide precisely the setting for victim and accused to address the incident and possible remedies. We have addressed this topic, in the context of workplace harassment, in details in the New York Law Journal, in a column dated December 12, 2017. https://nyfamilymediation.com/news/navigating-the-complexities-of-workplace-sexual-harassment-mediation/