About Sherri Romano

Sherri A. Romano has dedicated her education and legal career to defending the criminally accused for over 19 years. In addition, she represents college students in university disciplinary hearings and is the author of the College Arrest 101 Blog.

College Arrest 101 Blog | Yes the Police Can Report Your Arrest to Your College

College students who have been arrested off campus may be under the incorrect impression that they are in the clear - that their school will not find out about the arrest and they can't be disciplined by the University for it. When in fact any police officer, prosecutor or anyone else can report misconduct to your college disciplinary office. And recall most student codes of conduct also apply to student activity which occurs off campus and even during vacation (read all about it here in my earlier blog post on this very dangerous topic). I have had students arrested off [...]

By |2014-08-04T23:51:52+00:00May 12th, 2014|Legal Discussion|Comments Off on College Arrest 101 Blog | Yes the Police Can Report Your Arrest to Your College
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College Arrest 101 Blog | Nationwide Statistics on Alcohol and Drugs on College Campuses

As the 2013-2014 academic college year comes to a close, the statistics for 2012 are in and have been comprehensively analyzed by website rehabs.com in its report, "Drugs on Campus, Exploring the Drug Cultures of Hundreds of College Campuses through their Crime Data."   This website is a very interesting read and does a tremendous job analyzing the statistics of college arrests in many areas, not only alcohol and drugs.

By |2014-08-04T23:53:37+00:00May 7th, 2014|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|0 Comments
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College Arrest 101 Blog | A College Student, A Smartphone and the US Supreme Court . . .

Perhaps one of the most significant search and seizure cases for the digital age is centered around a college student who was initially pulled over for a routine traffic stop. He was ultimately arrested for driving with a suspended license and the police impounded his smartphone AFTER scrolling through it to find incriminating evidence of videos and photos of gang activity. The phone landed him in prison for 15 years. You can read aboutthe case here. The US Supreme Court will now decide whether the police illegally searched that smartphone without a warrant. Oral arguments on this issue were held [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:42:28+00:00April 30th, 2014|Legal Discussion, Uncategorized|Comments Off on College Arrest 101 Blog | A College Student, A Smartphone and the US Supreme Court . . .
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College Arrest 101 Blog | US Supreme Court Has NEVER Heard a Case Involving College Student Discipline

Surprising. I just read in a legal essay discussing the evolution of the due process law in college student disciplinary cases that the US Supreme Court has never heard a case involving College Student Discipline. Lower appeal courts have addressed these issues on a few occasions, but never the highest court. This is surprising because the issues in college student disciplinary cases involve broad Constitutional questions and ideas like "due process." Such import overarching policies and interpretations should be determined universally and by our highest court. Not left to differing opinions by various judges around the country and certainly not [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:44:39+00:00March 27th, 2014|Legal Discussion|0 Comments
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College Arrest 101 Blog | Spring Break Court in Key West

I love Key West. They really know how to deal with a problem down there. They have something called "Spring Break Court." Key West, like most big Spring Break destinations, suffers from many arrests of college students for relatively minor crimes like underage drinking, open container violations, fake IDs, etc. The problem with the arrest of a college student on Spring Break vacation is that they are not locals and must return to their home, usually hundreds of miles away, at the end of the week before their criminal case can come to court to be resolved. Key West has [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:45:54+00:00March 23rd, 2014|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|0 Comments
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College Arrest 101 Blog | Florida State College Students Can Bring a Firearm to Campus, Says Florida Court

The Florida First District Court of Appeals recently ruled that Florida public universities must permit firearms to be kept in an encasement inside a vehicle on campus. You can read the opinion here. Florida state, public colleges, like many universities around the country had rules against bringing weapons, including firearms anywhere onto campus.  However, in Florida we have a statute that specifically addresses the right to keep a firearm in a vehicle on campus. Universities don't like any firearms on campus - zero tolerance. However, firearm carrier advocacy groups fought these campus bans and won! Now, at any of the [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:47:16+00:00March 17th, 2014|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|Comments Off on College Arrest 101 Blog | Florida State College Students Can Bring a Firearm to Campus, Says Florida Court
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College Arrest 101 Blog |Freedom of Speech or Facing Suspension? | ASU College Students’ Racist MLK Party

Social media postings land another group of College Students in discipline. This time a fraternity at Arizona State University was suspended and a number of students involved in the party are facing discipline for a racist Martin Luther King day party. Read about the facts here. This is not the first time that social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram has gotten a College Student brought up on disciplinary charges.  College Students need to know that anything that is posted by you or depicting you on the Internet or social media can be used by your college or university to [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:48:30+00:00February 3rd, 2014|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|0 Comments
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College Arrest 101 Blog |Know Your Legal Rights, Justin Bieber … Please!

The media firestorm this week has been blazing with news of every detail of Justin Bieber's DUI arrest in Miami (my own backyard) this week. But, what I haven't heard yet is why Justin Bieber and many other celebrities along with most of my clients don't know their legal rights when they come into contact with law enforcement or when they have been arrested. Learn them, know them and use them because this could make or break your criminal case. Basically, the rules are simple. Here we go. When a police officer asks you any questions you have the absolute [...]

By |2014-08-04T23:58:16+00:00January 25th, 2014|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|Comments Off on College Arrest 101 Blog |Know Your Legal Rights, Justin Bieber … Please!
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College Arrest 101 Blog | Good News for College Athletes with Criminal Records?

Last week the NFL finished up its 2013 annual draft in a time when there has been no shortage of college football players in the news for behavior off the field including arrests and suspensions.  This issue of college athlete arrests is not exclusive to football players, but every college sport experiences arrests of team members.  Policy varies widely from university to university regarding punishment for these student athletes - some receive almost no discipline while others are thrown off the team. However, this week it seems that things may be looking up for college athletes who face arrest and [...]

By |2018-03-28T19:59:26+00:00May 2nd, 2013|News Article Commentary|0 Comments
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College Arrest 101 Blog | College Students and Miranda Rights

There has been a lot of discuss in the past few days about captured Boston Bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, not receiving his Miranda Rights pursuant to the public safety exception. This has been the subject of much debate because normally arrested suspects in the United States are read the well known Miranda Warnings before interrogation or at least that is what you would believe by watching Law & Order.  You know how it goes - "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you . . ." Many college students (and other [...]

By |2014-08-05T00:02:35+00:00April 22nd, 2013|Legal Discussion, News Article Commentary|0 Comments
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