I am planning to submit an age discrimination case to the Office for Civil Rights. I am in a very unpleasant situation as a graduate student at a university. I have some pretty concrete evidence of discrimination. I also have a family and feel very vulnerable. I do not really have a lot of money to retain an attorney - I'm back at school due to a bankrupt family business. Will the OCR take care of this a protect me? The website says they handle this type of situation, but not to what extent. Or is an attorney an absolute must? I'm also hesitant to contact an attorney because most firms have lawyers who graduated from this university.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

