The one thing I'm not clear on is why she didn't consult with a lawyer to begin with. They might have said to her that a lawyer couldn't be present, but I think that might have changed if she'd talked to one anyway.
The question becomes, why didn't the author find good, pro-bono legal counsel willing to fight against students in a title IX case.
This would be a risky case for a leftist lawyer to take pro bono because they may face a severe political backlash for it.
Of course the fight of the (self perceived) marginalized groups to try and dismantle the first is more than ironic and amusing.
The point is the policing powers of the radical left are such that when a member of the moderate left is chosen for public castigation their peers don't want to get involved. Like the author said, she's getting a lot of silent support from people who aren't daring to go public with their support. The reason libertarians are happy to get involved publicly is they're far outside the political left so the radical left holds very little power over them.
A moderate leftist reaching out to Ken White for help would be like a centrist republican contacting the ACLU, that's a lot of trust to place in people that you normally disagree with.
edit: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted here, just trying to explain why it might be difficult for the author to find pro-bono legal help from within her existing social network.