Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

I think one argument you might want to make is this: In the US, the only  
legal system where one party's right to appeal is radically different from 
the  
other's is the criminal justice system. University disciplinary proceedings 
have  legitimately avoided becoming mini-criminal tribunals. How is the 
appellate 
 process an appropriate exception?
 
And, I have to add a heads-up about appeals. I don't know if this is a  
problem at your school but when I'm helping people redesign their systems one 
of  
the first things I suggest is that they look at the power of the appellate  
reviewer. Some schools have systems where the dean, for example, has so much  
power on appeal that the hearing process is really just  a charade.