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Liz,

 

A well-trained (and perhaps separate) board is of value, though I’m encouraging every campus now examining how to do this right to invest the time not (just) in new boards, but in developing civil rights investigation capacities.  Boards, in my opinion, should not be the default resolution mechanism for sexual misconduct, as equity is rather difficult to overlay onto a process designed for the sole purpose of protecting the rights of the accused student.  I wrote about this in our 2007 Whitepaper, posted at http://www.ncherm.org/pdfs/2007-whitepaper.pdf

 

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Brett A. Sokolow
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From: Kaplan, Claire (cnk2r) [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:26 PM
To: McGough, Elizabeth M.; Sexual Assault Program Coordinators' Listserv
Subject: Re: Judicial board specifically for sexual misconduct cases

 

Hi Liz,

UVA has a separate board for sexual assault cases.  It is a group of faculty, administrators, and students who are extensively trained (about 16-20 hours for new members) by experts in the field.  Often it's Brett Sokolow.  But it's good to get a range of perspectives.  We're still revising our policies/procedures, so this is the old process, but you can get a general idea of the board at http://www.virginia.edu/vpsa/assaultprocedure.html.  Our sexual assault home page is at http://www.virginia.edu/sexualviolence/.

Take care,

Claire

 

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Claire Kaplan, Ph.D.

Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services

Manager, SAPC Listserv

University of Virginia Women's Center

PO Box 800588

Charlottesville VA 22908-0588

434-982-2774 

434-982-2361

434-982-2901 fax

http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs.php

 

 

From: "McGough, Elizabeth M." <>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:52:23 -0400
To: Sexual Assault Program Coordinators' Listserv <>
Subject: Judicial board specifically for sexual misconduct cases

 

We are in the process of reviewing and revising our conduct code and sexual assault policy.  One part of this is to create a separate judicial board to hear sexual misconduct cases.  I’ve been looking at policies and procedures from a variety of schools and haven’t seen any that are doing this.  I’m wondering if any of you have formal or informal hearing boards for sexual misconduct cases.  If so can you share your policy or procedure that talks about it?    I’m especially  interested to see anything you have set up about qualifications of the board members, how they are (chosen) appointed, and any training requirements.

 

Thanks

-Liz

 

Liz McGough, PhD, LMHC

Project Coordinator & Case Manager

Violence Intervention and Victim Advocacy

Buffalo State College

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