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

You can add my name to the list of folks who think this is a great idea. I don't count myself as one of the "2 or 3" attorneys because my piece is so small. Every once in a while I think it might help to have a sex crimes prosecutor's perspective and I chime in but the federal legislation is definitely not my area of expertise. It seems to me that with the President's recent speech it is the perfect time to be reaching out to some national resources like the U.S. Department of Education: Office of Civil Rights (who wrote the Dear Colleague letter) but I do not know who specifically to ask, or who should do the asking.

 

Alice Vachss

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Katie Koestner

Sent: 02/13/14 10:43 AM

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Subject: Question for our Listserve

 

Hi everyone,

 

 

I was thinking about the voices we hear on our collective discussions.  I find this listserve and the questions posed to be incredibly helpful.

 

 

I wondered if anyone else ever thought about the guidance that we may be missing and other viewpoints we may not be hearing.

 

 

 

 

 

Would it be possible to invites some of the agencies that have the most accurate answers on some of the law and policy questions to our group?

 

 

We seem to have 2 or 3 attorneys who provide their opinions and thoughts quite frequently; and information passed along from primary sources through secondary means.

 

 

Perhaps, we might want other perspectives from attorneys who represent schools and as well as those who represent victims. 

 

 

 

 

 

Does anyone else think this would be helpful in keeping us all best-informed?

 

 

Katie Koestner