Principles of the Law,

Student Sexual Misconduct: Procedural Frameworks for Colleges and Universities

A partial list of issues considered includes reporting procedures; confidentiality; relationships with police and local criminal justice; interim measures and support for complainants; investigation and adjudication; the role of lawyers; the creation and maintenance of records; sanctions or remedies; and appeals. The project also examines informal resolutions, as well as the nature of hearings.
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Drafting of this project is completed; preparation of the official text is in progress.

For an in-depth description of this project, please visit the Student Sexual Misconduct page of The ALI Adviser.

Reporter
E. Thomas Sullivan University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Consultant
Vicki C. Jackson Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Advisers
Katharine T. Bartlett Duke University School of Law (Retired)
Durham, NC
Cynthia G. Bowman Cornell Law School
Ithaca, NY
Deborah L. Brake University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA
Susan L. Carney U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New Haven, CT
Denny Chin U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New York, NY
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace
Menlo Park, CA
José A. Cárdenas Arizona State University, Office of General Counsel
Tempe, AZ
Marjory Fisher Columbia University
New York, NY
Michael S. Frisch Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
Jamie S. Gorelick WilmerHale
Washington, DC
Fatima Goss Graves National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC
Cathy J. Green Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.
Concord, NH
Jane Cutler Greenspan Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Retired)
Philadelphia, PA
Robb Jones United Educators (Retired)
Sterling, VA
Derek P. Langhauser Maine Maritime Academy and Community Colleges
Cumberland Foreside, ME
Douglas Laycock University of Virginia School of Law (Retired)
Charlottesville, VA
Judith Leonard Phoenix, AZ
David F. Levi Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC
M. Elizabeth Magill University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
Margaret H. Marshall Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Cambridge, MA
Martin Michaelson Hogan Lovells US LLP
Washington, DC
Blake D. Morant George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Melissa Murray New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Sharon L. Nelles Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, NY
Richard Paez United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Pasadena, CA
Harvey S. Perlman University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE
Steven G. Poskanzer Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Judith Resnik Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
Lauren K. Robel Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
Falmouth, MA
Daniel B. Rodriguez Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
Xavier Rodriguez U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
San Antonio, TX
Vincent D. Rougeau College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Frederick P. Schaffer City University of New York School of Law (Retired)
New York, NY
Gina M. Smith Cozen O'Connor
Philadelphia, PA
Dean A. Strang Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
Deborah Tuerkheimer Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
Michael Vatis Benesch
New York, NY
Wendy S. White University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Liaison
Mary Katherine Burke RAINN
Washington, DC
Laura Dunn L.L. Dunn Law Firm, PLLC
Washington, DC
Cynthia Garrett Families Advocating for Campus Equality
ANACORTES, WA
Daniella Gordon McCarter & English, LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Rebecca Henry ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Washington, DC
Ebony Tucker National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Washington, DC
Members Consultative Group
Raheemah F. Abdulaleem Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration
Washington, DC
Aviva Abramovsky University of Idaho College of Law
Moscow, ID
Jane H. Aiken Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston-Salem, NC
Raquel E. Aldana University of California, Davis School of Law
Davis, CA
José F. Anderson University of Baltimore School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Michelle J. Anderson Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
John S. Applegate Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, IN
Susan Frelich Appleton Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Charles L. Babcock, IV Jackson Walker LLP
Houston, TX
Miriam H. Baer Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph R. Bankoff Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Lara Bazelon University of San Francisco School of Law
San Francisco, CA
Phyllis W. Beck Independence Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
John S. Beckerman New Harbor, ME
Dianne Bennett Hodgson Russ LLP (Retired)
Buffalo, NY
Stephanos Bibas U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA
Luke Bierman Elon University School of Law
Greensboro, NC
Kristine Bowman Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Willard L. Boyd, III Nyemaster Goode, PC
Des Moines, IA
William S. Brewbaker III University of Alabama School of Law
Tuscaloosa, AL
David M. Brodsky Brodsky ADR LLC
Wainscott, NY
Tomiko Brown-Nagin Radcliffe Institute
Cambridge, MA
Russell J. Bruemmer WilmerHale (Retired)
Washington, DC
Ellen M. Bublick Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Phoenix, AZ
Philip Burling Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
José A. Cabranes U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New Haven, CT
Elena A. Cappella Philadelphia, PA
Alexander M. Capron University of Southern California, Gould School of Law (Retired)
Newmarket, NH
Catherine L. Carpenter Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Catherine L. Carpenter Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Catherine C. Carr University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Philadelphia, PA
Karen R. Carroll Vermont Supreme Court
Vernon, VT
Peter H. Carson Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Retired)
San Francisco, CA
Nicole B. Casarez University of St. Thomas
Evergreen, CO
William Richard Casto Texas Tech University School of Law
Lubbock, TX
Frank P. Cervone Support Center for Child Advocates (Retired)
Philadelphia, PA
Henry L. Chambers, Jr. University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA
Steven L. Chanenson Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Villanova, PA
Steve Charnovitz George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Gabriel J. Chin University of California, Davis School of Law
Davis, CA
Stephen Yee Chow Stephen Y. Chow, PC
Boston, MA
James W. Christie Burns White
Philadelphia, PA
Penelope L. Christophorou Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP
New York, NY
Dane S. Ciolino Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Metairie, LA
Neil Howard Cogan Whittier Law School
Costa Mesa, CA
Sarah Rudolph Cole The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Columbus, OH
John J. Connolly Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Baltimore, MD
Carolyn F. Corwin Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, DC
Beverly Winslow Cutler Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District
Palmer, AK
Karen Czapanskiy University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, IN
Camille Davidson Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Saint Paul, MN
George A. Davidson Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
New York, NY
Kimberly A. Demarchi Arizona State University, Office of General Counsel
Tempe, AZ
Nora V. Demleitner St. John's College
Annapolis, MD
Michelle Madden Dempsey Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Villanova, PA
Brackett B. Denniston, III Goodwin Procter LLP
Boston, MA
Deborah W. Denno Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY
John L. Diamond University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Darby Dickerson Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Dressler The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Columbus, OH
Jennifer Ann Drobac Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Indianapolis, IN
Christine Michelle Duffy Haverhill, MA
Suzanne M. Dugan Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Washington, DC
Stephen S. Dunham Penn State University
University Park, PA
Holly A. Dyer Foulston Siefkin LLP
Wichita, KS
Ira Mark Ellman Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Retired)
Berkeley, CA
Craig T. Enoch Enoch Kever PLLC
Austin, TX
Anthony C. Epstein Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Katie R. Eyer Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Boris Feldman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Redwood City, CA
Herbert L. Fenster Covington & Burling LLP (Retired)
Longmont, CO
Kimberly Kessler Ferzan University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Philadelphia, PA
Arthur Norman Field Field Consulting Services LLC
New York, NY
Daniel M. Filler Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
Michael E. Flowers Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Columbus, OH
Joan Flynn National Labor Relations Board
Washington, DC
Susan S. Fortney Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
Simone R. D. Francis Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
St. Thomas, VI
Mary Anne Franks George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Paul L. Friedman U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Joseph D. Garrison Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti PC
New Haven, CT
Stephen P. Garvey Cornell Law School
Ithaca, NY
Jacob E. Gersen Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Nancy Gertner Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Daniel C. Girard Girard Sharp LLP
San Francisco, CA
Leigh S. Goodmark University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Randy Gordon Duane Morris LLP
Dallas, TX
Michael D. Green Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Linda Sheryl Greene Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI
Michael Greenwald Philadelphia, PA
Charles E. Griffin Butler Snow LLP
Ridgeland, MS
Joanna L. Grossman Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Dallas, TX
Seth Grossman American University
Washington, DC
Aya Gruber University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
James B. Halpern ArentFox Schiff (Retired)
Bethesda, MD
Vivian Eulalia Hamilton William & Mary Law School
Williamsburg, VA
Beth Heifetz Jones Day
Washington, DC
Joan M. Heminway University of Tennessee College of Law
Knoxville, TN
Ronald K. Henry Arnold & Porter (Retired)
Washington, DC
Daniel Earle Hinde Dan Hinde PLLC
Houston, TX
Adam L. Hoeflich Bartlit Beck LLP
Chicago, IL
Jill R. Horwitz University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Wesley L. Hsu U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Los Angeles, CA
Edwin E. Huddleson Washington, DC
John A. Humbach Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law
White Plains, NY
Richard Hyland Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Anthony C. Infanti University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA
Robert A. James Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
San Francisco, CA
Kirk C. Jenkins Half Moon Bay, CA
Richard Gibbs Johnson RGJ LLC
Cleveland, OH
Emily J. Joselson Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP
Middlebury, VT
Gregory A. Kalscheur Boston College Law School
Chestnut Hill, MA
Richard B. Katskee Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC
Henry R. Kaufman Henry R. Kaufman, P.C.
New York, NY
Michael Edward Keasler Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Retired)
Austin, TX
Michael J. Keating IntegTree LLC
Saint Louis, MO
Virginia M. Kendall U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Evelyn V. Keyes Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Retired)
Houston, TX
Edwin A. Kilburn ITT
Scottsdale, AZ
Mark R. Killenbeck University of Arkansas School of Law, Leflar Law Center (Retired)
Fayetteville, AR
Linda A. Klein Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Atlanta, GA
Miriam A. Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution
Los Angeles, CA
Corinna Barrett Lain University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA
Sybil H. Landau New York, NY
Howard Langer Langer, Grogan & Diver, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
Herbert I. Lazerow University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CA
Paul A. LeBel University of North Dakota School of Law (Retired)
Williamsburg, VA
George W. Liebmann Liebmann & Shively, P.A.
Baltimore, MD
Gail A. Lione Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
Jessica D. Litman University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
Mark J. Loewenstein University of Colorado Law School
Boulder, CO
Ann M. Lousin University of Illinois College of Law
Chicago, IL
Margaret Colgate Love Law Office of Margaret Love
Washington, DC
Houston Putnam Lowry Ford & Paulekas, LLP
Hartford, CT
Linda A. Malone William & Mary Law School
Williamsburg, VA
C. Scott Maravilla U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC
Richard D. Marks Health Record Banking Alliance
Charlottesville, VA
Amie C. Martinez Anderson, Creager & Wittstruck, P.C., LLO
Lincoln, NE
Margaret Penny Mason Barclay Damon LLP
New Haven, CT
Mary Massaron Plunkett Cooney, P.C.
Bloomfield Hills, MI
James R. Maxeiner University of Baltimore School of Law (Retired)
Bronxville, NY
James T. McCartt Triangle Peak Partners LP
Knoxville, TN
Linda C. McClain Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
Margaret D. McGaughey U.S. Attorney's Office (Retired)
Portland, ME
Theodore A. McKee U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin C. McMurray Utah Federal Defender Office
Salt Lake City, UT
M. Isabel Medina Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
New Orleans, LA
Marjorie A. Meyers Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas
Houston, TX
S. David Mitchell University of Missouri School of Law
Columbia, MO
Saira Mohamed University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Erin E. Murphy New York University School of Law
New York, NY
David Benjamin Oppenheimer University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Vance K. Opperman Key Investment, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN
Aviva A. Orenstein Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, IN
Wendy L. Patrick County of San Diego District Attorney's Office
San Diego, CA
Sharon Reich Paulsen George Washington University
Washington, DC
Mary Margaret Penrose Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
Todd Edward Pettys University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City, IA
Kristina Pickering Supreme Court of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
Ellen S. Podgor Stetson University College of Law
Gulfport, FL
Susan Poser Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Josephine R. Potuto University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE
Theresa J. Pulley Radwan Stetson University College of Law
Gulfport, FL
Margaret Jane Radin University of Michigan Law School (Retired)
Ann Arbor, MI
Bernard D. Reams, Jr. St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, TX
Marie T. Reilly Penn State Law
University Park, PA
Douglas R. Richmond Lockton Companies, LLC
Olathe, KS
Sarah E. Ricks Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
Alice Ristroph Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Augustin Rivera, Jr. Del Mar Community College District
Corpus Christi, TX
Jack L. Rives Alexandria, VA
Ira P. Robbins American University, Washington College of Law
Bethesda, MD
Charles F. Robinson Regents of the University of California
Oakland, CA
Jacob H. Rooksby Gonzaga University School of Law
Spokane, WA
Yaakov Moshe Roth Jones Day
Washington, DC
Howard Ruda Hahn & Hessen LLP (Retired)
New York, NY
Margaret M. Russell Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA
Margaret Ann Ryan U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Washington, DC
Stephen A. Saltzburg George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Karen J. Sarjeant Legal Services Corporation (Retired)
Silver Spring, MD
Suellyn Scarnecchia University of Michigan Law School (Retired)
Ann Arbor, MI
Lynn Hecht Schafran Legal Momentum
New York, NY
Stephen J. Schulhofer New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Stewart J. Schwab Cornell Law School
Ithaca, NY
Paul M. Secunda Walcheske & Luzi, LLC
Brookfield, WI
Karl E. Seib, Jr. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (Retired)
New York, NY
Colleen F. Shanahan Columbia Law School
New York, NY
Brian D. Shannon Texas Tech University School of Law
Lubbock, TX
Katharine B. Silbaugh Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
Morris Silberman Florida Second District Court of Appeal
Tampa, FL
Jacqueline A. Simmons Indiana University, Maurer School of Law (Retired)
Indianapolis, IN
Kenneth W. Simons University of California, Irvine School of Law
Irvine, CA
Reagan W. Simpson Yetter Coleman LLP
Houston, TX
Robert H. Sitkoff Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Paul A. Slager Slager Madry LLC
Stamford, CT
Melanie Sloan Summer Strategies, LLC
Washington, DC
Virginia E. Sloan Chevy Chase, MD
B. Rush Smith, III Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Columbia, SC
Bradley Y. Smith Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, NY
Jonathan M. Smith Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Washington, DC
David V. Snyder American University, Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Aviam Soifer University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
Honolulu, HI
A. Gilchrist Sparks, III Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Wilmington, DE
Arthur B. Spitzer American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Jane Stapleton The University of Sydney Law School
Sydney, Australia
H. Mark Stichel RKW Law Group
Baltimore, MD
Kate Stith Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
Laura Denvir Stith Supreme Court of Missouri
Kansas City, MO
Geoffrey R. Stone University of Chicago Law School
Chicago, IL
Guy Miller Struve Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired)
New York, NY
Jeannie Suk Gersen Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Paul K. Sun, Jr. Ellis & Winters LLP
Raleigh, NC
Jerome T. Tao Nevada Court of Appeals
Las Vegas, NV
Carolyn Engel Temin District Attorney's Office
Philadelphia, PA
Debra McCloskey Todd Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA
Bowen H. Tucker Chicago, IL
Karen Lynn Valihura Supreme Court of Delaware
Wilmington, DE
Paul J. Van de Graaf U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Dominick Vetri University of Oregon School of Law (Retired)
Eugene, OR
Michael Vitiello University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, CA
Evan J. Wallach U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC
Lu-in Wang University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA
John L. Warden Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, NY
Manning Gilbert Warren, III University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law
Louisville, KY
Joan Patricia Weber San Diego Superior Court
San Diego, CA
Merle Weiner University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, OR
Steven O. Weise Proskauer Rose LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Nancy A. Welsh Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
James C. Wilson, Jr. Vestavia, AL
Ken Wise Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Houston, TX
Nicholas J. Wittner Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI
Tobias B. Wolff University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Philadelphia, PA
William A. Worthington Taylor Book Allen & Morris, LLP (Retired)
Houston, TX
Shira R. Yoshor Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Philadelphia, PA

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