 Nice to see you all welcome back and welcome to those of you who are joining us from other Institutions, it's great to have you here at at Roger Williams And you're gonna learn a lot today. I hope about What it's like to be a student here, but of course you are best resource are the people who are sitting Among you, but I want you to know that we're really Excited to to have you here We're very excited as well to have the R2 L's and 3 L's here. Thank you for coming. I think this was mandatory, so but I'll thank you anyway but I We've got a lot of great events planned for the semester. You will be hearing about them via email and other Means of communication as the semester goes on. I don't want to take up a lot of time or take up any more time on that But I I do think what's important to think about as you're thinking about what you're What you're about to hear is that in your second year and in your third year The world is gonna open up for you Fortunately, I think particularly for those of you who are 2 L's while there is still a lot of You know traditional classroom doctrinal work going on. This is your opportunity to start to get out into the world and to Develop the skills that you're gonna need to practice when you leave here and perhaps to Reconnect with the Passion that brought you to law school Get you into placements where you're doing the kind of work That brought you here or the kind of work that you've started to get excited about since you came here And thinking about preparing to leave for those of you who are 3 L's So there'll be some of that today too. I just want to make three quick announcements For those of you who haven't been To a class yet in at one Empire. We have a terrific new building in Providence The clinic classes will be held there the externship classes will be held there There are a lot of After-hours adjunct taught classes that will be held there And we will have at least one class in each of the next two semesters That's a more that is a traditional doctrinal class Where there will be students both in Providence and in Bristol and the of course will be Simulcast for lack of a better word between the two buildings So for those of you who are spending time in Providence We're trying to come up with a way to Make it easier for you to take the courses that you want without necessarily having to come back to Bristol Announcement number two is that and I'm really sad to say this but Linda Vieira Is going to be leaving us to take it another position at the University? It's a really terrific promotion for her And but we're gonna miss her a lot. She will be working Here During the transition period in in student services until we find her replacement, but we are Already we have already started that search and it will try to have somebody Great in place as as soon as possible. So if you if you don't see Linda physically here It means she's over at the University, but she will be she will be here sometimes and she will be helping from From over at over on the other side And then I just want to remind you that at 4 30 tomorrow We're going to gather on the commons quad right outside the lower commons Or the commons building for a piece vigil. There are few if any undergraduate students on campus, but the University community has been invited This is an event that's intended to be primarily for The law school and law students, but we will be joined by some folks from the University. So I hope to see many of you there with that on to some business and Who do you associate more with business then? Thea so no not that kind. Yeah Santoro, that's true fair enough fair enough Yeah, that is a very good answer Well, who was that extra credit you get extra credit But the the the business like but friendly Associate Dean Hassel Hi everybody, I just have a few things to remind you of course. I am Diana Hassel the associate Dean I know I'm teaching some of you in constitutional law if for some reason we've avoided each other up till now That's probably good But I'm down in the Dean's suite So if any problems come up with respect to your schedule or academic issues, I'm your contact person I just wanted to remind you again. I know you've been reminded of this many times But especially for the three L's in a few short months I'm gonna be certifying you to take a bar examination And one of the things I have to say is that you are of sufficient character and fitness to be a member of a bar of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Nevada, wherever you want to go So review the character and fitness questions in the application think about is there anything you should have told us that you didn't It is always almost always the case that the cover-up is worse than the crime So if you did something and fought didn't tell us when you applied here or if something has happened of A criminal nature or a civil liability nature or an employment problem While you've been here you should make an appointment to come talk to me So we have everything set up and ready to go so I can give an explanation to the bar examiners For what whatever it is that went on so just keep that in mind Now's the time to think back over since the application has there been anything that you think might might be relevant Any criminal matter any as I said any being sued by someone being dismissed from a job These are things you should probably come talk to me about The other thing I wanted to add another grim note. I just wanted to say The honor code it's at the back of the of their student handbook, which is in these little booklets here It's also available online The student chair this year is Andrew Dimitri if you have any questions about what You know what what your obligations are after reading the code if you still have questions you can talk to Andrew You can talk to me and of course if you have any Or have knowledge of an honor code violation You should come and talk to one of us and we can talk you through how to file an honor code complaint The last thing I wanted to mention is Again take a look at your graduation requirements in section 703 of the academic code You don't want to be caught flat footed and say whoops. I never took civil procedure, too You know so you want to make sure you've got all this done So you don't have to scramble your third year and so that includes the required classes your Experiential skills classes your pro bono hours your writing requirement. It's all written down there. Just do a double-check for yourself So you have time to get in whatever you need to have done The spring schedule will be a draft will be distributed this week to you So you can take a look at it and figure out what you can plan for in the spring the actual registration won't be happening till late October so you'll have some time to Line it up and think of how you might want to arrange your spring Schedule and of course if you have any questions or concerns about the schedule for either the spring or for next year Please come talk to me All right, I think that's it now on to Andy Horwitz Hello everybody For those who don't know me. I'm Andy Horwitz. I'm the assistant dean for experiential education and my job is to do a little bit of talking and really very little about the experiential education component of our curriculum in other words the four credit parts of our program that are about experiential learning so Much more to be said than can be said in the couple of minutes But suffice it to say we have and you should be aware three in-house clinics a field clinic and Seven at this point clinical externship program so a whole broad swath of opportunities available to you And we strongly encourage students to take full advantage of these opportunities. They can come in multiple combinations There are two handouts that I'm gonna leave by the exit that but it's also all on the website in very clear Format that talked to you about the various combinations of experiences you can have you can have multiple clinic Opportunities you can have a clinic and a clinical externship. You can have two clinical externships You can do a clinical externship. That is what we call a semester in practice so that your entire course load for that semester Is a clinical externship and that can be done here and it can be done Outside of Rhode Island and you participate remotely in the seminar component a class that goes along with that experience Lots to describe. I can't try and describe it now what I can describe is the planning process involved So every semester we hold an information session for students to come and learn much more specifically about all the different clinics and externships and then there's an application period so this is separate and apart from the Registration period for classes again. This is all on the website, but just to sort of draw your attention to it This semester. We're holding an information session on September 28th, and then the applications for the spring semester Clinics and clinical externships will be due on October 5th We have as I think you probably all know what we call a clinical guarantee So this is now speaking to the second-year students If you apply in our application period in the spring of your second year You will be guaranteed a placement in some clinical education component a clinic or a clinical externship Not necessarily the top choice not necessarily the semester you want But we actually have been able to do a very good job at managing people's priorities and preferences and getting people the Experiences they want so long as they apply in a timely fashion So for the second-year students who are looking to do something in their third year The spring application period covers both the fall and spring semester of your third year The application period that I described at the beginning that Applications do this October October 5th will be for the spring semester of this year So second-year students can certainly apply for those experiences in particular the judicial externship Which is sort of fertile ground for second-year second semester students And third-year students if you didn't apply in the prior semester You've sort of passed the window of the guarantee But that doesn't mean that we won't do anything and everything we can To make sure that if you want a clinical experience that you will get one before you graduate So what I would do is urge you to check out and read the information on the website Pick up the handouts if you're somebody who prefers to have it in hard copy rather than on the website But remember the information session on September 28th and please come Even if you don't think you're going to apply in this cycle you can learn about the experiences and do a better job of planning ahead so that's the academic credit part of our experiential education program here But there are other pieces actually it's not all of it because the next piece that I'm going to leave to reporter to describe Also has an academic credit component for those who want it Hi everyone, I'm read Porter. I'm with the Marina Ferris Institute. I came on in March So some of you I have met already for some of you. I'm new so You can find me in the Marina Ferris Institute office, which is in the back corner of the second floor here. I Run the Sea Grant law fellow program, which as 2003 L's you are all eligible for This is a little bit different type of an experiential education Opportunity on in this program you work under my guidance on a project for an outside organization that organization can be government can be Corporation or a nonprofit organization it's on any topics that may be related to Marine law Whether that's maritime or sort of natural resources topics I come up with the projects and the partnership So you don't have to come up with anything It's a little bit different also because it's done on your own time It's not a specific course time and it's either offered as paid or a for-credit opportunity Now today is the end of the a drop period. So the the window for credit is Almost very much closed So if you are interested in this program and you want to do it for credit You must come to see me ASAP like right after this Orientation if you want to apply for pay that the deadline is today. I sent out a couple of emails about this Last week and this week if you need more time, but you're interested, please come and see me or contact me by email So that the just a couple of example projects for you that we have this semester and they change every semester But this semester we have projects looking at the regulatory environment for aquaculture Shellfish aquaculture siding and permitting in Massachusetts and that'll cover everything from shipping channels to Water quality standards We have work on marine debris. That's related to navigation safety and derelict fishing gear Also recycling of fiberglass fiberglass vessels We have some work on wildlife crime related to ornamental fish importation, which is a very exciting partnership with the New England Aquarium and Some work on coastal resiliency is this post-superstorm sandy work with that We've been doing with the with the towns in Rhode Island to help them understand legal issues related to Improving resiliency against sea level rise in storms So if you're interested in any of those put in an application come see me ASAP, right? Okay, I'm next. I'm Laurie Baron. I direct the Feinstein Center for pro bono and experiential education And before I switch it, I'm really here to talk about the pro bono experiential learning requirement or the PBELR But before I get into that I wanted to say You should all come to the info session that Andy described about clinics and externships I also teach the public interest externship and do a lot of Placement of students who want to go away for for a semester in practice in another state It's never too early to start planning that and I already have some appointments with 2Ls who know they want to go away Next spring a spring of 2018 So feel free to make an appointment with me my office also will help you sort of make sense of all the experiential Opportunities and we love to meet with 2Ls and 3Ls to sort of help you plan your life So you are welcome to stop by Come see us. That's what that's what we do. We're here So the first rule of the pro bono experiential learning requirement is Do not leave the PBELR until the spring of your third year. Okay, I know a lot of you have already completed it How many of you have already got your pro bono hours? That's excellent Okay, keep going because you can do more and we recognize every student at graduation who's done a hundred hours or more So if you've already completed your 50 you should get a tracking sheet from us and keep track, okay? For those of you haven't done it yet I'm just gonna go over quickly. There's a handout over there that basically says everything you need to know But if you have a day or a day and a half in your schedule or a few half days You can do your pro bono work right now during this semester with any one of our 45 pre-approved organizations Okay, it's like a traditional internship you apply and then and then you you are good to go Okay, if your schedule is really tight You only have a couple hours a week or a couple of hours a month And you don't mind spreading your hours out over a couple of semesters You should think about joining a pro bono collaborative project Okay, these are projects where we partner law firms with law students and community-based organizations to work on discreet legal issues Liza and Susie Liza Vorenberg and Susie Harrington Steppen will be tabling outside the bistro On September 1st, and you also received an email yesterday with a lot of opportunities for you So take a peek at that And lastly if it's easiest or most beneficial for you to do your pro bono in a short period of time Alternative spring break is a great way to do that and the information session for ASB is October 5th So you guys should come to that if you've already done ASB you can do it again Okay, we've already started planning and meeting for ASB to plan for it Once you figure out what you want to do you need to complete mandatory forms Which are all on our website and you can just stop by our office and speak to Lisa Quinn or look at the website If you had a summer internship that you think might qualify for the PBELR It's not too late to submit your paperwork. You should email Susie Harrington Steppen It may qualify and you may have already completed it Again the first rule of the PBELR is Don't wait until the third semester The second semester of your third year if you are taking the bar in New York The New York pro bono rule is not identical to our rule. So you need to read that rule carefully We have information on it about the website, but don't assume that by completing our pro bono hours You're qualified for New York And lastly for the 100-hour recognition for the graduating 3Ls this year watch for an email in the next couple of weeks Telling you how to apply to us to make sure that we recognize you at graduation. Thanks Welcome back. I can't tell you how happy we are to see you back in the building And I want to give you a few updates first on the office of career development So both Tiffany and Jody are back in the office. They were out as you may recall This spring having babies, but they are back now and very happy and have lots of pictures So come on by and say hello and we also have a new program coordinator in the office Her name is Trish Milan. She's here in the office in the auditorium here In the corner So she is here to help you set up an appointment with her office to answer any questions you have Assisting with programming anything that you may need feel free to comment and say hello to Trish and welcome her to the school So what I want to give you An overview of today is what you should be doing right now with respect to your resumes with respect to your job searches and the like so if you have just rolled off of an internship or And working as a law clerk at an organization make sure you update your resume now Don't wait for a deadline Deadlines will be coming up for clinics and externships for other Opportunities and we want to make sure that you have enough time to adequately update your resume So the first monday of every month we're doing resume walk-ins wide open So come on in and there will be a counselor available to see you on the first monday of every month So the very first time we're doing this is september 7th So feel free to come on in and work with one of us Obviously if wednesdays don't work for you feel free to make an appointment through trish And you can work with one of the counselors in the office to get that updated So so just try to do that as soon as you can so don't wait for a deadline With respect to hiring timelines, so third year students right now you're seeing emails coming out about judicial clerkship deadlines So pay attention to your emails about that because those deadlines are typically over the summer that just passed as well as in the fall and early spring We are doing an information session about judicial clerkships for Rhode Island specifically on september 21st So if that's something you're interested in please feel free to come to that too else as well thinking ahead We'd love to have you there as well The other employer large employer that typically hires this early are federal government agencies So a lot of those deadlines are going to see like the department of justice hires hundreds of law students law graduates That deadline is typically early september So i want to make sure you're aware of those deadlines check the arizona handbook We send out email reminders every friday about what deadlines are coming up one important note with respect to federal applications Is that that resume can be very different than your regular resume? This resume can be six to eight pages long if necessary So if you are submitting an application to a federal agency make sure you work with one of us in the office So you're you're marketing yourself accordingly since that is definitely a different style of resume than what you're typically used to With respect to second year students, so your hiring time line is also somewhat extended So right now, uh, we hope if you were interested in applying to large law firms You've gotten a lot of those applications out already. We send out sent out emails over the summer regarding that There's still a little bit of a window if you're still interested in doing that And then once that sort of flurry is done you'll see there'll be deadlines throughout the year You might have sent a bunch of applications out in august and you're still may be applying in march or april And that's okay. That's just sort of every employer hires on a different timeline So don't feel like if you don't have a job by a certain date that you're unemployable That's certainly not true. So just uh, no, it's a marathon not a sprint and just keep working with us So we can keep telling you about opportunities. So just set your expectations accordingly mock interviews So I just want to make sure everybody knows you can do a mock interview with our office If you have an interview coming up and you haven't you're not sure how to prepare If there's a conversation you need to have with the supervisor, whatever We're happy to to do a mock interview with you so that you are as prepared as possible So a lot of students did that over the summer. I just want to make sure everybody knows that that's a possibility Student groups. So we love hosting events with student groups. So if you are a student leader in this room Please feel free to contact me if you have an event or an idea about an event that you want to work on together I just had a meeting yesterday with april criminal law society. We're working on a number of events So please know that you can utilize our office in that way too so we can make connections for you in the community Then two final things equal justice works is a career fair that's coming up in dc in october students get jobs every year at this career fair If you are interested in government non-profit ngos anywhere in the country or in the world Employers are going to be there hiring students. So absolutely put that on your calendar There's actually an information session today at one o'clock But you can also check your email about that information and if you are a stipend recipient We thank you for all the work you did this summer if you haven't yet turned in your final hours to us Please do so as well as your evaluations. So we're looking forward to getting those as well So that is it our office is open and can't wait to see you. So don't be shy and come on by and visit. Thank you Welcome back. Um, I think I know most of you for those of you who don't know me. I'm kathy thompson I'm available for help with course selection. I'm one of the many people you can go to for that or You can come for outlining help just general Getting away from the stress of it all in my office. Okay Most importantly today. I wanted to introduce you To two people one that you already know professor john ralston Who's going to talk to you about some things that you should be thinking about this year And another person that you may not know yet, but I hope you get to know very well professor justin kishbaugh Who's our new writing specialist? Um, we're really fortunate to have him. I'm really excited that he's here to provide a writing support for you And he's going to talk to you in a moment He has um a masters in fine arts in creative writing. He has a phd In english literature. He has over 10 years experience teaching students both academic writing and creative writing at the collegiate level And five years experience as a legal writing specialist at tukane law school Um, and he's just a really great guy too. So Definitely use him as a resource and he's going to come up and talk to you a little bit about what he's available for And after he speaks professor ralston is going to talk to you about a few things to think about. Thanks Hello everyone Justin kishbaugh great guy Um She kind of stole my whole intro here, but um So i'm here to help you write Pretty much at any stage in your writing process. There's essentially two things. I wanted to let you know One i'm here to help you at any stage in the writing process, but the earlier you involve me the better Um, of course, i'm here to help you polish up anything that you think is finished But often I find students think that they need to have something written before they come see me And that is certainly not the case. Um The earlier I help you organize streamline. We're all on the same page the better Frequently students will come right before their papers are due And then they don't particularly like the feedback that I have for them because they want to turn it in So please do uh come see me and make use of me The other thing that I just wanted to let you know about is I also do not really offer a takeout service So if you want to do some work with me, um, stop in Make an appointment. Send me an email. Uh, it's j kishba k i s h b is in boy a u g h at r w u dot edu And we can set up a time to work face to face Um, it's easier for me if we can work together rather than trying to give you written feedback over the internet Of course, if you're limited by distance we can make accommodations for that. So again, I'm in uh room 205 I do hope to see you and meet you all on an individual level. Thank you John Ralston not such a great guy I try though, uh, thanks Uh, all right. So four things. Uh, this is primarily for the three l's here First the mpre for those of you who haven't taken the mpre already and that's the multi-state professional responsibility exam Most jurisdictions require that as a condition for you to get admitted to the bar. If you haven't taken that already There's one coming up in november It's november 5th and the deadline to register for that is september 15th. So that's coming up Um for two l's the mpre is something you're going to think about after you take professional responsibility So this is something that's going to happen for you. Uh, maybe in the spring or next summer Secondly, um, there have been a lot of changes, uh to the bar exam in the states, uh, surrounding us So massachusetts new york new jersey in canada kid Primarily the the the biggest change is that connecticut new jersey in new york have implemented what's known as the uniform bar exam So they're no longer state specific bar exams in those states They have this uniform test which the benefit of which is that if you take that test in one of those states You can seek admission in other states that have adopted the ub without taking a separate bar exam in those states So that's a good thing. Um, but it changes a lot for our students. So For instance, you're not going to be able to sit for uh, new york and new jersey at the same time That's not such a bad thing. You just have to sit for one of them But that's something students have traditionally done at the law school So that might change the way you're planning your your future and what bar exams you're going to take Also massachusetts has implemented this test as well, but that doesn't become effective until july of 2018 So that's not going to affect you three l's, but it will affect all of you two l's So there's been a lot of changes and so i've decided that uh, it might be best to have an info session about Kind of what these changes are and how it's going to affect you and that's going to come up in a few weeks I'll send you an email about that info session It'd be an opportunity for you to come in and I can present the specifics about each state and what the requirements are And you can ask questions about your specific plans and how that's going to affect you. All right, so stay tuned for that email third Bar review providers are going to start to come to campus soon There's the barbary and and kaplan folks and they're going to start You know Trying to sell you a course for bar review. That's something I think you should consider signing up for soon I've been told by them that they're going to offer pretty good deals here at the beginning of the year And so this might be the best time for you to sign up if you want to get the best price you can On a bar review course don't wait until the last minute And lastly, I'd like to meet with uh, all of you three l's this semester To discuss your individual plans for the bar. So in addition to this info session We're gonna have I'd like to talk about you specifically and help you figure out a timeline for what you need to get together And how you can kind of finish everything up here at school and and and run Get a running start into your bar prep course next summer So I'll be sending an email to those of you who are not in alr Those of you in alr We've already talked about this but for those of you are not you'll get an email from me shortly And and we'll find a time to meet for a few minutes during the semester to talk about your plans and make sure you're on track Anybody have any questions? All right, great. Nice to meet you Good afternoon everyone Um for those of you who don't know me. I'm rakela or tease. I'm the assistant dean for the library And I'm here to welcome back all two l's and three l's and welcome to our transfer students Um, I have a few updates from the library and I'm going to talk very briefly about our instructional programs One of the first updates, uh, which is a sad one is that a number of our staff members have left for various reasons retirements promotions, etc So, uh, phyllis o'neill Selma does yellow and cat craig are no longer working in the library And we're working really fast to try to get new staff to join the library in the next few months Secondly, uh, for those of you who are spending a lot of time in providence A librarian will be in residence in providence on tuesdays from 8 30 a.m. To 5 p.m In the feinstein suite room 4 60 So if you need an individual research consultation or you have research questions or reference questions We'll be there every week on tuesdays to answer your questions. Of course, that's not the only way to reach us We have our ask a librarian service where you can reach us By phone email chat, etc. And of course at the reference desk downstairs In terms of our instructional programs, I wanted to remind those of you who are in lp3 That um, you're going to have some refresher training with us My understanding is that it is next week and you will receive an email from nicole It will be during class. So you won't be required to come in for another separate section Session for that. Um, just be sure to look for an email from nicole dishelefsky About your assigned date and time Also, I wanted to mention again the prepare for practice program This is the website where we have all of the information about the program the requirements, etc Um, I encourage you to come and visit the site Or if you want to learn more about it in person from us, we are going to be in the bistro again tomorrow From 11 a.m. To 1 p.m. We have lemonade Come drink some lemonade talk to the librarians and learn more about our prepare for practice program For those of you who are in a summer placement or did asd last year nicole sent out a very brief survey about your research experience We ask you to please try to complete that it's extremely short. I believe there's only like three or four questions It will help us also tweak our instructional programs And also, uh, learn more where we need to send out more information On legal research Finally, I want to remind you again about the ask a librarian service We're here to help. It doesn't matter if you are too well It doesn't matter if you are 3l. It doesn't matter if you're in the last semester of law school There is no shame in asking questions of the reference librarians We want to make sure that you know what you're doing and that you're not spinning your wheels Trying to do your work. Thank you Hi, welcome back everybody. Um, I'm kate palatano If I know most of you if some of you haven't met me on the assistant director of financial aid I just have about five updates for you guys Um, I guess the most important thing right now is refunds So if you've received your refund and it's not what you expected If you have any questions or concerns, please come see us Um, if you were expecting a refund you thought you should have had it by now And you haven't also, please come and see us. We're more than happy to take a look and make sure everything is the way it should be Health insurance some of you We're charged health insurance and some of you needed to purchase the school's health insurance. So that did Um, that wasn't added cost and that wasn't factored in to your budget So if in fact, do you think you need a little bit? Extra funds to cover that cost then you can We'll be more than happy to look at your budget and increase that to cover that cost as well In for three L's with a bar application coming up. Just wanted to let you know what we can do to help In terms of funding In financial aid, you can we can help you adjust your budget and increase it for the application fees So financial aid can cover up to two states bar exams However, we can't increase your financial aid to cover the The barbery or or or the prep course. So unfortunately, we can't help with that, but we can help with the application fees and If any of you are interested in bar loans There are pretty much the the three top companies right now offering them or sally may Well as far go and discover so rizla road island student loan authority used to Offer bar loans and they stopped as of last year. So they're no longer doing bar loans In terms of online resources if you want information on scholarship opportunities, we regularly update the simplicity site so you can look at scholarship opportunities if you're looking to offset and help pay for your bill um and just any information on Financial literacy budgeting You know reducing your borrowing things like that. Please come to our office. Please talk to us. We have resources that we can Point you in the right direction toward And then the last thing in terms of just general financial aid I'm sure most of you who wanted to Take out federal loans have done your FAFSA For those of you who have not Kind of were on the fence if you wanted to take federal loans, there's still time you have time during the semester to still apply fill out your FAFSA and Have us look at your eligibility for federal loans And for those of you who might have recently submitted your FAFSA We are still packaging and sending out award letters and you will be receiving those via email any questions Feel free to stop by our office and and ask any questions you have. Thank you Thank you. I'm last everyone has left makes up for dean Horowitz. Thank you So welcome back. I'm excited for another school year. Um, and just a few important reminders Just administrative announcements is going to be our primary way that we try to communicate upcoming events And other important information to students so individual offices will communicate outside of that But please make sure that you're reading that carefully so you're kind of in the know about important information sessions that were highlighted today So today I have to cover want to cover and have to cover An important topic. I know everyone received an email from me Earlier this week regarding Haven plus training and I'll get to that in a little bit more detail later But one topic that I want to go over again with all the students here is our sexual misconduct and gender based misconduct policy And this is training that I will be providing in my capacity as title nine deputy coordinator for the school of law Annually so both the first year students and returning students I do want to introduce gen stanley who Was newly promoted to the title nine coordinator for the university and she's really excellent She many law students particularly members of the women's law society and family law society interact with her In her capacity overseeing the women's center And she really helps to make sure that we have a positive culture on the campus regarding sexual assault I did hear some feedback from my Email, it's like why are we talking about this topic and we're talking about it one because it really impacts students particularly victims and accused Who are involved with sexual misconduct and it does happen at the law school level and so we've had students at Law students who have been suspended for a semester. We've had victims of sexual assault And this is a really serious matter that requires our our full attention. So I just want to go through a few slides briefly So first of all, I want to talk about what is sexual misconduct and it's really broad And so of course we're talking about really high level things such as rape and what you traditionally think about sexual assault but it also encompasses relationship violence sexual exploitation stalking In an attempt of any of these actions So the policy is actually published on our website and it's incorporated by reference in the student handbook. There's a really helpful Handout that's on the table. Please pick it up when you leave that we also make available in the library and other places around the building And so of course sexual misconduct and gender based misconduct is expressly prohibited by both the university code as well as the student handbook And so any member of the law school university has been a victim of witnessed misconduct Should refer to this handbook that's referenced all the information is online Again, you can refer to either of the student handbooks When we think about how how do we get into this area? Why do cases come forward? One of the biggest things has to do with effective consent and so as law students you've been through torments. You've been through criminal law Consent requires clear knowing and voluntary consent prior to and during a sexual activity Sexual permission. I mean these are things that I think logically that law students can can reason and figure it out but In practice Things get muddy and I want to be really explicit and really clear that Where cases happen Almost all of them involve drugs And alcohol The majority of them and so this is where people I say make mistakes or Get into this is where Cases under title nine sexual misconduct are generated It's very clear. You cannot give effective consent if someone Is intoxicated if they can't appreciate the who what where when and why of a sexual interaction And it cannot be given under conditions of threats of physical harm Intimidation coercion or incapacity incapacitation due to alcohol or drugs and so Where someone is intoxicated or compromised? It's best to refrain from from sexual Relationships No always means no. Yes always means yes So I'll keep going so this is a university policy and Really this is these are things. It's really interesting and it's an interesting position for me to be talking to Like third second and third year law students about like your sexual lives and your sexual relationships And I promise you I'd much rather be having this I'd rather be having this discussion now in 283 rather than in my office because you've been a victim of relationship violence or sexual misconduct and so When you're engaging in Sexual activity, it's best to verbally communicate intentions and consent whether it's yes whether it's no And again going back no always means no and yes may not always mean yes Um Co origins not consent. Let's see by standards play a really important role By speaking up and intervening and this is one Exciting opportunity. So do you think about how can law students interact with title nine or sexual misconduct? policies on campus is that is actually emerging area of practice there's a lot of A lot of media stories on a weekly basis about what's going on nationally and so i'm hoping to engage more students to Take advantage of the training opportunities across campus and to think about this as an opportunity for legal practice So Dean Horowitz is still here like the AG's office has a really active practice area And so if you are interested in criminal law if you're interested in family law even women's law issues This is a great area to think more about how to be involved And so it's on us campaign is a national campaign that the university participates in and has to do with bystander interventions So the ability to kind of survey what's going on and intervene and so It's an excellent training and these are kind of i don't know if there's certifications you put on your resume But if you are interested in working this area, I encourage you to take advantage of these training opportunities so the it's on us campaign is a national campaign coming out of the Presidential office the u.s. President obama at least for a few more months And you recognize identify intervene and create most important Its effort is to create an environment where sexual assault is unacceptable and where survivors are supported Um So just if someone is accused or found responsible for sexual misconduct It results in a suspension for not less than one semester All the way to expulsion from rw law. So it's just important to know that this is Of highest significance. Um, and for the law school, there's a permanent notation on your rw law transcript So judicially our honor code does not cover Matters under title nine. So they're actually adjudicated under the university process for serious matters It's just important to know that it's the policy You can find this online the practice and how the judicial process works, but we would walk you through that But it balances the needs of the student in the community values or fairness honesty and integrity And usually and the purpose is of course education restoration and protection Okay So what to do if you need to report sexual misconduct? The first and most important thing is to get to a safe place If necessary to receive medical attention and emotional support And then to report that misconduct and so You are always in the driver's seat and reporting misconduct that can be reporting it to the institution to The law school myself is my capacity as deputy title nine coordinator or any title nine coordinator That's listed on the handout or online Including public safety But rw students are encouraged to speak to university staff as well as local police and get support And make a formal reports of sexual misconduct. I think it's also important to know that we will have victims of sexual misconduct a relationship violence that Our members of our community, but perhaps the other actor is not You can still come and speak to any title nine coordinator and we encourage you to do that so we can provide appropriate support support can Various individually student by student But there there are a lot of tools that we have in our toolbox to make sure you can still Participate fully as a member of the institution So who do you report to so you can port to me you can of course report to gen stanley There's a list of deputy title nine coordinators. So there's one for undergraduate students one for employees Um, so anyone on that list There's also the judicial offices. You don't have to say wait. Who am I supposed to talk to it? It's not the honor board Of course, you can speak to the honor board and they'll refer that matter appropriately And also you can make a primary report directly with the undergrad student conduct and community standards office law enforcement options provenance bristol police or whatever town you may live in And also our public safety office and pam moff. It is a really excellent trained investigator And a great source of support to students and to take primary information and there are other officers there as well There are confidential resources on campus and this is really important to know these are the only confidential resources on campus That's the counseling center Reverend nancy sukup who's the multi-faith chaplain for the university and then we have a relationship with day one Which is a community-based organization Outside of those confidential resources if you disclose an incident to a member of the law school administration or faculty They are under obligation as responsible employees to notify either myself or gen In our capacities as title nine coordinator and that doesn't mean you End up on this train where you have to like file a report with the police, but we have a duty To provide a safe and supportive environment to victims of sexual misconduct and so we take that responsibility really seriously So even though I spoke to you all today, um, I still am requiring all students to participate To complete haven plus training. So everyone got an email for me and that's for all law students first year second year Third year. This is a one-time training So next year would only be the first year students will be required to do this But because we've had cases and incidents I think it's really important that we all have shared language shared norms and are really Coming together to create an environment that is free of sexual assault to misconduct So check your email if you don't complete the training. I will email you again We're asking everyone to complete it by september 2nd So This just gives you it takes about 30 to 45 minutes and I do recognize that that's a significant amount of time Um, and I think it's an important investment that each of us need to make I think it's our responsibility as members of a university campus and a law school as well as just community members to Be more aware of this issue. I've taken the training myself several times. It is specifically tailored to graduate and professional students So you're not taking the same training that you took as an undergrad if you completed training And you're not taking the same training as our undergraduate students here So recognizing that the situations might be different So if you do that by september 2nd and does anyone have any questions You are free to go. Thank you