 Hi everybody, it's great to see you all back here. Thank you so much for coming. Obviously We've got quite a program prepared for you. I just want to give you a couple of Updates about things that are happening at the school as Some of you may know We have hired a replacement For Cecily banks who will be running the corporate council Externship program his name is David Gibbs. Some of you may have met with him already a very experienced Business lawyer looking forward to having him As part of the team Brittany Raposa for those of you who are in your third year and Will soon be preparing for the bar exam Brittany Has been hired to teach the ALR course and to do other Bar preparation work for you and we're delighted to to have to have her on the team Katie a herne who was here and she's still here But her status has changed. She was running the business startup clinic as a visitor and is now a Permanent member of of the faculty in terms of Those those are new faces in terms of old faces and This is accurate. I think it's just it. I think it's just accurate Mine would be one This will be the last year of teaching at the law school at least in a full-time capacity for Professor Santoro Professor Cogan and Professor Ritchie We will be There will be some events during the course of the of the year to mark those departures and celebrate Those contributions the first will be the Santoro lecture which is coming up in October and will be followed by a Dedication ceremony where room 262 will be Named in honor of Professor Santoro. So stay tuned for more Details about that. We will be hiring this year to new tenure-track faculty members to join the faculty as we unfortunately say goodbye to professors Ritchie Cogan and Santoro. I Sent around an events list last week and just want to highlight two things One would be Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of course and the other is that on September 13th, we will have our first exploring a quality round table and that will focus On some of the First Amendment and other issues That were raised by the recent events in Charlottesville That I emailed you about just as school started So for those of you who are interested in a conversation about those issues led by Some faculty members who have deep expertise in the area, please join us on September 13th, so That's all I have to say except congratulations to those of you who are Beginning your third year or maybe your last semester And for those of you who aren't Soldier on soldier on you'll be there soon. Thank you Hi guys, I don't have much to say I just wanted to let you know that if you're having any questions about your course of study have you Fulfilled your graduation requirements. What how are you going to do your writing requirement? Have you done all your upper your experiential learning requirements? Please come by and talk to me I'm happy to go over your schedule with you and figure out what's missing Especially you third years you want to be on top of this. You don't want to have to take, you know three Courses you don't really want to take in the spring just to get everything done Graduation audits are going to be done Shortly, they'll be out to you in early October so you can see what we think you're missing And if there's any question about that we can figure it out and also you can see what you need to be doing in the spring The spring schedule will be a draft will be out shortly and registration will take place in late October the academic success Staff will be available to do some give some counseling and information especially for the you second years Thinking about what how to select your courses, but of course I'm always happy to talk about that with you also I also wanted to give you this sort of ominous word that your obligation Your character and fitness question obligation and your application Continues throughout your law school career. So if anything has happened since Your application a year and a half two years ago three years ago Concerning criminal arrests or convictions Do any other other disciplinary matters? Please come talk to me about it Especially for you third years you were going to be in the process of getting you Certified to take a bar exam and if any of that information is missing it makes things much much more complicated I also just wanted to say we've got these handy-dandy new blue student handbooks if you weren't able to get one we will be printing more and Putting in the library the at the back part of the handbook is the honor code It would probably make sense to just review it briefly at the beginning of this year just to make sure you understand What your obligations are as a member of this community? Okay Now on to Eliza Bornberg. Hi everybody and welcome back I'm just here to remind you about the pro bono experiential learning requirement For third years you have to have it done and your form submitted by April 20th If you're a third year and you haven't figured out what you're going to do You need to meet with Susie Harrington step in as soon as possible Just a reminder. It's 50 hours unpaid no credit. There are Huge array of options the pro bono collaborative alternative spring break approved placements Which are on the back of this sheet there about there's a pile of them right there if you want to take a look Or you can get approval from our office to to do your own placement If you did a plate something over the summer that qualifies for the PB ELR get your forms in right away, don't wait and In terms of the New York pro bono requirement the if the hours that satisfy Roger Williams pro bono requirement do not necessarily Satisfying New York's requirement. So if you're thinking about taking the New York bar, you should come and talk to me about that Let's see Look for an email about the hundred-hour pro bono recognition at graduation We recognize all students who have done more than a hundred hours of pro bono service And there's certain way that you document that I think that's it and Next is but do pick up one of these Andy Horowitz So welcome back everybody My piece of this is to talk a little bit just very little bit about all of our experiential education Opportunities particularly for those of you who are just starting your second year This is all about planning right if you are considering a clinical externship if you are considering One of our clinics if you are considering the possibility of an externship that looks like a semester in practice Where you spend your entire semester in a clinical externship program, which can either be here or located somewhere else If you are considering participating in the New York pro bono scholars program a program that allows you to actually sit for the bar in New York in February of your third year Spend the remainder of that semester doing a full-time externship and wind up actually licensed assuming things go well licensed to practice law In a in a very advanced stage if you are thinking about any or all of those possibilities the key is planning and planning as far ahead as possible so for those who are thinking about in-house clinics and clinical externships Lori baron and the folks in the fine sign center are really the people to begin that Conversation with and you want to do that as soon as possible if you're interested in or thinking about the New York pro bono scholars program I'm the first port of contact you want to be scheduling reaching out to me and we'll schedule an appointment as soon as possible if you are a student who is tracked toward the business and Transactional sort of end of things where we have both a business start-up clinic one of our in-house clinics and our corporate council externship Dean Yolanski mentioned David Gibbs who has joined us and he's standing against the wall over there We're very excited to have David aboard I know for many of you particularly in your third year You grew accustomed to talking to Cecily banks about how to plan out your curriculum and your experiential education Educational opportunities David is the man you ought to be reaching out to David as soon as possible If you are tracked in that direction to begin to do some planning and some thought about how to move forward We have an information session scheduled that will fully describe all of the clinics and clinical externships Although it's all on the website You should come if you're interested in or thinking about these experiences that information session is scheduled for September 27th at noon There will be an application period this fall for experiences this coming spring We have another round of applications every spring the spring application period encompasses the entirety of your third year So if in the spring of this year, you're thinking that in the spring of your third year You want to be engaged in some of our experiential education? Programs the spring of your second year is the time to apply You've heard many of us talking about the fact that we have a clinical guarantee here in order to effectuate that guarantee You must apply in the spring semester of your second year of law school. Okay, I'm happy to answer any and all questions So, you know where to find me email is usually the easiest way to sort of start Figuring out how we can schedule a time to meet but I'm very happy to answer questions that anybody have at any time. Thanks read Report Everybody welcome back. I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about Marina Ferris Institute programs mostly about experiential education But before I do that For anybody that is interested in the joint-degree program in marine affairs And you haven't come and talked to anybody at marine affairs myself or professor Wyman. You should do that soon We're also available to help with curricular questions related to maritime and ocean and coastal law. So What I do over at marine affairs is I run our Sea Grant law fellow program which you are Eligible to apply for if you are if you have completed your first-level classes, which I think most of you have and That's a program. That's sort of like an in-house Externship so it's a little bit odd You would work under my supervision on a project for an outside client and that Client can be from any of the ocean and coastal stakeholders. It could be a government agency. It could be a Corporation it could be a nonprofit You'd work on legal research projects. We don't do any advocacy. We don't do any litigation or lobbying type of work So you get out of that a good Memorandum good writing experience and independent research experience and it can be on any topic related to ocean and coastal law So if you're interested in that the application window for that is currently open right now You can do this for credit or for pay in most semesters However, the a drop period has ended. So your credit window is closed for this semester For students that are interested in applying for this semester applications are due to me next Wednesday a week from today So send them to me and if you have any questions about it feel free to schedule an email Schedule an appointment with me by email and we can we can talk about your interest Hello, welcome back. It's been nice seeing some of you stop by the office Let us know how your summer went and please feel free to continue to stop by and tell us your stories And when you come into the office, you'll see a new face Gail McGinnis joined us this summer full-time So we're very happy to have her here So she will definitely be there to help you schedule appointments with any questions You may have about simplicity or any other general questions you have for the office to Gail can certainly help you with that So the first thing I want to say is now that you've all come back from the summer A lot of you have had summer experiences. It's really important that you update your resume now Don't wait for a deadline as you know Tiffany and Jody are in the office as well with me They're both part-time what you might not know is Tiffany's actually expecting a baby and she's due in October another one So So so don't wait That's the moral of the story here We do resume walk-ins what the first week of every month our next resume walk-in is on September 6th But certainly come in and set up an appointment if you have any deadlines or any concerns about your materials prior to that The sooner you can get in the better as you know There are clinic deadlines or ASB deadlines or a lot of other deadlines during the semester. So the sooner you can do it the better With respect to third-year students, I'm going to address the third-year class right now Deadlines that you need to be concerned about right now are judicial clerkships So whether it's here in Rhode Island or anywhere across the US there are a lot of deadlines early in your third year So you should make sure that you work with a counselor on your materials and or with professor Jane Rinsburg who heads the clerkship committee So make sure that you stay on top of those deadlines. We do send out emails regularly about those deadlines so so make sure you pay attention to those because Those will happen quickly if you are applying for a federal government position There are a lot of early deadlines for the federal government as well the Arizona handbook Which is on simplicity will give you an outline of what all of those deadlines are But keep in mind that the federal resume is different than your regular one-page resume Your federal resume can be as long as you want it to be so you definitely want to make sure you work with a counselor So you're presenting the best possible Product to the federal government so they can know everything they can about you Other employers I mean it varies in terms of you know the the government and the judges are the ones that hire early large Law firms would hire early early So if you are at a big firm this summer that would have probably happened by now Most other employers will wait until after bar results. So this is an unfortunate reality Of waiting to get your your bar exam results So that doesn't mean you shouldn't be active during your third year in making connections I'm getting involved with the community the more people that know who you are the better when you're looking for a job post grad so make sure you work with one of us so you can start talking to people and So now on to second-year law students So if you are interested in working for a large law firm those deadlines are now We encourage you over the summer to get your applications out to those employers before you came back if you haven't yet There's still time. So please come in and meet with us to do that There will be deadlines throughout the year you will be applying to jobs now You'll probably still be applying to jobs in April or maybe even May There are employers that just post all the time. So just recognize this is a marathon not a sprint for your second-year summer So just just keep that in mind make sure you come in and talk to us Same thing with federal jobs as it applies to the third years They have early deadlines for second years as well. So take a look at the Arizona handbook One of the things we do a lot of and a lot of you have taken advantage of it is mock interviews So feel free if you want to come in if you have an interview coming up to do a mock interview with us Student groups. We are working very closely with a number of student groups to plan events We also have an event on September 13th for exploring your options in the public sector So if you are looking for something in the public sector, feel free to come to that event It's filling up quickly. So we probably have about 10 slots left. So make sure you RSVP quickly to that Equal justice works that registration is open right now So if you are planning to go to DC to interview with employers from around the country for public interest jobs Make sure you register for that Work closely with me both Laurie Bairn and I go down to that event every year students get jobs through this event So if it's something you're thinking about a geographically if you're flexible, it's a great event to go down to The last thing I want to mention is we have a 3L here Jessica Trello in the back She is our ABA representative the ABA has free memberships for all law students The information on how to register with the ABA is on our was on simplicity But Jessica will also have a table in the bistro starting on September 11th every Monday at 1230 to sign people up It's a great resource. It's a great event. The ABA is actually looking for three interns right now We're posting that on simplicity right now But it just is a great way to expand your network to expand your resources and to find out what's going on in the Areas law that you are interested in so make sure you use that as a resource and Otherwise feel free to come by and say hello. Thank you Hello, welcome back. I'm here Because I most importantly want to remind you that academic success is still here for you even though you're second in third years and more importantly to introduce you to both Reintroduce you to Justin Kishba and to Brittany reposer who's our new director of bar support So before I introduce Brittany I'm gonna have Justin come up and just give you a little bit of how he supports the second and third years here Thanks guys Welcome back Just want to reintroduce myself Justin Kishba. I'm the writing specialist. I'm here to help you at any stage in your writing process the earlier the better In fact, you can come to me before you even start writing and if we get on the same page early It'll probably go a lot smoother of course you can come to me with something that is already written or near to completion and I am certainly willing to help you but At that stage I can I'm limited in the amount of help I can give and probably in the amount of help you want because if I start pulling strings other things start falling apart If you want to make an appointment with me just shoot me an email It will be easiest if when you do so you give me a day or two and a time or two or three on those days when you are Available I do my own scheduling and there's a lot of moving parts So if you can let me know when you are available, it'll be a lot easier and I'll reply with a proposed meeting time since you are upper-level students now the things that have changed are I will prioritize appointments with 1Ls So when their due dates come I tend to get particularly busy So if you want to meet with me, you should anticipate that as well and schedule with me well in advance For those of you that are doing directed research or working on your writing requirement I am certainly available to help you as well, but again earlier the better Unfortunately, I do not offer a dry cleaning service where you can drop off your paper and pick it up in three days And have it pressed and clean for you. I Much prefer and I find a lot better A lot better results if we meet in person So I can start to explain to you the errors that I see or the issues that I continue to see in your writing And then we can learn how to fix them so you can do it yourself one of those teach a woman to fish sort of things But welcome back. Good to see you. Please stop by I look forward to helping you Some of you have already met Professor Raposa because she teaches our applied legal reasoning class to our third-year students. I Recommend that you get to know her because she's an incredible resource not only for our third-year students But for all of you And she's also an incredibly nice person She's she's got a JD from UMass Dartmouth Law where she graduated as valedictorian of her class She served on that editorial board of the law review of her class She was secretary of the SBA amongst other things in law school since law school. She has been CEO and founder of her own bar tutoring company Which has a very successful pass rate for students that she has tutored When I spoke with students who she had tutored of varying ages varying backgrounds each and every one of them spoke of her talent both as a teacher and her Medication to them as individuals and how they learn best And they couldn't say enough good things about Professor Raposa about Brittany and I'm so happy that she accepted our offer This past summer to come work with us In addition to her JD Brittany has an LLM in health law and policy she practiced as a family law attorney before coming here and She is Tremendous asset to our programs I hope you get to know her and I introduce Brittany to talk to a little bit about the bar support that we provide Hello, so I have like a hundred of you in class this week, so I'll keep it brief So I teach ALR. It's a year-long course that prepares you for the bar in the first semester We're doing criminal law criminal procedure evidence and civil procedure and in the second semester We're doing torts contracts property and constitutional law focusing on MBE and ME skills in the first semester and including the MPT portion of the exam in the second semester In addition to that I am creating a supplemental bar support program for students who are studying for the bar And it'll be implemented this winter for the February bar takers. It'll meet twice a month It's not mandatory, but it I encourage you to go and we'll be going over things like the MPT the MBE the MEE And it's a supplemental resource for you a lot of the bar programs are not interactive So this will give students a chance to have some interaction in your bar study Another cool portion of the program is that I have got volunteer attorneys From the community to grade bar exam essays while you're studying And so that way you can get a feel for where you are and you can get an attorney to grade your essays While you're studying for the bar prior to taking it And so there will be a supplemental bar support program already implemented this for the this February bar takers So I know who's taking the February bar in ALR If you are not an ALR and taking the February bar and encourage you to come meet with me I'm gonna get your name and find you anyway pretty soon. So I Will tell you a little bit about that supplemental support and a little bit about what I can help you with while you're studying Another thing I just wanted to mention is the MPRE most jurisdictions require a passing score in the MPRE prior to admission some Require some mandate it later But I Recommend that everyone take the MPRE prior to applying for the bar There is a MPRE exam coming up in November And I will be holding an intensive MPRE review for the November exam in Offering a mock exam in lecture after the MP after the mock exam In one big change I just want to note that affects almost everyone in this room is that Massachusetts is becoming a UBE jurisdiction beginning in July of 2018 You can no longer at that time take both the Massachusetts and Rhode Island bar at the same time So if that's something that you are planning on doing you can't and so You might want to come talk to me or talk to someone I know it's really popular for students here It's kind of like Rhode Island is like really close to Massachusetts And so a lot of people swing both but and starting in 2018 in July you cannot do that So I encourage you to come talk to me as well if you want to talk about that Otherwise if you want to come talk about anything my office is in 207 and I look forward to working with you all Good afternoon everyone and hello Providence I'm here to give you a few updates about the library And talk to you about Providence support instructional programs So the first update for those of you who are fans or were fans of the small computer classroom to the Right of the reference desk immediately next to it that computer classroom is no more It has moved however, so the computer classroom is now located where the microforms room was which probably none of you know Where that is basically when you walk into the library immediately to your right You're going to see the computer classroom number two If you ever are in need of microforms come talk to us and we will help you out with those We have three new standing desks available in the library. They're actually tables that are fairly good height They have power strips attached to them and gel mats so that you can stand there So if you want to try out switching from sitting all the time to also standing and continuing your work You can do that. They are located right around the corner from study room 171 Also adding to the list of our curious and interesting items for circulation Which include the blankets and fans and things like that. We have also added Bookstands so I know a lot of you like to read using a book stand come and ask for them at the circulation desk I believe we have three of them Regarding Providence support starting on Tuesday September 5th a librarian will be available by appointment Most Tuesdays in the Providence office Visit our ask a librarian Link on our webpage to make an appointment with one of us Regarding instructional programs Those of you in legal practice through this semester training will begin on September 5th. I believe that's that week If you're enrolled in LP3 this semester, you will get an email from Nicole Dyshlefsky Letting you know whether you've been assigned to a section or whether you get to sign up It depends on which class throughout the semester. Some of them are by sign up some of them are during your LP3 classes another change in the Instructional programs or comes in the instructional programs are prepared for practice program has been Split into two pieces. The first piece is the research certification program Which includes topics that you have covered in LP1 and LP2, but also additional topics like Regulatory research keeping current with the law, etc The second part of the prepare for practice program is the basic technology Certification which covers some basic and advanced tactics for using Microsoft office programs, especially word PowerPoint, etc Some things that can be very useful for those of you who have to write briefs how to style your documents things like that And also mobile technology a couple of things you do not have to have a mobile device to attend the mobile technology classes So Please check it out the handout. There's copies at the table in the front It's a skinny little handout has the requires requirements for the programs And there's also a link at the bottom of the page where there are descriptions of all of the classes that are being offered For those of you who are too else you are already enrolled in the course the research Certification classes are available online through bridges the technology Certification classes will be offered in both the fall and spring semester classes will be announced Prior to them being offered in the library Last couple things, please be sure to follow us on Facebook Twitter and or Pinterest This is where Pinterest is where we do the fun book display So if you wanted to see what's on display, you don't want to walk into the library. You can look at them there For Facebook and Twitter We post all of our announcements there including things about when the hours are going to change for holidays They don't change much, but they do change Also things about our digital resources other news about the library, etc And finally as always if you have any comments questions suggestions about the library, please don't hesitate to contact me My name phone number and email address appear on the front page of the law library website Or talk to any one of my colleagues if I'm not around and we'll be happy to help you Thank you for your time today. Hi everybody. Welcome back My name is Kate Polatano, and I'm in the financial aid office I just wanted to mention three quick things to you. The first is health insurance So if you purchase the school's health insurance and your refund took a big hit this fall semester And you're worried if you're going to be able to buy food by the end of the semester Please come see us We we don't want that to happen. So if you Think you may need a budget increase and a little bit more loan money to help offset those health insurance costs Please come see us or for any reason if if Your budget's not working for you and we can take a look at Your living expenses and and how maybe financially can help you a little bit the second thing is bar loan and Appeals for bar Application fees. So if you're a 3l, you're thinking about taking a private bar loan We have information our office for that as well as You can use your federal loans To help pay for bar application fees You can't use your federal loans to pay for well You can't increase your budget to pay for bar prep study Courses, but you can use it for the application fees up for up to two states And the last thing is scholarships and simplicity so just When you're on simplicity make sure you also look at the scholarship section. We will regularly update that so You may come across something that Suit you and it may give you a little bit extra money to help you out And always any questions feel free to stop by our office. Thank you. Welcome back Welcome back everyone. I'm dr. Christopher Bailey. I am a psychologist and the interim director At our counseling center here at Roger. So I just wanted to Introduce you to our services by starting with the front door. That's what it looks like and it's a Really simple if you're interested in getting some emotional support if you have some stress some difficulties of a personal nature We're the office for you and it's as simple as walking through that door Some basic things about us where we're located is the Center for Student Development Building if you're not quite sure where that is It's where a lot of student life offices are such as res life Student life itself conduct health services and we're right across from Cedar Hall So it's a little bit of a walk from here, but not too far Those are our hours. So Monday through Friday 8 30 to 5 p.m. We are open all year round and Some some of you have availed yourself of our services over the summer So we are around all year That's the staff. So we have a lot of folks Because we're we're quite popular on campus actually There's a number of us that are psychologists I'll talk about our psychiatrists in a little bit more detail later That's our phone number. So to make an appointment. You simply walk through that door or you give us a call If you give us a call, we're gonna say walk through that door But when you come in for the first time We have some paperwork for you to fill out and some computer forms for you to fill out as well Paperwork can take the average student about 10 to 15 minutes to complete I Didn't put this on there or it might be on another side, but we are free. There's no cost If you go off campus, there is a cost Let's see talked about the paperwork that's our website that's what our waiting room looks like we just redesigned it To to meet with us you would have to have your first appointment in the counseling center itself We actually do have an office over here in your building We don't publicly disclose where that office is located because we don't want any of you or any student really to show up at That office for the first appointment We really want you go to the counseling center itself for your first appointment so you can fill out the forms We need you to fill out after that time if you'd like to meet us over here We'll do that Some of you actually prefer to meet in the counseling center itself. So we'll we'll work with you either way either location Confidentiality which I think you can appreciate given what you're headed towards in your career So we are not allowed to share information about you The fact that you are a client of ours with anyone that especially could include your family and especially includes Folks in the law school So we're not allowed to disclose that you are a client and certainly not the content of what you share with us to anyone That is the law There's very rare exceptions that go state-by-state But in a nutshell it has to do with if we believe that you're at serious risk of Harming someone in a serious way or killing someone else or yourself We may have to bring other parties into that situation a Second situation would involve issues related to abuse or neglect of minors or elders and The third situation is Astronomically unlike what I happen, but we tell all students this anyways and that would be if we're somehow ordered by a court of law This came out from years ago from stuff that had to do with the Patriot Act But that is an extremely rare situation. We outline all of this with you in our informed consent form So before you engage in a in a therapeutic relationship with you We lay that all out to you in fine print and you can read it and if you have Questions or concerns about it. You can speak to one of us about those and Of course, we will share information about you if you want us to But we we need more than your oral permission We need you to write write that down and we have a special form for that and some students want us to share information With certain people in certain situations and we will honor that I mentioned. We're free We're highly popular on campus. In fact, we set a record with the number of appointments in the last academic year and that Was a record-setting year after a previously record-setting year So we're definitely an upward trend in terms of the number of students that we see We're well known among students and students are often the ones who refer other students to us I wrote down some examples of why students come in for you there But there's a hundred other reasons that I didn't write down the most popular reasons that students come in are as follows And this goes back For at least 15 consecutive years number one issue that students come in for is anxiety or stress Number two is depression and number three is relationship issues Those are the most common reasons We do a number of groups on campus those are some examples last year the anxiety group is quite popular We do a creativity group a happiness group and you're all eligible for any of those groups We do talk to other folks on campus when we need to But never about you if you're one of our clients without your permission There's a bunch of other things in an emergency situation. The counseling center can be made available to folks at the university I Mentioned this this is a little bit detailed here We do have a psychiatrist who's a member of our staff, but his Availability is extremely limited. He comes in one day a week and it's not for the whole day So if you already have a psychiatric provider Perhaps you're still connected to your pediatrician or a PCP Whatever the case might be if that person is providing you psychiatric medications We recommend that you stick with that relationship and not begin a new one with our psychiatrists Because I would add that he's not available in the summer months or over winter break So he's very very limited in his availability if that is of interest with you You do have to establish a relationship with one of our therapists before we would feel comfortable Referring you to our in-house psychiatrist I did provide you with six names of folks off campus that offer psychiatric services That do not require you to be in therapy But if you ever wanted a referral to see someone off campus Whether it be a therapist or a psychiatrist. We have lots of names and numbers of folks and if you have a car that also increases your options in terms of The number of people you could theoretically see all right. Thank you for your time Thank you. I'm last so I don't know if I'm supposed to do this or they're gonna do it there So first of all I want to thank you all for making time in your schedule to come here Especially the third years who have experiential experiences I know it's challenging to juggle these things But we want to make sure that we're giving you these important refreshers all at once because these are questions That come up throughout the year. Can you please make sure that you've signed the role? Where is the role? Okay, all right I know there's a lot of names and there is a role in Providence So if you can make sure that that gets back to Margie and that it gets back to me And we'll be posting additional information online, but just a couple reminders. My door is always open So feel free to stop by any time or send me an email with any questions big or small I'm happy to direct you to where you need to go today I just have to give I want to give and need to give just a quick Refresher for a sexual misconduct and gender-based based misconduct policy So this is one of the most serious if not the most serious conduct Code issue that I deal with in my capacity as Title IX coordinator for the school of law and I think it deserves a annual reminder because Unfortunately, we have cases that come up each year either Sexual-based misconduct or domestic violence issues with students So I think it's an important reminder and also it's relevant for a lot of students who are going to be going into criminal law So bear with me So just what do we mean when I talk about sexual misconduct? It's really really broad and so it starts with low-level harassment and then goes all the way up to Rape or attended rape attempted rape of students. So it could be sexual assault Nonconsensual conduct and that could be as simple as unwanted physical touching above or below the clothing So obviously this is not allowed not allowed at the law school not allowed at the university So it's expressly prohibited in both honor codes This is the one area because of compliance regulations where law student conduct is governed by the university handbook and we use their conduct code policies to adjudicate Honor code violations that pertain to sexual misconduct So how do you avoid this? I think it bears Mentioning that consent is what's critical and consent means clear knowing and voluntary consent prior to enduring sexual activity You guys cover this in class consent is sexual permission by word or action And where we get into trouble really is with drugs and alcohol And so consent cannot be given under conditions of obviously threat duress Co-origin or incapacitation and so where we see issues I would say at the undergrad side some involved in those cases as well there I would say 95% if not more involved alcohol and particularly drug use So the university and the law school will be more involved this year Has many programs to kind of course to address sexual misconduct But also to prevent it and a lot focuses on bystander intervention It's on us as a national program started by missing so much President Obama Sorry But this was one of the movements and there's been some change in this area of law in terms of what the Obligations are from the university in terms of all right serious again At there have been some changes in terms of what title nine will look like Under the new administration, but I can assure you that the university is Maintaining its strong stance regarding consent and the enforcement of sexual assault protections on our campus and so We really want any victims or anyone who's affected by sexual assault or sexual misconduct Broadly to bring that to the university's attention There are protections for both the victim as well as the accused and we take this responsibility seriously So quickly it's obviously very one of the most important most serious violations of the university code of conduct if you're found responsible For sexual assault it results in a suspension for no less than one semester to all the way up to expulsion from RWU We have had law students suspended from the university for being found responsible under under this provision The law school also has a permanent notation on your transcript So these are adjudicated under the student conduct and community standards office And so while any conduct code violation is punitive They really do have an educational philosophy and the purpose is to educate to educate restore and to protect the community So if you are a victim of sexual misconduct and that's very broad and that includes even stalking harassment of students You're encouraged to speak to university staff and administration as well as we will provide information to Local resources as well as to the local authorities as appropriate The handout that I have on this has information about who the deputy title nine coordinators are on campus So for the school of law, I'm your person If you don't want to speak to me or want to speak to someone else Jennifer Stanley is a deputy title nine coordinator for the University but then there's a whole list of resources of people men and women with different certifications and qualifications around campus and any of those people listed are certainly a resource for you as Are the judicial offices? And so the honor I don't want you to worry about who do I need to contact? Of course the honor code the honor board here if there's any questions you can speak to them and they can provide appropriate referrals Law enforcement and then their confidential resources and so when Christopher Bailey said that it's confidential I assure you it is a hundred percent confidential He won't tell me who's a count who's who he speaks to and he won't tell me who he doesn't speak to so There's no like backdoor where I get information We take that really seriously and so confidential resources means that for under title nine sexual assault misconduct You can speak to these people and they will not disclose that information So that's a counseling center reverend Nancy Sukup who is the interfaith chaplain for the university she's great And then also we have a relationship with day one, which is an off-campus Referral one thing that is important to know is that the confidential resources those are the only people allowed on campus to keep Information about sexual misconduct confidential So if you speak to anyone else on this campus, and that's supposed to be faculty members adjunct faculty members staff members Secretaries and you disclose this information. They are obligated to tell me Okay, and that's because that doesn't mean that and I will contact you and that doesn't mean that you're not in the driver's seat But it means that I have an obligation as part of my employment as part of my role here to make sure that you understand What your options are and what resources are available? So I'll be following up with the faculty to make sure that they know that they should be sharing that information with me But I think the message is to one be careful Always around alcohol and drugs and as we get character and fitness updates That that's where students tend to get in trouble So remember consent remember relationship with one another But remember the resources are here and we want to help you and with that you guys are done. Thank you very much