Disciplinary Conferences
A Disciplinary Conference is an informal, non adversarial meeting between an accused student, the complaint party, the officer who conducted the Preliminary Review, and a Conduct Officer. The Conduct Officer considers information from both parties and determines whether the student is responsible for the charges.
A Disciplinary Conference follows this format:
1. All the participants are assembled and the Conduct Officer reads the charges and explains the procedures to be followed. The conference is audio recorded.
2. The officer who conducted the Preliminary Review presents his or her report summarizing the review.
3. The Conduct Officer allows each party to provide an opening statement, briefly outlining the facts that he or she hopes to prove.
4. The person filing the complaint gives his or her narrative, describing in detail the incident in question. At this point the complaint party can introduce his or her physical evidence.
5. The accused student then gives his or her narrative and introduces physical evidence.
6. The Conduct Officer questions both parties. After the Conduct Officer has asked questions, the complaint party and the accused student can ask questions of one another.
7. If there are any factual witnesses, they are called one at a time. Each witness gives a narrative, describing his or her knowledge of the event in question. The Conduct Officer questions the witnesses, then the accused student and the complaint party can ask questions of each witness.
8. The Conduct Officer allows each party to provide a closing statement summarizing his or her case.
9. In the event that the student is found responsible, both parties and the officer who conducted the Preliminary Review may recommend a sanction. Any character witnesses are introduced at this point.
10. The Conduct Officer goes into closed session to deliberate on the decision and sanction (if the student is found responsible). Each party is given the results of the Disciplinary Conference in writing.
Accused students have the right to appeal the outcome of the proceeding. See the Academic Integrity Appeal Process for more information.