Table of Contents
- Title IX Conduct: What It Is and What It Isn’t
- Title IX Basics
- Title IX Coordinators
- Title IX Legal Updates
- Investigators
- Adjudicators
- Student Affairs Professionals
- Human Resource Professionals
- Campus Security
- Institutional Leadership
- Athletics
- Greek Life
Title IX Conduct: What It Is and What It Isn’t
What: With the increased attention on sexual misconduct, more and more faculty, staff and students are bringing forward complaints; however often the conduct alleged does not meet the definition of sexual misconduct, stalking or relationship violence. In this webinar, Courtney Bullard and Tiffany Cox, Title IX Coordinator..
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Title IX Basics
What: Provides the nuts and bolts of Title IX including identifying prohibited conduct, the institution’s obligations under Title IX and related laws and regulations affecting compliance such as Clery. Discusses the role of mandatory reporters under Title IX.
Who: Appropriate for any employee of the institution.
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Title IX Coordinators
What: Provides an overview of the Title IX Coordinator’s Role in compliance. Addresses the nuts and bolts of Title IX as well as low hanging fruit compliance efforts and best practices.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, Deputy Title IX Coordinators, Title IX Team, any key positions involved in compliance with Title IX and related laws and regulations.
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Title IX Legal Updates
The Title IX legal landscape is ever changing. In this webinar, Courtney Bullard will explore the litigation trends of 2018 and discuss considerations for best practices in light of those trends. Title IX Coordinators and their team, as well as in-house counsel, can benefit from this webinar. She will also discuss the anticipated proposed rules from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the projected impact on campus compliance efforts.
Investigators
What: Provides an overview of the role of investigators in campus compliance. Addresses the nuts and bolts of OCR’s requirements for investigations, best practices for conducting investigations and identifying conflicts and biases.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, designated investigators and those who supervise employees tasked with conducting investigations.
Adjudicators
What: Provides an overview of the role of investigators in campus compliance. Addresses the nuts and bolts of Title IX appropriate for adjudicators, identifying conflicts and biases, considerations for adjudications proceedings and best practices.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, adjudicators and anyone involved in the adjudication process including student conduct.
Student Affairs Professionals
What: Provides an overview of the role of the student affairs professional in campus compliance. Addresses the institution’s Title IX obligations, considerations in assuming multiple job functions, addressing conflicts of interest, communicating with other campus employees involved in compliance and best practices.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, Dean of Students, Judicial Affairs, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, campus safety, campus counseling center, residence life and any other employees involved in student affairs.
Human Resource Professionals
What: Addresses the role of human resource professionals in compliance with Title IX. Provides an overview of the nuts and bolts of Title IX, the interplay of Title VII and Title IX and institutional obligations under each and best practices.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, Human Resource Professionals, Student Conduct, academic affairs leadership, any other employees that handle investigations or adjudication of complaints involving faculty and staff that implicate Title IX
Campus Security
What: Addresses the role of campus security in compliance with Title IX. Discusses the institution’s obligations under Title IX, OCR’s guidance on the interplay of criminal matters and Title IX matters, campus security as mandatory reporters and the interplay between Clery and Title IX.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, members of campus safety, employees in student affairs and residence life, and any other employees involved in coordinating compliance efforts with campus safety and local police.
Institutional Leadership
What: Addresses the role of institutional leadership in compliance with Title IX. Discusses the nuts and bolts of Title IX and the institution’s obligations, best practices for establishing a compliance mindset for campus, hiring external investigations, the role of leadership during investigations and PR considerations during a lawsuit or federal investigations.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, heads of campus such as presidents and chancellors, associate and assistance vice chancellors and vice presidents, division heads, provosts, athletic directors, and other high level management positions. Also appropriate for employees that support those roles and members of the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees.
Athletics
What: Addresses the role of athletics in compliance with Title IX. Discusses the unique role of athletics personnel in identifying and preventing sexual misconduct, stalking and relationship violence, the role of coaches during investigations and adjudications involving student-athletes, PR considerations and best practices for working with student affairs and campus safety.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, institutional leadership, public relations, athletics personnel to include the athletic director, coaches and athletic trainers.
Greek Life
What: Discusses the Title IX obligations of institutions and the role of Greek Life in compliance with Title IX. Also discusses the unique challenges that can develop when a report involves a member of Greek life. Explores best practices for partnerships with local chapters, issues faced with sharing investigations and the role of the director as a mandatory reporter for the institution.
Who: Title IX Coordinator, investigators, adjudicators, student affairs professionals, members of Greek Life.
Residence Life
What: Discusses the role of residence life in campus compliance. Provides an overview of the institution’s Title IX obligations and explores issues faced with reports of prohibited conduct to resident directors and assistance, best practices for communicating with student conduct and the differences in civil and criminal investigations.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, residence life, student affairs professionals, campus safety, advocates.
Academic Affairs
What: Addresses the role of the various facets of academic affairs in compliance with Title IX. Discusses the nuts and bolts of Title IX, the role of faculty as mandatory reporters and confidentiality concerns, the role of deans and department heads when a faculty member is accused of sexual misconduct and best practices.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, provosts, deans, department heads, faculty and any other employees within academic affairs who are considered mandatory reporters.
Advocates and Advisors
What: Discusses the role of residence life in campus compliance. Provides an overview of the institution’s Title IX obligations and explores issues faced with reports of prohibited conduct to resident directors and assistance, best practices for communicating with student conduct and the differences in civil and criminal investigations.
Who: Title IX Coordinators, residence life, student affairs professionals, campus safety, advocates.
Title IX Team
What: Discusses hypothetical situations implicating various areas of campus; PR concerns and implications to certain actions, and cross-division best practices for effective compliance.
Who: Any employees on campus directly involved in responding to a report of sexual misconduct, relationship violence and/or stalking.
Putting It All Together
What: Provides an overview of the role of different administrators and departments on campus in compliance with Title IX, a year in review of compliance in 2016 and a look ahead at post-election Title IX. Highlights high-risk areas and lessons learned from high profile cases in 2016.
Who: Most appropriate for the Title IX Coordinators and their team
Management Respondent Series
A three part webinar series focused on addressing respondent considerations in managing reports of sexual misconduct and interpersonal violence. Litigation trends and increased media attention show that students accused of sexual misconduct are just as likely to sue the institution as complainants.
In addition, OCR recently entered into a resolution agreement with an institution as a result of a complaint brought by a respondent.
Through this series, participants will review the legal obligations of institutions to complainants and respondents, learn about the current legal landscape in respondent litigation, assess lessons learned from OCR’s recent resolution agreement and successful litigation, and explore steps institutions are taking to ensure that the process is fair and equitable to all parties involved, including developments in respondent support services.
Timely Warning Notifications and Sexual Misconduct
This webinar provides a primer on the intersection of Timely Warning Notification requirements under Clery and reports of sexual misconduct on your campus. Clery and Title IX overlap in many areas and this webinar will discuss the sometimes difficult task of determining when a report of sexual misconduct warrants a timely warning notification to the campus. The webinar will also discuss policy considerations and best practices.
White Knuckling Title IX Compliance
What: This 45 minute webinar is packed with tips, tricks and best practices to assist institutions as they prepare for the new academic year. Often institutions white knuckle their way through Title IX compliance during the academic year, making difficult situations encountered even more complex. Part pep-talk, this webinar will ensure participants have considered salient issues as they enter the new academic year.
Who: Most appropriate for the Title IX Coordinators and their team
Accommodating Pregnant and Parenting Students
This webinar sheds some light and review key areas and considerations for accommodating pregnant and parenting students in compliance with Title IX. Courtney Bullard shares trends in enforcement and litigation, considerations for developing internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance, and practical advice for handling pregnancy and parenting accommodations in complex settings.
2017 Year End Review and #metoo
This is Courtney’s second year-end review, recapping all of the legal changes in 2017 with predictions for Title IX in 2018 and how these changes inform best practices going forward. This webinar also discusses the impact of the #MeToo movement and high profile sexual harassment complaints that occurred in 2017 on college campuses both with respect to Title IX and Title VII and the interplay of both federal laws.
The Future of Title IX
The Title IX landscape continues to evolve and change especially in light of the Office for Civil Rights new guidance. This webinar discusses the future of Title IX including the newly released guidance from the OCR issued on September 22nd and the differences between the Obama-era and Trump-era guidance. It will also provide practical tips moving forward for campuses to consider in complying with Clery and Title IX. Recorded November 2017.
Title IX, Title VII, #MeToo and More!
It is more important than ever that human resources professionals understand Title IX in addition to the Title VII obligations of an institution. It is also crucial for Title IX Coordinators to understand the interplay of these laws and how they impact the course of an investigation where both may be implicated. Join Courtney Bullard as she discusses the cross over between Title IX and Title VII and the impact of the #TimesUP and #MeToo movements for college campuses. Courtney will provide a basic overview of these laws, recent case law and guidance and work through some hypothetical situations to highlight issues to be aware of for your campus. This webinar is appropriate for Human Resources Professionals, Title IX Coordinators, and others involved in compliance with these laws and regulations on your campus.
