Why is the role of an attorney limited in the student discipline process?
The student discipline process is designed to be educational, not adversarial. The informal process involves meeting and discussing what happened to see if an agreed resolution is possible; most cases are resolved in this way. In the few cases where a while the formal fact-finding hearing is an opportunity for all pertinent information to be reviewed by students and faculty from our academic community, who determine whether there has been a violation of the University’s standards of academic and student conduct. Formal rules of evidence and discovery do not apply, and the proceeding is not a civil or criminal court “trial.” Since student disciplinary matters are not resolved in a courtroom, the role of an attorney in the process is limited to that of an advisor.
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