In early 2016, the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice's Rights of Women Committee hosted a six-part teleconference series addressing the many issues tied to campus sexual assault, particularly with a civil rights perspective. See below for additional information and recordings of each of the programs.
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This program explores the breadth of the problem of sexual assault on college campuses, including such questions
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This program focuses on the civil rights implications of campus sexual assault. Sexual assault is not just a crime. It is also an extreme form of
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This program focuses on how the federal government is responding to the problem of campus sexual assault. The Department of Education issued a 2011 "Dear Colleague" letter that reminded schools of their Title IX obligations to provide students with environments free of sexual harassment and assault. Congress responded by adding the Campus Save Act to the Violence Against Women Act. How are these laws being implemented? How is the Office for Civil Rights enforcing the new guidance? How many schools are under investigation? How is OCR resolving the complaints? How do survivors and their lawyers experience the administrative process? What could improve that process?
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This program explores what schools are doing about campus sexual assault. How are schools responding to new public and government scrutiny? How are they implementing new laws and guidance? How do they handle survivor complaints? What kinds of "best practices" are being developed? What should schools be doing to tackle the problem?
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This program explores the legal claims survivors of sexual assault have against their schools, how courts are applying existing law, and what kinds of remedies are available. The program also examines how the legal standards for sexual harassment/assault under Title IX differ from those of Title VII and whether reform is necessary to hold schools accountable.
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This program explores what can and should be done to address campus sexual assault. From new legislation to better education of students and educators, the program explores how social science and the law can work together to combat this national epidemic.
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