Student Conduct
POLL: Should Mason students be allowed legal representation during conduct hearings?
|According to Mason’s current student code of conduct, students are not allowed to have a lawyer represent them during hearings with representatives from the Office of Student Conduct.
A bill in the Virginia General Assembly earlier this semester could have changed that system to make certain student conduct hearings look more like court proceedings.
Proposed student conduct changes would likely cost Mason $100,000, report says
|According to Mason’s current code of conduct, students are not allowed to have a lawyer represent them during hearings with representatives from the Office of Student Conduct.
A proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly could change that system to make certain student conduct hearings look more like court proceedings. In cases where a student is at risk of being suspended for 10 days or more, or expelled, they would be permitted to have a lawyer represent them during conduct hearings.
Letter to the Editor: Students should be allowed to have legal representation in conduct hearings
|Bill could allow students to have legal representation in conduct hearings
|According to Mason’s current student code of conduct, students are not allowed to have a lawyer represent them during hearings with representatives from the Office of Student Conduct.
“Students may be accompanied in a disciplinary proceeding by an advisor of his or her own choosing and at his or her own expense,” reads the current code. “Advisors may only consult with the respondent and are not permitted to speak on the respondent’s behalf or address the hearing board or officer.”
Letter to the Editor: How Mason has engaged the student body about a Good Samaritan policy
|A recent issue in Fourth Estate discussed concerns regarding the University’s lack of a medical amnesty policy, or a ‘Good Samaritan’ policy as it is commonly known.