
Title IX Investigator Training, Sept. 24-25th
Seton Hall University is pleased to welcome Leslie Gomez and Gina M. Smith from Cozen O'Connor for a two-day intensive, comprehensive training for Title IX Coordinators and Investigators.
This two-day workshop will provide participants with an in-depth training including investigation protocols, forensic interviewing, managing investigative issues and more.
Our presenters are nationally recognized experts who have assisted numerous college and universities with their compliance with Title IX, the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and much more.
Seton Hall is committed to making this training as affordable and accessible to as many of our colleagues as possible. The total cost for this two-day workshop ($250 per person) is less than most one-hour webinars. However, space is limited so we do encourage you to register soon to reserve your spot.
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Agenda
This agenda is fluid to allow for full discussion and interaction throughout the day. We will also take a break mid-morning and mid-afternoon each day.
Monday, September 24th
9 a.m. – Registration
9:30 a.m. - The Context
- Overview of Effective Practices
- Key Issues to be Considered by Campus Leaders
- Overview of Relevant Legal Authority
- Title IX
- The Clery Act, as amended by VAWA
- The Intersections between Title IX and VAWA
- State law variations
12:30 p.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:30 p.m. - The Coordinated Institutional Response
- Centralized reporting
- Intake and assessment
- Evaluation of requests for anonymity
- Interim measures
- Multi-disciplinary team practices
- Identifying team member roles
- Coordination of information and personnel
- Mapping out the institutional sequence
- Procedural requirements for investigation and adjudications
- Communications and documentation
Tuesday, September 25th
9 a.m. - Dynamics of Sexual Assault, Harassment, Intimate Partner Violence & Stalking
- Neurobiological impacts of trauma
- Reactive coping mechanisms
- Delay in reporting
- Disclosure
- Recantation
- Alcohol and other drugs
- Consent and incapacitation
- Understanding corroboration
- Understanding physical evidence
Investigative Protocols
- Separating support and advocacy from investigation/adjudication
- Informed and sensitive communications
- Developing an investigative plan
- Maintaining a working chronology
- Building a timeline
- Communications
- Documentation of interviews
- Gathering physical evidence
Forensic Interviewing
- Narrative and follow up
- Corroboration
- Questioning techniques
- Privacy and retaliation considerations
Report Writing Considerations
- Format
- Content
- Rationale
- Review of the report by the parties
12:00 p.m. - Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m. - Evaluating Credibility
- Word against word assessments
- Demeanor, Interest, Detail, Corroboration, Common Sense
1:00 p.m. - Investigative issues
- Consent
- Alcohol/Incapacitation
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Prior sexual history
- Pattern evidence