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NEWS FROM NCHERM

  • NCHERM-CR.  We are pleased and excited to announce a new, autonomous practice group within NCHERM called NCHERM-CR (Conflict Resolution).  This group is chaired by Rick Olshak, and staffed by the talents of consultants Chris Loschiavo, David Karp and Matthew Gregory (all of whom also maintain employment with their respective colleges and universities).  NCHERM-CR is open for business, and offers NCHERM-level expertise and training to higher education on conflict resolution, mediation, restorative justice, facilitated dialogue and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.  Learn all about the NCHERM-CR practice group.

  • Title IX Compliance Audit Service Introduced.  Your campus has been working diligently, as have all others, to ensure that you are in compliance with Title IX and the dictates of the April 2011 OCR Dear Colleague Letter (DCL).  To be sure all of your policies, procedures, protocols and trainings are aligned with the full expectations of Title IX, NCHERM has originated the Title IX Compliance Audit Service.  Depending on the size of your campus, your needs and how deep you want an audit to go, NCHERM offers audits in two-day, three-day and five-day varieties.  Stakeholders are interviewed.  Policies are assessed.  A written report will detail areas of strength and weakness in all identified subject compliance areas, with suggestions for bringing your campus into full compliance.  Perhaps an audit by NCHERM today will help your campus to avoid government investigations and/or Title IX lawsuits tomorrow?  Contact Kate Halligan, NCHERM Director of Client Relationships, for more details. 

  • 2012 NCHERM staff changes:

    • Michelle Issadore, M.Ed., joined our staff this past June, in a role that shares her talents between SCOPE, which she serves as Executive Director, and NCHERM, where she is Director of Educational Programs.
    • Samantha Dutill was promoted in January, 2012 to Executive Director of NCHERM.  Congrats Sam!  She also continues ably as Associate Executive Director of NaBITA. 
    • Former NCHERM Executive Director Cori Sokolow, M.Ed. has assumed the role of Executive Director for The NCHERM Group.
    • Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. continues as Managing Partner of NCHERM, and has become the Chair of The NCHERM Group and Executive Director of ATIXA.  He also continues in his role as Executive Director of NaBITA and has decided sleep is highly overrated.
    • NCHERM partners W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D. have been appointed to Advisory Board roles for both ATIXA and SCOPE
  • NCHERM has added six consultants to its roster of affiliated consultants.  We welcome the talents of:
    • Jeremy Inabinet, M.Ed. – Practice Area:  Greek conduct boards, training and risk management
    • Katie Clifford, Esq. – K-12 school law, sexual harassment and employment law issues
    • Erica Woodley, M.Ed. – Behavioral intervention and case management
    • Leslee Morris, Esq.  – Civil rights investigations
    • Jason Laker, Ph.D. – Men, masculinities, gender studies, program assessment
    • Mary Friedrichs, LCSW – Rape and sexual assault victim’s advocacy
  • NCHERM has taken a literary turn, by becoming the publisher of Student Affairs eNews.  Edited by NCHERM-Affiliated Consultant Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D., the Student Affairs eNews website is your one-stop-shop for student affairs-related news, events and updates.  Every week, more than 600 student affairs professionals receive the SAeN email with all the latest news and updates on our field. Subscribe for FREE today. 
  • NCHERM Partner Saundra K. Schuster, J.D. is serving as NCHERM’s representative to the Futures Without Violence campus sexual misconduct model policy project.  Last October, Saunie represented NCHERM as a Keynote Speaker at the DOJ Violence Against Women President’s Summit in Washington, DC. 
  • NCHERM Managing Partner Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., has been appointed to the Advisory Board of NASPA’s Enough is Enough campaign against campus violence.
  • Look for us this spring!  NCHERM consultants will be presenting at national conferences this spring, including ASCA, NASPA, ACPA, IACLEA and more.  You will also find ATIXA, SCOPE, NaBITA and NCHERM in the exhibition halls of many of these conferences.  If you are headed to any of these conferences, let’s plan some time to connect or reconnect. 

NCHERM 2012 WHITEPAPER

NCHERM has published its annual Whitepaper. The topic for 2012 is Suicidal Students and the Direct Threat Test.

NCHERM RETAINER CLIENT PROGRAM GROWS

JANUARY, 2012 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MALVERN, PA

NCHERM Special Counsel Retainer Program Grows to Thirty Campuses

NCHERM is pleased to welcome Colgate University, Schoolcraft College, Tulane University, Gallaudet University and Occidental College as its newest retainer clients, following a summer that has seen its Special Counsel retainer program expand to include thirty college and university campuses, making NCHERM one of the largest higher education law practices in the country. Read more...  PDF.  Additionally, NCHERM has announced its Title IX-specific retainer program.  Click here for details. 

FREE MODEL POLICIES

FREE. FREE. FREE. As a not-for-profit corporation, part of NCHERM's mission is to give away our prevention models and intellectual property for free. Now, we've added content and made our free models easier to find on our website. Access our revised Model Policies page.

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