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BOOKS

The 1999 Clery Act (Campus Security Act) Compliance Manual. Brett A. Sokolow, JD. (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The Campus Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training Manual. Brett A. Sokolow, JD. (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

A Model Campus Sexual Misconduct Response Protocol. Brett A. Sokolow, JD and Katherine H. Koestner. (© 2001, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The Right to Counsel in Campus Disciplinary Hearings: How Much Process Is Due? Brett A. Sokolow, JD. (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Rules of Evidence for the Campus Judicial Process. Brett A. Sokolow, JD. (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Creating a Proactive Campus Sexual Misconduct Policy. (© 2001, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Comprehensive Campus Sexual Misconduct Judicial Procedures. (© 2001, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The Elements of College Judicial Jurisdiction. (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Sexual Misconduct on Campus with Katherine H. Koestner (© 1999, Campus Outreach Services, Inc.).

Total Sexual Assault Risk Management Strategies for Colleges with Katherine H. Koestner (© 1998, Campus Outreach Services, Inc.)

Instilling Principles of Risk Management into the Daily Practice of Student Affairs. Edited by Brett A. Sokolow, JD, with chapter contributions by Brett A. Sokolow, JD, John Wesley Lowery, Ph.D, Troy Harris, Beverly Costello, Dennis Gregory, Ed.D, and Edward Spencer, Ed.D. (© 2001, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The NCHERM Judicial Training Manual. Edited by Brett A. Sokolow, JD, with chapter contributions by Brett A. Sokolow, JD, Mary Louise Antieau, JD, W. Scott Lewis, JD, and Linda P. Rowe, Ed.D. (© 2002, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

CHAPTERS

"Sexual Violence: The Legal Front," a chapter in the anthology, Just Sex (Rowman and Littlefield, 2000);

"Sexual Assault Risk Management Strategies for Colleges: A User`s Guide To Fleshing Out the Campus Security Act" published as a chapter in Volume 3 of The Complete Workplace Violence Prevention Manual (James Publishing, 1998).

“Proactive Violence Prevention for Colleges and Universities” published as a chapter in Volume 6 of The Workplace Violence Prevention Guide (Specialty Technical Publishers, 2003).

“Risk Management for Community Colleges” in Legal Issues in the Community College (New Directions for Community Colleges, Jossey-Bass, 2004).

ARTICLES

“The Right to Counsel in College Disciplinary Hearings and Due Process Considerations” in Crime Victims’ Litigation Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2. National Victim Center, May 1996.

"College Risk Management: Creating a Sexual Assault Response Network Protocol." Vol 3 Workplace Violence Prevention Reporter 12. James Publishing, Inc. Dec. 1997.

“The Elements of College Judicial Jurisdiction” in The Report on Campus Community Safety, Vol. 1 #1. The Civic Research Institute.

“Someone You Should Know: Daren Bakst, Esq.” in The Report on Campus Community Safety, Vol. 1 #2. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Confidentiality and Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Assault Under Title IX” in The Report on Campus Community Safety, Vol. 1 #4. The Civic Research Institute

"Eliminating Force From Campus Sexual Misconduct Policies: The Rise of The Consent Construct" in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #2. NY: The Civic Research Institute (co-author).

"Disciplinary Appeals: Getting Stickier on Campus" in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #2. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Sexual Misconduct Policy Interactive Quiz (with Katie Koestner)” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #3. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Title IX Mandates: What Does Recent Case Law Mean for Institutions in Cases of Student-on-Student Sexual Assault” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #4. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Someone You Should Know: Joel Epstein, Esq.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #4. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“What Is a Burden of Proof Requirement Doing in Your Campus Judicial Procedures?” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Student Offender: Educate or Eliminate?” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 2 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Complying With the Clery Act: The Advanced Course (with John Wesley Lowery, Ph.D., and Douglas Tuttle, MPA)” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #1. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Someone You Should Know: An Interview With Katie Koestner.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #3. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Balancing Legalism and Developmentalism in Campus Judicial Proceedings.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #4. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Someone You Should Know: Alan D. Berkowitz, Ph.D.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #4. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“A Few Random Notes From the Editor for Our Annual Sexual Assault Issue.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Harvard Policy Change Politicizes Rape.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #6. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Washington Word.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 3 #6. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Someone You Should Know: Ann Poston.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 4 #2. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Who’s Helping Whom: Are Our Sexual Assault Response Protocols Working?” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 4 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Training Campus Conduct Boards for Sexual Misconduct Hearings.” in The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 4 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Crafting a Code of Conduct for the 21st Century College.” In The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 5 #5. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

Casenote Comment: “Interesting Case with Campus Crime Reporting Implications.” In The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 6 #3. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“The Typology of Campus Sexual Misconduct Complaints.” In The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 6 #4. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Mission Impossible: Can Colleges Protect and Promote Freedom of Expression While Protecting and Promoting Civility and Freedom from Harassment?” with Linda P. Rowe, Ed.D. In The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development, Vol. 6 #5 NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“All FIRE’d UP.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 1. February 18th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“All FERPE’d UP.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 1. February 18th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Words Have Weight.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 2. February 25th,2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Standards of Proof in Campus Conduct Hearings.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 3. March 5th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“You Have the Right to Remain Silent. Don’t You?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 4. March 11th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Self-Defense Defense.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 5. March 18th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Settling Complaints—Very Unsettling.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 5. March 18th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Deliberate Indifference Under Title IX: Contrasting Williams v. Paint Valley with Sauls v. Pierce County.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 6. March 25th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Challenge of Abusive Affiliation.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 7. April 1st, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“OCR Findings in its 2004 Investigation of Georgetown University.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 8. April 8th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Mediation and Title IX.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 9. March 22nd, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The FERPA IQ Test.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 10. April 22nd, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Do We Have to…Address Sexual Misconduct on Our Campuses?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 11. May 6th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Redemptive Reversal.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 11. May 6th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Best Practices for Addressing the Confluence of Campus Complaints with Criminal Trials.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 13. May 20th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Revoking an Offer of Admission: Legal Issues and Best Practices.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 14. May 27th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Too Much Civility? The Right to Confront in Campus Conduct Hearings,” Editor’s Note to main article. In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 15. June 3rd, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“We Need to Teach Students How to Drink.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 17. June 17th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Challenge of Educating Students on High-Risk Health and Safety Issues.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 18/19. June 24th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“M.I.T. Is Guilty…of Being Nice.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 21. August 12th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Better Late Than Never: The Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 22. August 19th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Should Institutional Employees Have a Duty to Report Campus Crime?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 23. August 26th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“What Role Should Rules of Evidence Play in Campus Conduct Training?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 26. September 16th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Best Practices: What Do You Do When… A Student Reports a Sexual Assault but Then Asks That No Action Be Taken?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 27. September 23rd, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Primacy of Policy.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 29. October 7th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The NCHERM 6-P Model for Campus Culture Change.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 30. October 14th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Sanctioning for Sexual Misconduct.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 31. October 21st, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Role of Expert Witnesses in Campus Hearings.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 32. October 28th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Victim’s Rights Paradigm for Campus Hearings.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 33. November 4th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Is it Defamatory to Accuse a Student of a Conduct Violation?” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 1, Issue 37. December 9th, 2005. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Campus `Fire’ Safety.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 1. January 6th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

"Web-based Approaches to Alcohol and Other Drug Intervention” Douglas Van Sickle, Ph.D. and Brett A. Sokolow, JD in the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development Vol. 7, #4. January, 2006. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

“Case Study.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 8. March 3rd, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“The Alcohol Blackout: A Book Review.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 9. March 10th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Risk Management in the College Setting.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue10. March 17th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Web-Based Approaches to Alcohol and Other Drug Intervention.” With Douglas L. VanSickle. In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 13. April 7th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Best Practices for Supporting Suicidal Students Within a Risk Management Framework.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 17. May 5th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Homosexuals Unwelcome Here…The Law of Discrimination by Recognized Student Organizations.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 18. May 12th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Clery Act Quiz, Part One.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 19. May 19th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Clery Act Quiz, Part Two.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 20. May 26th, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

“Clery Act Quiz, Part Three.” In The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct. Vol. 2, Issue 21. June 2nd, 2006. NCHERM: Malvern, PA.

"The Clery Act Quiz” in the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development Vol. 8, #1. May, 2006. NY: The Civic Research Institute.

Editor: The Report on Campus Safety and Student Development (formerly titled the Report on Campus Community Safety), published bimonthly by the Civic Research Institute, New York. 2000-Present.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief: The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct, published weekly via email. NCHERM, Malvern PA. February 2005-July 2006.

Legal Issues Editor, The Student Affairs Law and Policy Weekly, published by the Council on Law in Higher Education. July 2006-present.

Legal and Policy Issues of Criminal Background Checks for Student Applicants in the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development Vol. 8, #2. July, 2006. NY: The Civic Research Institute

“Dean Acquitted in ‘Failure To Report’ Case” in the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development Vol. 8, #5. September, 2006. NY: The Civic Research Institute

“An Op-Ed on the Media Response to the Virginia Tech Tragedy.”  In InsideHigherEd.com, May 1, 2007

The Benefit of Hindsight:  What Colleges and Universities Can Learn from the Tragedy at Virginia Tech, In the NCHERM Newsletter, Fall 2007 (www.ncherm.org/newsletters.html)

WHITE PAPERS

Co-author, Guidance For Institutions in Cases of Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault. (© 1999, Campus Outreach Services, Inc.).

Title IX Mandates: What Does Recent Case Law Mean for Institutions in Cases of Student-on-Student Sexual Assault? (© 2000, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Balancing Legalism and Developmentalism in Campus Judicial Proceedings (© 2001, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Complying With the Clery Act: The Advanced Course (with John Wesley Lowery, Ph.D., and Douglas Tuttle, MPA). (© 2002, The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Instilling Risk Management Principles into the Daily Practice of Student Affairs. (© 2002. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

It’s Not That We Don’t Know How to Think—It’s That We Lack Dialectical Skills (© 2003. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

A Code of Conduct for the 21st Century College. (© 2004. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The Typology of Campus Sexual Misconduct Complaints. (© 2005. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Our Duty OF Care is a Duty TO Care. (© 2006. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

VIDEOS

The 2000 NCHERM Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training Videoseminar. Four hour tape of satellite seminar???(© 2000. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The 2001 NCHERM Judicial Training Videoseminar. Six hour tape of satellite seminar???(© 2001. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

Instilling Risk Management Principles into the Daily Practice of Student Affairs. Four hour tape of web-seminar. (© 2002. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The 2003 NCHERM Judicial Decision-Maker Training Academy. Four-hour tape of dialetical skill-building training academy with mock cases on sexual assault and computer harassment. (© 2003. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

The 2004 Best Practices for Campus Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training Videoseminar, with Saundra Schuster, Esq. Four hour tape of satellite-broadcast judicial training from the University of Dayton, OH. (© 2004. The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management).

AUDIOSEMINARS on CD-ROM

NCHERM Audioseminar—A Civil Rights Approach to Campus Sexual Violence, co-presented with Saundra Schuster, Esq. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Crafting a Code of Conduct for the 21st Century College. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—The Challenge of Educating Students on High-Risk Health and Safety Issues. Two 90-minute sessions. Co-presented with Alan Berkowitz, Ph.D.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Best Practices for Balancing Rights in Campus Conduct Processes. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Basic Fairness and Proceedings—Don Gehring and Brett Sokolow offer a basic introduction to procedural fairness and decision-making, including the legal underpinnings of fundamental fairness and due process. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—The Skill of Analyzing and Applying Policy—offers participants a chance to work with Brett Sokolow and Saundra Schuster on policy analysis, complex complaints, multiple violation complaints and group violations. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Deliberation Skills and Sanctioning Principles—Don Gehring and Brett Sokolow talk about the philosophy of using progressive, developmental sanctions. Deliberation skills and three models of deliberation (Adversarial, Consensus and Hierarchical) are presented. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training—Brett Sokolow and Saundra Schuster focus on special considerations for sexual misconduct complaints. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Questioning Skills and Gestics—Brett Sokolow and Scott Lewis discuss the science of interpreting body language and affect and the skill of questioning witnesses. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Audioseminar—Evaluating and Weighing Evidence—Mary Lou Antieau and Brett Sokolow talk about simple, informal evidence rules to guide decision-making in campus hearings. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Suicide Webinar Part I: Student Suicide: What College and University Administrators Need to Know About the Law and Best Practices. Brett Sokolow, JD, Saundra Schuster, Esq. and W. Scott Lewis, JD. 90 minutes.

NCHERM Suicide Webinar Part II: Student Suicide: Best Practices for Student Affairs Administrators, Counselors and Campus Health Service Providers. Brett Sokolow, JD, Saundra Schuster, Esq. Richard Kadison, M.D., and W. Scott Lewis, JD. 120 minutes.

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