UPCOMING WEBINARS & SEMINARS

3/15/10 - Campus Sexual Assault: The OCR Perspective on Title IX Enforcement - An NCHERM WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. and Wendy Murphy, Esq. 3:00pm tp 4:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

3/16/10 - The Perfect Storm: Understanding and Managing Millennials - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR all-day rebroadcast featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. Click here to register.

3/18/10 and 3/19/10 - Indiana Conference on Sexual Violence and Violence Prevention 2010 featuring Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. as the closing speaker.  Hosted by the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Indianapolis, IN.

3/25/10 - Best Practices in Risk Management for Student Affairs - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

4/9/10 - Post-Intervention BIT Best Practices - An NCHERM/NaBITA WEBINAR FEATURING Brett A. Sokolow, Esq., Saundra K. Schuster, Esq. and Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D.  2:00pm to 3:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

4/22/10 - Legal Primer for New Academic Administrators - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, J.D. and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

5/12/10 - Law 101 for Faculty - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT. Click here to register. 

5/20/10 - 5/21/10 - NCHERM Legal Update - A REGIONAL SEMINAR featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.  Hosted by Woodbury University, Burbank, CA.  9:00am to 5:00pm.  Click here to register.

6/7/10 - 6/8/10 - NCHERM Legal Update - A REGIONAL SEMINAR featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.  Hosted by University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI.  9:00am to 5:00pm.  Click here to register.

8/18/10- What Faculty Members Need to Know About Sexual Harassment - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT.  Registration information coming soon.

10/21/10 - Legal Primer for New Student Affairs Administrators - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. and Saundra K. Schuster, Esq.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT. Registration information coming soon.

How Should We Be Responding to the Huntsville Shootings?

An Online Webinar Hosted by NCHERM and NaBITA

Friday, March 12th, 2010

2:30pm to 4:00pm EDT

Featuring:

Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.

Cost

Basic NaBITA Members and Non-Members = $99.00

Standard NaBITA Members (10% discount)= $90.00

Enhanced NaBITA Members = FREE

Unlimited Listeners at Your Site

No Need to Leave the Comfort of Your Office

Listen by Phone

Watch the Slides Online

Read More About the Topic Below.

We debated whether to host a webinar on this topic.  We never want to be seen as trying to capitalize on violence or use it for business purposes.  So, why have a webinar on the shootings at the University of Alabama, Huntsville?  We watch carefully how the media and campuses respond to violent incidents on campuses, and when those responses are measured and thoughtful, we feel no need to speak out.  When shootings occurred at Northern Illinois University, at Henry Ford Community College, or by a professor at the University of Georgia, we hosted no webinars. 

The shootings at UAH have sent us off-kilter again, and the responses are not as measured and thoughtful as they ought to be.  The Chronicle's hyper-focus on every new tidbit is a bit overwrought.  Some have suggested tenure is the culprit, and that softening tenure denials is the key.  Others have suggested that this incident should provoke colleges and universities to broaden the scope of campus behavioral intervention and threat assessment teams to concerns about faculty/staff behavior.  Still others believe that criminal background checks and more effective hiring screenings would have revealed Amy Bishop's history before she ever was hired by UAH.  And, finally, an alert sent just one hour after the shootings has been labeled by some as unnecessarily delayed.  The armchair quarterbacks are out in force, but this webinar is not about critiquing or second-guessing UAH. 

As we internally debated at NCHERM and NaBITA about whether to host an event, three critical understandings that should come out of this incident became clear to us, and we have scheduled this webinar to share them with you, get your thoughts, and see what we all can learn from the continuing acts of mass violence that affect our field:

1.  It is not time to broaden the scope of our campus behavioral intervention/threat assessment teams...that time is well past.  If your campus implemented a student-focused team after Virginia Tech, it was myopic to neglect the simple fact that threats and violence come from all constituencies of our society, on and off campus.  We need new teams, teams of broader scope, and teams that consider off-campus threats as well.  We'll discuss best practices for expanding your team, adding a new team, and the issues that come from directing campus behavioral intervention and threat assessment efforts at ALL those who may represent threats of harm or violence to our campus communities.

2.  We're reacting incident-by-incident, rather than envisioning comprehensive violence prevention strategies for our communities.  NCHERM Partner Saunie Schuster likened our reactions to a wind-up toy that walks until it hits a wall, turns, walks to the next wall until it hits, turns, and walks to the next wall, etc.  Suggesting that tenure is the culprit here is silly.  Being surprised by violence enacted by a woman or a professor is naive.  Each new act of violence should not cause a scramble to review hiring, tenure, promotion, etc.  Prevention is proactive, and we cannot be driven to react incident-by-incident or let the violence show us the way.  Holistic, strategic, comprehensive prevention is what is needed, regardless of the details of any incident that has occurred or any that will occur.  This webinar will discuss the elements of a strategic initiative designed to accomplish that goal.

3.  With each incident, we hold our breath and wait for the inevitable details that pour out post-incident about the signs that people knew, saw and heard prior to the attack.  Our single biggest challenge is figuring out how to build and empower cultures of reporting that challenge these warning signs, red flags and concerns from those who know about them to those who need to know about them, our behavioral intervention and threat assessment team members.  Cultures of reporting don't simply exist because we want them to.  We have to intentionally create them.  But how?  We'll walk you step-by-step through a strategic process designed to open the flow of community more effectively on every college and university campus.

PRESENTERS

This event will be presented by Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.  Click on the names of each presenter above to learn more about them.

REGISTER

Register online here for this NCHERM/NaBITA-hosted webinar. Enhanced NaBITA Members can attend for free, but please send a completed registration form.  Detailed instructions for hosting and logging into the event will be emailed to the primary registrant after you register. 

LOGISTICS

The logistics of a webinar are easy.  You will need a phone and a connection to the Internet.  You'll be able to follow along visually with our slides and hear the presenters speaking simultaneously.  With a speakerphone, unlimited participation is possible on you end.  And, this event will feature live Q&A with the presenters. 

TIMES FOR THE LIVE EVENT

   2:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
   1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)
  12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
  11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Questions about hosting should be directed to Samantha Dutill, NCHERM Client Relations Coordinator at 610.993.0229 or samantha@ncherm.org.

Campus Sexual Assault: The OCR Perspective on Title IX Enforcement

An Online Webinar Hosted by NCHERM

Monday, March 15th, 2010

3:00pm to 4:30pm EDT

Featuring:

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. and Wendy Murphy, Esq.

Cost = $99.00

Unlimited Listeners at Your Site

No Need to Leave the Comfort of Your Office

Listen by Phone

Watch the Slides Online

Register Here. 

Read More About the Topic Below.

Many of you attended the session presented by Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. and Wendy Murphy, Esq. at the ASCA annual conference in early February.  Sparks flew, and the point/counterpoint of having the perspectives of a plaintiff's attorney and a defense attorney seemed to give the debate useful balance.  The feedback was to provide more information on the topic, and to give more detail.  So, here it is. 

This webinar will recapitulate the same key OCR Title IX decisions involving campus sexual misconduct that were discussed at the conference, but rather than an overview, this webinar will offer point-by-point practical lessons of each investigation finding.  So, if you missed the session at ASCA, this webinar will get you up to speed on the topic.  If you did attend at ASCA, this webinar will take you deeper into lessons that you can implement on your campuses based on these cases. 

We'll trace the OCR decisions in cases involving Harvard University, Georgetown University, Ohio State University, Christian Brothers University, and Hofstra University.  Additionally, we'll add new information from the Sonoma State University and Boston University decisions that we did not get to address at the conference.  This event will be supported by a comprehensive Powerpoint presentation of key findings in each case, and a database of actual decision letters that has been compiled to put all this information easily at your fingertips.

In late February, the Center for Public Integrity will release the next article in their series on campus sexual misconduct.  This article will focus on Title IX and OCR, making this event a perfect complement to an article that is sure to raise eyebrows and sharply focus media attention of how campuses handle sexual misconduct.  Our aim in this webinar is to give you the tools that will help to keep you out of the headlines and off the court dockets. 

In this webinar, we'll take your questions as well, and look forward to interacting with you.

PRESENTERS

This event will be presented by Brett A. Sokolow, Esq., the President of NCHERM and Wendy Murphy, Esq., an adjunct professor at New Enland Law|Boston. Click on the names of each presenter above to learn more about them.

REGISTER

Register here for this NCHERM-hosted webinar.  Detailed instructions for hosting and logging into the event will be emailed to the primary registrant once you register. 

LOGISTICS

The logistics of a webinar are easy.  You will need a phone and a connection to the Internet.  You'll be able to follow along visually with our slides and hear the presenters speaking simultaneously.  With a speakerphone, unlimited participation is possible on you end.  And, this event will feature live Q&A with the presenters. 

TIMES FOR THE LIVE EVENT

   3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
   2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Central Daylight Time)
   1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Questions about hosting should be directed to Samantha Dutill, NCHERM Client Relations Coordinator at 610.993.0229 or samantha@ncherm.org.

Post-Intervention BIT Best Practices

An Online Webinar Hosted by NCHERM/NaBITA

Friday, April 9th, 2010

2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT

Featuring:

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq., Saundra K. Schuster, Esq. and Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D.

Cost = $149.99

Unlimited Listeners at Your Site

No Need to Leave the Comfort of Your Office

Listen by Phone

Watch the Slides Online

Register Here.

Read More About the Topic Below.

On many campuses, we have become proficient at early identification of at-risk individuals, of assessing the level of threat potentially posed, and of coordinating short-term interventions.  But, what happens then?  Many interventions require long-term coordination and follow-up.  Many of our teams are not set up for comprehensive post-intervention care.  What are the best mechanisms for those whose needs extend beyond initial or crisis interventions?  Join us on April 9th to explore these questions and more:

1.  Long-term tracking mechanisms

2.  Coordinating with residential life

3.  Post-hospitalization issues

4.  Case management

5.  Family involvement

6.  Referring/Mandating follow-up, check-in, skills trainings, brief interventions

7.  Communication with mental health resources

8.  Minding the gaps

9.  Pharmacology

10.  Student conduct

PRESENTERS

This event will be presented by Brett A. Sokolow, Esq., the President of NCHERM and NaBITA; Saundra K. Schuster, Esq., the NaBITA President-Elect, and Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D., Director of the Counseling and Testing Center at Western Kentucky University. Click on the names of each presenter above to learn more about them.

REGISTER

Register here for this NCHERM-hosted webinar.  Detailed instructions for hosting and logging into the event will be emailed to the primary registrant once you register. 

LOGISTICS

The logistics of a webinar are easy.  You will need a phone and a connection to the Internet.  You'll be able to follow along visually with our slides and hear the presenters speaking simultaneously.  With a speakerphone, unlimited participation is possible on you end.  And, this event will feature live Q&A with the presenters. 

TIMES FOR THE LIVE EVENT

   2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
   1:00 PM - 12:30 PM (Central Daylight Time)
  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
  11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)

ORDER A COPY ON CD

Can't make the scheduled seminar? Click here to order the program in CD format, mailed to you promptly following the event. You can also register for the live event and order a copy on CD-ROM as a package for $249.99.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Questions about hosting should be directed to Samantha Dutill, NCHERM Client Relations Coordinator at 610.993.0229 or samantha@ncherm.org.  To pay by checque, please email Samantha.

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RISK MANAGEMENT (NCHERM)

 www.ncherm.org

ANNOUNCES

THE NCHERM LEGAL UPDATE:

Law and Regulatory Review for Senior Administrators

MAY 20th and 21st, 2010

WOODBURY UNIVERSITY

BURBANK, CA

This 2 day seminar will provide updates on the changes

in the law over the last year

Engaging Experts – Practical Advice

**REGISTER EARLY -- SEATS ARE LIMITED**

This seminar is designed for all senior level college and university administrators, as well as those responsible for functional areas including:

• Chief Executives
• Chief Academic Officers
• Chief Student Affairs Officers
• Chief Human Resource Officers
• General Counsel
• Academic Deans
• Student Affairs Deans
• Student and Staff Conduct Administration

This event is designed for you to bring a team, to foster cross-departmental discussions about liability and risk management.  If you can't bring a team, single registrations are available. 

Participants will receive:

• An update and complete synopsis of cases from the last year on:
• Sexual Harassment and Misconduct, including Title VII, IX, and § 1983
• First Amendment Issues (Student Organizations, Free Speech/Expression, Freedom of Association, Student Press)
• Faculty and Employment Issues
• Liability and Risk Management
• Student Conduct and Behavioral Issues
• Search and Seizure Issues
• ADA/Section 504
• Intellectual Property Issues
• A discussion highlighting key decisions in your region
• Federal legislative update on the Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Plain spoken interpretation of case law and legislation that can be easily applied on your campus
• Practical insights from experienced practitioners on how these cases and regulations impact day-to-day decision making on your campus
• A glimpse toward the future with a look at trends and issues that are “on the radar” for the upcoming year
• A opportunity for one on one consultation with the presenters

INSTITUTE FACULTY:

W. Scott Lewis, JD is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) and serves as Assoc. General Counsel for Saint Mary’s College. He has spent over 15 years as a faculty member, student affairs administrator, and consultant in higher education on legal issues. He presents regularly across the country, and is an author and editor in areas related to higher education legal and risk management issues. 

Saundra K. Schuster, JD is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management. She was formerly General Counsel for Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She previously held the position of Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio in the Higher Education Section, and as Associate General Counsel for the University of Toledo. Prior to practicing law, Saunie served as the Associate Dean of Students at The Ohio State University. Saunie has more than twenty-five years of experience in college administration and teaching. She frequently presents nationally on legal issues in higher education. Ms. Schuster holds Masters degrees in counseling and higher education administration from Miami University, completed her coursework for her Ph.D. at Ohio State University, and was awarded her juris doctorate degree from the Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.

TRAVEL LOGISTICS:

The seminar will be held at

School of Business

Woodbury University (Burbank Campus)

7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91510-7846

Click here for a campus map.

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT:

$699.00 for up to 3 participants

$249.00 for individual registrants

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, May 14th!

To register online, click here.  To download the .pdf registration form to pay by cheque, click here.

For more information, contact Samantha Dutill at 610-993-0229 or by email at: samantha@ncherm.org

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RISK MANAGEMENT (NCHERM)

 www.ncherm.org

ANNOUNCES

THE NCHERM LEGAL UPDATE:

Law and Regulatory Review for Senior Administrators

JUNE 7th and 8th, 2010

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT

FLINT, MI

This 2 day seminar will provide updates on the changes

in the law over the last year

Engaging Experts – Practical Advice

**REGISTER EARLY -- SEATS ARE LIMITED**

This seminar is designed for all senior level college and university administrators, as well as those responsible for functional areas including:

• Chief Executives
• Chief Academic Officers
• Chief Student Affairs Officers
• Chief Human Resource Officers
• General Counsel
• Academic Deans
• Student Affairs Deans
• Student and Staff Conduct Administration

This event is designed for you to bring a team, to foster cross-departmental discussions about liability and risk management.  If you can't bring a team, single registrations are available. 

Participants will receive:

• An update and complete synopsis of cases from the last year on:
• Sexual Harassment and Misconduct, including Title VII, IX, and § 1983
• First Amendment Issues (Student Organizations, Free Speech/Expression, Freedom of Association, Student Press)
• Faculty and Employment Issues
• Liability and Risk Management
• Student Conduct and Behavioral Issues
• Search and Seizure Issues
• ADA/Section 504
• Intellectual Property Issues
• A discussion highlighting key decisions in your region
• Federal legislative update on the Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Plain spoken interpretation of case law and legislation that can be easily applied on your campus
• Practical insights from experienced practitioners on how these cases and regulations impact day-to-day decision making on your campus
• A glimpse toward the future with a look at trends and issues that are “on the radar” for the upcoming year
• A opportunity for one on one consultation with the presenters

INSTITUTE FACULTY:

W. Scott Lewis, JD is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) and serves as Assoc. General Counsel for Saint Mary’s College. He has spent over 15 years as a faculty member, student affairs administrator, and consultant in higher education on legal issues. He presents regularly across the country, and is an author and editor in areas related to higher education legal and risk management issues. 

Saundra K. Schuster, JD is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management. She was formerly General Counsel for Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She previously held the position of Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio in the Higher Education Section, and as Associate General Counsel for the University of Toledo. Prior to practicing law, Saunie served as the Associate Dean of Students at The Ohio State University. Saunie has more than twenty-five years of experience in college administration and teaching. She frequently presents nationally on legal issues in higher education. Ms. Schuster holds Masters degrees in counseling and higher education administration from Miami University, completed her coursework for her Ph.D. at Ohio State University, and was awarded her juris doctorate degree from the Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.

TRAVEL LOGISTICS:

The seminar will be held at

The Harding Mott University Center

University of Michigan-Flint

400 Mill Street

Flint, MI 48502

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT:

$699.00 for up to 3 participants

$249.00 for individual registrants

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, MAY 31st!

To register online, click here.  To download the .pdf registration form to pay by cheque, click here.

For more information, contact Samantha Dutill at 610-993-0229 or by email at: samantha@ncherm.org

CUBIT and the Case Management Model

An Upcoming NaBITANAR --

An Online Webinar Hosted by NaBITA

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT

Featuring:

Erica Woodley, Tulane University

Jennifer Van Norman, Colorado State University

Amy Powell, Duke University

Sherry Hazelwood, Virginia Tech

Brett A. Sokolow, NaBITA

Cost = $199.00

Discounted rates for NaBITA members

NaBITANAR features:

Unlimited Listeners at Your Site

No Need to Leave the Comfort of Your Office

Listen by Phone/VOIP

Watch the Slides Online

Register Here 

Read More About the Topic Below

THE TOPIC

Around the country, colleges and universities are seeing the wisdom of creating case management positions to aid in their comprehensive campus behavioral intervention efforts.  Case managers are vital, helping to manage the intake side of behavioral intervention efforts, coordinate interventions, and then monitor follow-up and post-intervention periods.  They are the link that keeps at-risk individuals on the institutional radar screen, and coordinates multiples sources of care and campus/community resources. 

As case management models evolve, we are seeing case management run not only out of campus counseling centers, but also out of student affairs divisions.  Some campuses have case managers in both counseling and student affairs, and Virginia Tech has added an HR Case Manager as well.  BIT Chairs are functioning as case managers on many campuses, and case managers are being appointed to chair behavioral intervention teams on campuses where full-time chairs are needed.

Case management models make sense in a variety of settings, including:

• Campuses with high volumes of behavioral intervention needs
• Campuses where long-term monitoring and support needs exceed the staff and resource availability of the BIT
• Campuses where coordination/liaison between multiple teams is needed (student BIT, staff BIT, Threat Assessment Team, etc)
• Campuses where the BIT needs a full time coordinator, who also serves a case management role

In this NaBITANAR, we'll hear from four case managers who coordinate student affairs and counseling functions on their campuses.  They'll share how their models function, and talk about how their roles are evolving and changing as behavioral intervention efforts become more formalized on their campuses.  They will share some of their strategies for success, and discuss with moderator Brett Sokolow how their efforts integrate with their campus behavioral intervention functions.  Brett will also share some ideas for how other campuses can use case managers and integrate them into existing or developing behavioral intervention models, including the NCHERM CUBIT model.  Q&A with the audience will allow for a great exchange between the presenters and participants. 

PRESENTERS

• Erica Woodley, M.Ed., Assistant Dean of Students, Case Manager and BIT Chair, Tulane University. 
• Jennifer D. Van Norman, MA, CACIII, Student Case Management and Referral Coordinator, Colorado State University. 
• Amy A. Powell, MSW, Assistant Dean of Students, Duke University
• Sherry Hazelwood, M.Ed., Student Affairs Case Manager, Virginia Tech
• Brett A. Sokolow, JD, President of NCHERM and NaBITA. 

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS

• Student Affairs Administrators
• Judicial Administrators
• University Legal Counsel
• Risk Managers
• Human Resources Staff
• Disability Services Personnel
• Residential Life Administrators
• Campus Law Enforcement
• Student Activities and Student Development Staff
• Faculty
• Counseling Services Personnel
• Health Services Staff
• Campus Crisis Response Teams, CISDT, and Behavioral Intervention Teams

LOGISTICS

The logistics of a webinar are easy.  You will need a phone or web-enabled audio and a connection to the Internet.  You'll be able to follow along visually with our slides and hear the presenters speaking simultaneously.  With a speakerphone, unlimited participation is possible on you end.  And, this event will feature live Q&A with the presenters. 

ORDER A COPY ON CD

Can't make the scheduled seminar? Click here to order the program in CD format, mailed to you promptly following the event.

TIMES FOR THE LIVE EVENT

   1:00 PM -   2:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
 12:00 PM -   1:30 PM (Central Daylight Time)
 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Questions about hosting should be directed to Samantha Dutill, NCHERM Client Relations Coordinator at 610.993.0229 or samantha@ncherm.org.

REGISTER

Regular registration is $199.  Register and pay online by clicking here, or download the registration form here for payment by cheque. 

Members of NaBITA, the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association, receive discounted registration rates for this event.

NaBITA BASIC and STANDARD members, click here to register at 10% off.

This webinar is free for all NaBITA Enhanced Members.  You do not need to pay, but you do need to register.  Please download the registration form here, and fax it to NaBITA at 610.993.0228. 

Detailed instructions for hosting and logging into the event will be emailed to the primary registrant once you register. 

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