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While some Ad Board members and other administrators worry that sanctions are not always given when they are warranted, some attorneys involved with the process and Faculty members say they are concerned that students accused of sexual assault are not being treated fairly.
Ellison is also quick to point out that the Ad Board does not allocate consequences with the same severity as a court of law.
“Ours is not a criminal process. We’re not going to take away somebody’s civil rights,” he says. “We have a whole different standard: hearsay is fine with us; we take cases that the district attorney...
“It often means that their ultimate resolution is not that punitive,” Schneider says. But he says that he is concerned that lawyers cannot be more involved in the Ad Board process.
Unlike the Law School’s disciplinary board, which Schneider says “takes due process quite seriously,” the Ad Board does not allow accused students to have any outside representatives.