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Dr. Gary Margolis joined professionals in both student and legal affairs for NASPA’s three-day conference, December 8-10, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia, on law and policies and how they affect students and campuses. Dr. Margolis presented two topics over the course of the conference. On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Margolis’ session addressed the institutional leadership responsibilities arising from the April 2011 US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Dear Colleague Letter. Friday’s afternoon session focused on security planning, management and legal issues for campus special events and protests. For more information, please visit www.naspa.org/programs/law
Steven Healy was recently interviewed by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) for their School and Campus Safety podcast series. October is Crime Prevention Month, and for the first time, NCPC is focusing on four themes for the month thru its Celebrate Safe Communities Initiative. Steven Healy spoke with NCPC’s Director of Community Outreach Marsha Hott about school and campus safety, a unique methodology for evaluating safety and security needs known as the 3 Circles of Prevention System.™ Steven also discussed MHA’s grant project for the US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance to identify best practices for campus crime prevention using evidence based modern crime prevention strategies for institutions of higher education. To download the podcast, please visit the National Crime Prevention Council’s School and Campus Safety website.
Dr. Gary Margolis and Steven J. Healy will join some of the nation’s leading experts for the Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference being held in Burlington, Vermont, October 16-18, 2011. Dr. Margolis will give a presentation on Understanding Sexual & Gender Violence on Campus. Mr. Healy will speak about updates, current issues, and compliance strategies related to the Clery Act. The two will also lead a roundtable discussion on the preliminary findings from MH&A’s US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance grant project to develop evidence based modern crime prevention strategies for institutions of higher education. For more information, or to register for the conference, please visit http://learn.uvm.edu/legal-issues/.
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) convened a National Summit on Campus Safety for College and University Presidents October 3-4, 2011. Margolis Healy and Associates Managing Partner, Steven J. Healy, and Jonathan Kassa, Vice President for Operations and Business Development, attended the first of its kind event held at the U.S. Department of Justice. Over one hundred participants, most of them leaders from higher education institutions and systems nationwide, gathered to discuss challenges and learn best policies and practices towards attaining safer campuses.
Hon. Susan B. Carbon, Director of OVW, and Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, addressed the distinguished guests and outlined the aims of the summit as elevating the national dialogue about sexual assault, dating violence, and domestic violence on campus; and to lead efforts to prevent and respond to these crimes. More specifically, the OVW invitations to the summit established the tone for the event: “College and university presidents are facing increasing demands to create and sustain a culture of safety. The concerns regarding sexual assault and domestic violence on our campuses make it imperative that leaders in higher education are well informed about the dynamics of these crimes, as well as steps they can take as leaders to both mitigate and prevent crime on campus.”
Facilitated by national experts and federal representatives from across multiple governmental agencies, the panelist discussions and presentations highlighted the work and insight of leading praticioners and researchers helping to frame campus safety issues in higher education. A significant focus of the summit was the responsibility of institutional leadership of higher education to comply with federally mandated Title IX sexual violence response.
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have given a renewed emphasis to the problem of sexual and gender violence on our nation’s campuses following this past April’s announcement by Vice President Biden, along with US Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, of the details of the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Dear Colleague Letter. The letter provides guidance from the U.S. Department of Education for school administrators regarding sexual violence cases; clarifying expectations of institutions and administrators—while informing students of their rights.
more >For all of us with packed schedules and significant responsibilities back home at our institutions, the time was well spent. The program was focused, informative and engaging. Great Presenters!
-Dr. Benjamin D. Reese, Jr., Vice President for Institutional Equity, Duke University
Boston - MH&A completed the first seminar in the series, Navigating Legal Issues Under OCR’s 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, based on needs arising from the April 2011 US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Dear Colleague Letter. Developed in collaboration with United Educator’s Select Counsel firm Dinse, Knapp, McAndrew, P.C., the seminar provided guidance and clarity for dozens of higher education institutions from across the country regarding federal guidelines to address gender and sexual violence on campuses.
The MH&A curriculum, developed by national practitioners in higher education law and gender-based sexual violence crimes, represents the latest comprehensive scholarship on the topic. Steven J. Healy, MH&A Managing Partner, said that one goal of the seminar was to “ensure ongoing collaboration and learning amongst participants and faculty. A multidisciplinary approach to institutional compliance is crucial to success”.
Dr. Gary Margolis is slated to emcee at an upcoming ACPA symposium focused on current issues in higher education including Title IX, Bullying and Threat Assessment. The symposium will be held at George Washington University on November 10 - 11. For more information on the ACPA symposium Click Here.
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