Course Overview

Decision-Makers play a vital part in the overall Title IX grievance process. They are tasked with meticulously reviewing evidence and statements, determining relevance, and facilitating a sound, policy-compliant live hearing. Often, decision-makers navigate this role in addition to their full-time position. This on-demand, virtual course introduces foundational knowledge and skills to develop new decision-makers.

*Due to the release of the new Title IX regulations in April 2024, the IX Institute students enrolling in Level I training courses under the 2020 Title IX Regulations will receive a free enrollment to an addendum course for their role to ensure they receive training following the implementation of the newest Title IX Final Rule.

  • Examine a comprehensive investigation report and file.

  • Identify the roles and responsibilities of each party in the hearing process.

  • Evaluate evidence and questions for relevancy.

  • Conduct a compliant, due process-centered hearing.

  • Synthesize information to evaluate potential policy violations and draft a determination of responsibility.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Introduction and Instructions

    2. Pre-Course Assessment

    3. Meet Our Speakers

    1. Lesson and Speaker Introduction

    2. History of Title IX

    3. Title IX Definitions

    4. Participants in the Title IX Process

    5. Overview of the Title IX Process

    1. Lesson and Speaker Introduction

    2. Introduction to the Title IX Regulations

    3. Sexual Harassment and Recipient Response

    4. Title IX Grievance Process for Formal Complaints

    1. Lesson and Speaker Introduction

    2. Overview of the Role of the Decision-Maker

    3. Due Process

    4. Avoiding Bias and Conflicts

    1. Lesson and Speaker Introduction

    2. Elements of the Investigation Report

    3. Interview Summaries

    4. Evidence Summaries

    5. The Investigation File

    6. Analyzing the Investigation Report and File

    7. Sample Report

    1. Lesson and Speaker Introduction

    2. Understanding Elements of Offenses

    3. Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment

    4. Davis Standard for Sexual Harassment

    5. Sexual Assault

    6. Dating and Domestic Violence

    7. Stalking

About this course

  • $750.00
  • 55 lessons
  • 10 hours of video content

Meet Your Instructors

*These are just a few of the experts you'll meet throughout the course.

Judge Patricia Riehl

Independent Decision-Maker & Informal Resolution Facilitator

The Honorable Patricia Riehl is a retired Missouri Circuit Judge from the 23rd Judicial Circuit, Hillsboro, Missouri. Judge Riehl has held the positions of municipal judge, commissioner, associate circuit judge and circuit judge during her career. She is most noted for her work in restorative justice having implemented and managed five different problem-solving courts during her tenure on the bench. Judge Riehl has previously served as a hearing officer for local municipalities regarding personnel disputes and was appointed a disciplinary hearing officer for the Missouri Supreme Court. She is currently working as a mediator and arbitrator for USA&M.

James Reeves, J.D. L.L.M.

Independent Decision-Maker & Informal Resolution Facilitator

Jim Reeves has been a mediator for over 30 years. He mediates business and legal disputes involving employment and workplace, general tort liability, medical malpractice, products liability, condemnation, family business issues, partnership disputes, and general business and commercial disputes. Jim also has expertise convening multi-party processes to resolve legal, organizational, community, and public policy disputes. Jim was a litigation attorney for over 20 years and has operated his own firm providing mediation, facilitation, and conflict management services to individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. He has also held executive management positions in corporate and small business environments. He is a Lecturer in Law at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches several ADR courses, including Mediation Theory & Practice, and Multi-Party and Public Policy Dispute Resolution. He was also an adjunct professor of law at St. Louis University where he taught Civil Practice and Negotiation. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado.

C.J. Larkin, J.D., M.A.

Informal Resolution Facilitator

C.J. Larkin has over 30 years of experience as a mediator, facilitator, educator and trainer. She has mediated over 750 cases in the areas of employment, education, family, attorney-client, small business, non-profit and public/civil rights disputes. In addition to serving on the USA&M Mediator panel, C.J. is a partner at Dispute Resolution Professionals, LLC, in Denver, CO. She mediates Landlord Tenant cases in St. Louis County and is a contract mediator for the Colorado Office of Dispute Resolution and the Colorado Department of Education. C.J. serves as a member on the Panel on Neutrals for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. C.J. was a Professor of the Practice at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law teaching negotiation, mediation and arbitration classes. She previously served on the faculty at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis as senior lecturer and Administrative Director of the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program. While at Washington University, she co-mediated a two-year U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service process in Kirkwood, Missouri after a tragic shooting at Kirkwood’s City Hall. C.J. served as committee chair, mediator and trainer for the Missouri Bar’s Complaint Resolution Program. She has mediated numerous disputes for the Better Business Bureaus in St. Louis and Denver.

Course Pricing

For group discounts (four or more) or offline invoicing, please contact our Training Coordinator, Cara Kuhn:

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