Course Overview

This course introduces informal resolution facilitators to Title IX and their role in the informal resolution process. It then outlines methods for preparing for and facilitating compliant and trauma-informed informal resolution processes.

*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.

  • Describe the role of a Title IX Informal Resolution Facilitator as it relates to the formal grievance process.

  • Understand informal resolution facilitation procedural requirements under Title IX.

  • Identify methods and approaches in facilitating informal resolution options.

  • Develop a trauma-informed framework for working with parties in Title IX informal resolution.

  • Organize a Title IX informal resolution facilitation plan from initial meeting to final outcomes.

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 & Speaker Introduction

    2. An Introduction to Informal Resolution

    3. The Informal Resolution Facilitator

    4. Mediation

    5. Restorative Justice

    6. Other Processes Available

    1. Lesson & Speaker Introduction

    2. Guidelines for Evaluating Suitability

    3. Notice of Informal Resolution

    4. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #1

    5. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #1 Questions

    6. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #2

    7. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #2 Questions

    8. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #3

    9. Evaluating Scenario Cases- Case #3 Questions

    10. Sample Title IX Notice of Informal Resolution

    1. Lesson & Speaker Introduction

    2. Pre-Informal Resolution Meetings

    3. Pre-Informal Resolution Meeting Checklist

About this course

  • $750.00
  • 56 lessons
  • 8.5 hours of video content

Meet Your Instructors

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

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.

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.

Kim Kirn, J.D.

Independent Decision-Maker & Informal Resolution Facilitator

Kim Kirn is a full-time mediator and arbitrator with hundreds of completed cases relating to sexual harassment and employment, education including special education, American with Disabilities Act (ADA), housing, affirmative action and tenure. Kim frequently acts as a fact finder for the Illinois State Universities Civil Service System. Her work with the Civil Service System requires that she act as a mediator to see if resolution is possible before beginning the hearing. This unique experience in conducting mediation-arbitrations, sometimes referred to as Med-Arb can be cost effective and attractive to the parties looking to resolve disputes in one day or less. She mediates disputes through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE); and the Illinois State Board of Education as well as United States Arbitration & Mediation (USA&M); the Greater Gateway Association of Realtors (GGAR); and the Realtor Association of Southwestern Illinois. She arbitrates cases through the American Arbitration Association (AAA); USA&M and the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Course Pricing

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

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