CON Student Handbook

Sex & Gender-Based Misconduct Response & Prevention: Complaintant Rights

Complainant rights include:

  1. The right to notify or not notify law enforcement and to request and receive assistance from Chamberlain in making a report if desired.
  2. The right to summary information on all available response options, such as complaint resolution procedures, including the necessary steps and potential consequences of each option whether or not a formal report is made to the institution.
  3. The right to be free from undue coercion from Chamberlain to pursue or not pursue any course of action.
  4. The right to be informed of the institution’s role regarding orders of protection, no contact orders, restraining orders or similar lawful orders issued by a civil, criminal or tribal court (when applicable). Chamberlain abides by orders of protection (including no-contact orders and restraining orders), which are generally issued by a municipal court to protect a person or entity in a situation involving sexual assault. Information on how to obtain a protective order in the states in which the Chamberlain has campuses is located in the ASR.
  5. The right to request and receive information on how to make a confidential report for the purposes of tracking campus crime without otherwise divulging details that would require or permit Chamberlain to investigate and respond (when the incident has not yet been reported to a colleague required to notify the Title IX Coordinator and/or Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator).
  6. The right to contact information for the Title IX Coordinator and/or Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator, available confidential advisors, community-based resources (sexual assault crisis centers or other appropriate support services), campus security and/or local law enforcement.
  7. The right to be fully informed of any applicable disciplinary conduct process and procedures.
  8. The same rights as the Respondent to attend and have a support person of their choice and/or witnesses present at student conduct hearings and any meetings leading up to such a hearing.
  9. The right to be informed of the outcome of any student or colleague conduct process involving alleged sex or gender-based misconduct regardless of participation in the process leading to that outcome. In the case of student conduct proceedings, both parties have the right to appeal the outcome.
  10. The right to request Supportive Measures.
  11. The right to obtain and have enforced a campus-issued limiting instruction or no contact order or a court issued order of protection or no contact order.
  12. The right to be informed about Chamberlain’s ability to provide assistance, upon request, in accessing and navigating campus and/or community resources for health, mental health, advocacy and/or other services for survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence and other forms of sexual misconduct.
  13. The right to be free from any suggestion that they are at fault or should have acted in a different manner to avoid reported sex or gender-based misconduct.
  14. The right to not be required to describe the incident to more representatives than absolutely necessary for proper investigation and response and under no circumstances will a complainant be required to repeat details of the incident to secure appropriate accommodations.
  15. The right to make an impact statement during the point in any conduct review process where the decision maker is prepared to deliberate on appropriate sanctions.