UA Codes and Judicial Committee

As discussed at Tuesday, 5 December 2006 CJC Leadership/President’s Working Group meeting. Additions look like this. Deletions look like this.

Acted on at the 5 December 2006 meeting of the co-chairs of the Codes and Judicial Committee (CJC) of the University Assembly (UA) of Cornell University and members of the Working Group on the Campus Code and Judicial System.

This memorandum affirms the following:

1. The current Code of Conduct and Judicial System at Cornell University, and current procedures for its amendment, revision, and replacement of any aspects thereof, continue to be in effect;
2. Any changes to the current Code of Conduct and Judicial System, or methods for its amendment, revision, or replacement can be accomplished only through processes spelled out in the legislation of the university;
3. According to existing university legislation, the UA is the soleappropriate body that is empowered to initiate revisions to the Code and Judicial System*.
   *From the University Assembly Charter:
   Article 1: Authority and Responsibilities
   The University Assembly shall, by delegation from the President:
   1.1 Have legislative authority for those aspects of the conduct of members of Cornell University now covered by the Campus Code of Conduct and the Statement of Student Rights
4. Current practice is that proposed revisions come to the CJC from many areas of the campus community and are debated in its frequent meetings during the school year. The CJC then frames any revisions that it finds appropriate as resolutions and these are sent to the UA for its consideration. The UA acts on (with or without amendments) those resolutions and sends them to the university administration for its actionconfirmation.