Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates "Courts, Not Campuses, Should Decide Sexual Assault Cases" (NYC's Kaufman Center, September 16)

In recent years, there has been a trend on college campuses to investigate sexual assault allegations internally. The thinking is that campus investigations force schools to respond to violence as required by Title IX and protect the interests of victims in ways that the criminal justice system may not. But opponents argue that university officials are not qualified to make these tough decisions and that the lower burden of proof required of "a preponderance of evidence" does not reach the traditional standard "beyond a reasonable doubt." Can schools provide due process for defendants and adequate justice for victims, or do these cases belong in the courts? On Wednesday, September 16, Intelligence Squared U.S. will address these questions with a live debate on the motion "Courts, Not Campuses, Should Decide Sexual Assault Cases."

Four law professors who are authorities on the subject of college sexual assault will debate the issue. Arguing for the motion are Jed Rubenfeld (Yale) and Jeannie Suk (Harvard). Arguing against are Michelle Anderson (CUNY) and Nancy Chi Cantalupo (Barry).

The debate will be held at New York's Kaufman Center and stream live online, then air soon after as part of the syndicated public radio show and podcast "Intelligence Squared U.S." On September 16, online viewers can tune in here (http://bit.ly/1MFVcdc) or via IQ2's app (http://shorefi.re/VTwKwx)

WHAT: Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates "Courts, Not Campuses, Should Decide Sexual Assault Cases"
WHEN: Wed, September 16, 2015 / Reception 5:45-6:30 / Debate 6:45-8:15 PM
WHERE: Kaufman Center/129 W. 67th Street (bet. Broadway and Amsterdam)/New York, NY 10023
TICKETS: $40 ($12 for students w/ ID). To purchase, visit http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/

Arguing for the motion:
* Jed Rubenfeld: Professor, Yale Law School
Jed Rubenfeld is the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His subjects are constitutional law, privacy, First Amendment, and criminal law. He is the author of five books, includingFreedom and Time and Revolution by Judiciary: The Structure of American Constitutional Law. Rubenfeld received his AB from Princeton and his JD from Harvard.
* Jeannie Suk: Professor, Harvard Law School
Jeannie Suk is a professor of law at Harvard Law School, with an interest in criminal law and procedure, sexual assault, and Title IX. Earlier this year she joined colleagues in signing an open letter to Harvard University criticizing new sexual harassment policies and procedures. Before joining the faculty in 2006, she served as a law clerk to Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, and to Judge Harry Edwards on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Her book, At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution is Transforming Privacy, was awarded the Law and Society Association's Herbert Jacob Prize for the best law and society book of the year. She has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Best Lawyers Under 40 Award, and the MacDowell Colony Fellowship.

Arguing against the motion:
* Michelle Anderson: Dean, CUNY School of Law
Michelle Anderson, dean at CUNY School of Law, is a leading scholar on rape law. A member of the American Law Institute, she is an adviser to its project revising the Model Penal Code on sexual offenses. She also serves on a Department of Defense Subcommittee revising the military definition of rape. Anderson graduated from Yale Law School, where she was Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Following law school, she clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for Judge William Norris. Anderson is a former policy chair of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Leader in Education Award from Education Update and the Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award from the New York City Bar Association.
* Stephen Schulhofer: Professor of Law, NYU Law
Stephen Schulhofer, the Robert B. McKay Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, is one of the nation’s most distinguished scholars of criminal justice. He has written more than 50 scholarly articles and seven books, including the leading casebook in the field, as well as Unwanted Sex: The Culture of Intimidation and the Failure of Law (2000), recently described in the New York Times as “one of the most important books on rape law published in the past 20 years.” Schulhofer currently serves as the reporter for the American Law Institute’s project to revise the sexual offense provisions of the Model Penal Code. Previously, Schulhofer held professorships at UPenn Law School and the University of Chicago Law School, where he was director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice. Before beginning his academic career, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and practiced law.

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