State University of New York Student Conduct Institute Title IX Investigator Training

For the State University of New York’s Student Conduct Institute, Rebecca Leitman Veidlinger led an in-depth six-hour online training attended by approximately 180 participants.

In this two-part intensive training, Rebecca did a deep dive into how to conduct fair and thorough investigations, focusing on:

• What the regulations say about investigations

• Understanding the goals of an investigation

• Preparing to investigate

• Conducting comprehensive interviews of parties and witnesses

• Collecting documentary and other evidence

• How to prepare the information for evidence review

• Summarizing party and witness interviews

• Writing investigation reports

• Eliminating bias and conflicts of interests