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What you should know before your hearing:

You have 24 hours from the time your email summons is sent to reply to regarding any conflicts.  Academics are your first priority.  Therefore, if there is a conflict with a scheduled class and the RJC office is notified in the required amount of time, your hearing will be rescheduled.  Other conflicts are generally not permitted, but may be granted in some cases at the discretion of the Associate Director of the Office of Residence Life.

Charges are determined by a Residence Life administrator and are based on a reading of the incident report and any supporting documentation.  Being charged with a violation does not mean you will be found responsible.  Please note that the student conduct system at Georgetown is an incident-based system; sanctioning is based on a holistic analysis of the incident.

If you are living in an apartment, you may be wondering why you were charged with violating the Code of Conduct.  Your apartment was probably involved in an incident.  Generally, each resident of the apartment is charged with violating the Code when such incidents occur.  The Council will then determine responsibility during your meeting.  Please note that you may be held responsible for behaviors or actions that take place in your assigned living space.

You can find the text of the Code of Conduct in the Student Handbook or on the web.  You may wish to review it before your meeting.  Also, you may read a copy of the Incident Report in the RJC office during specified office hours.  Detailed procedural guidelines are also available.

It is in your best interest to bring with you any evidence (receipts, letters, boarding passes, etc.) which may help support your plea and/or claims during the hearing.  It is not the Council's job to gather evidence--it is up to you to bring it to your hearing if you wish it to be considered.  The admission of evidence is at the discretion of the Chair.

You may bring up to two witnesses to your hearing, provided you email judicialcouncil@georgetown.edu by the day before the hearing and they testify to the facts of the case.  Character witnesses are not permitted.