All campus judicial bodies will hear cases within ten working days of the date that a student has been notified that he/she has been accused of an offense.

In the event that a judicial body fails to hear a case within the time limits established above, the case will automatically be scheduled for hearing within five workdays by the next highest judicial body.

In the event that a case moves automatically to a higher court, the student is to be notified within twenty-four hours by the judicial body taking the case of the new time, place, and date of the hearing and of the body before which the student is to appear.

In an administrative hearing, ordinarily the disposition will be made within five weekdays of the date that the student has been notified by the Office for Student Engagement and Campus Life that he/she has been accused of an offense.

All judicial bodies will reach their decisions within seventy-two hours of the conclusion of a hearing.

The Office of Student Engagement and Campus Life, of the decision of a judicial body and of the penalties, if any, which have been imposed, will notify an accused student in writing. This notification will be made within five days of the conclusion of the hearing at the last place of residence known to the University or at the permanent address listed on the student's registration form for that semester.

Irrespective of any decision of the All University Court, the University President retains the right to overrule the decision of the All-University Court.

At the beginning of any hearing before a campus judicial body, the presiding officer will announce the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the hearing and will inform the student of his/her right to appeal.

If a member of the judicial body is involved in any way whatsoever in a case being brought before the judicial body, he/she may not participate in hearing that case.

All hearings before all judicial bodies will be open to members of the University community unless a defendant requests that his/her hearing be closed or unless a majority of the judicial body determines that, the issues are so embarrassing to witnesses that the hearing should be closed. The judicial body shall have the right and duty of controlling the procedures at all hearings. If the hearing is open, the judicial body shall have the right to control the conduct of the hearing so as