Judicial Commission
The Wofford College Judicial System is established as the forum whereby students and organizations charged with violations of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities have their cases adjudicated. Members of the Judicial System must be held above reproach, bestowing the utmost respect to the system they serve and the Code they uphold. The protection of students’ rights shall be ensured by the integrity of the process and the safeguards set forth in the Code. The system shall seek to ascertain truth and rectify harms, so that Wofford College can provide a safe and free environment for a liberal arts education.
A. Judicial Commission
1. Purposes and Duties
a. To supervise all judicial processes and decide original jurisdiction in all violations of the student code
b. To serve as members, upon appointment, to the Judicial Court
c. To serve as members, upon appointment, to the Appeals Court
d. To serve as members of 30% of the Judicial Court and Appeals Court cases
e. To decide on the procedures to be followed in the appeals proceedings
f. To decide college interest concerning student violations of civil law or codes of other colleges or universities
g. To read statements of intent to appeal and to determine whether grounds are sufficient to warrant an appeal to the Appeals Court and to notify students via e-mail or campus mail of their decisions within 48 hours of the next weekly Judicial Commission’s meeting, not counting student holidays or weekends
h. To meet every week to dispose of all matters pending and for commissioners to receive court appointments. These weekly meetings, as well as all non-administrative court cases, should fall on a set day of the week. The chair or advisor may call additional meetings as needed.
2. Composition
a. There shall be eleven members. Six members are elected as follows: three at large from the student body and one member each from the rising senior, junior, and sophomore classes. Five members are appointed by the Electoral Board during the month of February following an application and interview as follows: two at large from the student body and one member from each of the rising senior, junior, and sophomore classes.