J.
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE
Membership
The Judicial Committee
shall be composed of at least 9 members of the faculty. Members shall be
nominated by the Faculty Committee on Committees with the approval of the
Faculty Senate.
Duties and Responsibilities
a. To discharge
the powers, duties, and procedures of the Judicial Committee as set forth in
Faculty Tenure and in the Judicial Committee's Rules of
Procedure.
b. To hear complaints by faculty members claiming
violations to the Tenure Code in the areas of: academic freedom; personnel
(promotion) decisions concerning tenured faculty; personnel decisions concerning
probationary faculty; improper refusal of a new appointment to a non-regular
faculty member; unrequested leave of absence from disability; termination or
suspension of a faculty appointment for cause; termination or suspension in
instances of fiscal emergency. Faculty members may lodge these types of
complaints directly to the Judicial Committee without first going through other
grievance procedures.
c. To hear complaints of faculty members arising
either from a case properly before the Judicial Committee as described in
Section (b) above, or from a case heard initially before another grievance body
(or bodies) at the University. In the latter, that is, the Judicial Committee
has appellate jurisdiction over any other case brought by a faculty member who
asserts that he or she has been adversely affected by action that violates
regulations in Faculty Tenure.
d. To cooperate with other
grievance bodies or related committees, especially the University Conflict
Resolution Office and the University Conflict Resolution Committee regarding the
routing of complaints and appeals; and to make recommendations regarding
them.
e. To recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee such actions
or policies as it deems appropriate.
(updated: 7/18/05)