Judicial Board

Judicial Board
Topic(s)	Discipline, Documentations, Court appeals, Law
Abbrev.	JBoard
Active Years	1990 - present
Advised	Yes
Advisor	Ben Warren
Execs	Ted Kwee-Bintoro, Anusha Kakileti, Aadhunik Sundar, Minha Kang
Facebook	Link
Email	tamsjudicialboard@gmail.com

The Judicial Board (more commonly known as JBoard) is a collection of TAMS students that serve in a section of the disciplinary system within TAMS. Each board reviews level one documentations and potentially reduces the number of points assigned. JBoard serves to uphold the TAMS Student Handbook and other official policies within the context of TAMS and its students. We are made up of juniors and seniors who are appointed at the beginning of the year to provide a jury of peers who act as a bridge between the student body and the TAMS administration. We also host panels consisting of lawyers and law students to answer any questions about this field.

Disciplinary Points[edit | edit source]

If a student is caught breaking rules or behaving unbecomingly in McConnell Hall, Resident Assistants have the power to assign disciplinary points for the student's actions. To appeal for a reduction of disciplinary points, the docked student can sign up to attend a Judicial Board hearing. Do note that JBoard can only host sessions for Level 1 Documentations. Based on the student's court appeal during the hearing, the board can then reduce the number of points in increments of five. These hearings do not review academic points, however, which are assigned for missing classes, being late to seminar, Academic Un-Integrity (which is very Un-Good), etc. For more information about the disciplinary system and common things that get people docked, check out the TAMS handbook! (Student life policies start on pg 19.)

Docks that JBoard Can Review (Level 1)[edit | edit source]

An RA can initially assign 10-20 points for a Level 1 documentation; JBoard helps reduce that number by increments of five. Don't worry about having five or ten points on your record. You only start losing privileges and/or honors at 30 student life points. That ISN'T to say, however, that you just act however you please until you hit the 25-point mark. Please be courteous to others <3

Below is an uncomprehensive list of common Level 1 docks:

Being up to 15 minutes late to curfew
Checking out a loaner key more than 3 times in a semester
Loitering in the center stairwell
Failing to meet room inspection standards within 24 hours of warning
Roughhousing (i.e. running in the halls, letting doors slam)
Conduct unbecoming (i.e. cursing)
Missing mandatory meetings (i.e. wing meetings)
Not obliging room time

Docks that JBoard Cannot Review (Levels 2-5)[edit | edit source]

Sorry, JB can't help you here! This list is NOT comprehensive.

Being more than 15 minutes late to curfew (Level 2-4)
Violation of PDA policies (Level 2-4)
Being off-limits; i.e. getting caught being at Fry Street past 9 PM (Level 3)
Harassment (Level 3-5)
Possessing and/or consuming tobacco products (Level 4)
Hosting or hiding an unregistered overnight guest (Level 4)
Violation of computer policy (Level 4-5)
Possessing and/or consuming illicit substances and paraphernalia (Level 5)
Breaking laws other than traffic violations (Level 5)

Law Series[edit | edit source]

The JBoard Law Series was initiated in Fall of 2020, due to the lack of a student life disciplinary system in a no-McConnell-shenanigans lifestyle. It consists of a series of webinars starring alumni and guest speakers experienced with the field of law for those of us TAMSters considering law as a career path.

Execs and Board[edit | edit source]

The JBoard executives aren't assigned any roles of a typical club. Each executive is responsible for selecting incoming board members for the school year, leading JBoard hearings, planning info sessions, and tracking community service hours for board members.

2019-2020[edit | edit source]

2019-2020 Execs and Board
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Exec	Mia Choi	Ananya Choudhary	Regina Nguyen	Reese Neal
Seniors	Arinze Appio-Riley Evan Carlisle	Erin Del Paggio Julia Camacho	Jessica Wu Rayyan Khoja	Elise Yi Shri Mathavan
Juniors	Yashvini Deva Ranak Bansal Bonnie Wu	Peter Choi Colette Bassett Namitha Madireddi	Braiden Aaronson Navya Chintaman Shashank Vinay-Kumar	Amy Guan Jennifer Huang Geoffrey Zhang
Number of Cases Reviewed	18	7	13	24