Thursday, August 13, 2026
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Navigate Complex Cases with Consistency and Confidence

Mistakes in Title IX investigations can have serious consequences for reporting parties, responding parties, and institutions alike. Beyond the emotional impact on those involved, errors can expose colleges and universities to significant reputational, legal and financial risk. As Title IX requirements continue to evolve, investigators must be prepared to conduct fair, unbiased, and legally sound investigations while protecting the rights and privacy of all parties.

Join our expert presenter on August 13, 2026, for a practical and comprehensive session designed to help institutions strengthen investigator preparedness, reduce compliance risk and build more effective Title IX processes.

Participants will gain actionable strategies to:

• Develop consistent, ongoing investigator training programs
• Strengthen compliance with current legal and procedural requirements
• Improve bias mitigation and trauma-informed investigation practices
• Build investigator competency through role-specific and tiered training models
• Navigate overlapping Title IX and student conduct processes with confidence
• Train investigators to conduct interviews that support fairness, rapport, credibility assessment and psychological safety
• Create flexible, on-demand training systems that can quickly adapt to regulatory changes

This session will also explore how you can create policies and procedures that meet federal Title IX obligations while preserving broader institutional equity and conduct protections.

Effective Title IX investigations require more than one-time training. Institutions that invest in ongoing, practical investigator development are better positioned to manage complex cases fairly, consistently and in compliance with changing regulations.

Topics Covered

Leave the webinar prepared with strategies to confidently: 

• Identify and mitigate conscious and unconscious bias in Title IX investigations to ensure impartial case handling, protect due process rights, and reduce institutional legal risk.
• Apply a structured framework for evidence analysis, documentation, and report writing that withstands review by decision-makers, legal counsel, and federal auditors.
• Accurately determine jurisdiction (Title IX, institutional conduct, or both) to ensure correct procedural pathways and prevent appeals or litigation errors.
• Implement a clear, actionable roadmap to strengthen investigation procedures, close training gaps, and build a sustainable compliance culture aligned with evolving regulations.
• Ensure investigators and adjudicators are properly trained through interactive, trauma-informed training that builds competence and readiness for sexual misconduct cases.
• Engage investigators with interactive learning modules that strengthen practical skills in timelines, documentation, outreach, questioning, and evidence gathering.

Presenter

Pam Peter currently serves as the Title IX Coordinator for Students and Director of Student Title IX Case Management at Syracuse University.
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