Article VIII: Selection of Members and Term of Office

Article VIII: Selection of Members and Term of Office 

1. One Head Chair of the Judicial Council and three Associate Chairs shall be appointed by the Student Affairs Committee following an open application process for a term of one academic year. The Chairs shall be selected to serve their terms during their sophomore, junior, or senior years. 

2. The Panelists of the Judicial Council shall be selected and appointed to a term of one academic year by the Chairs of the Judicial Council in conjunction with the Advisors to the Judicial Council. This group shall take into account the need to appoint a Judicial Council that is broadly representative of the student body. 

3. A vacancy in the Judicial Council Associate Chairs’ positions shall be filled by the following procedure: a majority of the Judicial Council shall elect a Panelist in their senior, junior, or sophomore year to serve as Associate Chair, subject to approval by the Student Affairs Committee, for the remainder of the academic year. 

4. A vacancy in the Judicial Council Head Chair’s position shall be filled by the promotion of an Associate Chair as determined by the Student Affairs Committee. A student appointed as Head Chair to the Judicial Council in this manner shall serve for the remainder of the academic year. 

5. A Head Chair, Associate Chair, or Panelist of the Judicial Council may be removed from their position and dismissed from all further judicial responsibilities for committing any of the following: violation of the Judicial Council confidentiality agreement; unauthorized disclosure or discussion of any confidential information relating to disciplinary proceedings; interference with the judicial process as defined in Article III, Section 12. 

6. A Chair may be removed from office for committing any action listed in #5 by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Student Affairs Committee and with the approval of the Pomona College Office of Human Resources. A Chair removed from office shall be notified in writing of the reason for the removal by the Chair of the Student Affairs Committee, or their designee, within 48 hours of the removal. 7. A Panelist may be removed from their position for committing any action listed in #5 by a majority of the Judicial Council Head Chair and the three Associate Chairs. Any member removed from their position shall be notified in writing of the reason for the removal by the Judicial Council Head Chair, or their designee, within 48 hours of the removal.