Student Bar Association: Honor Court (the Judicial Branch)
The Appalachian School of Law Honor Court The Honor Court serves as the Judicial Branch of the Student Bar Association (SBA). The Honor Court consists of five members elected from, and by, each class of the law school, including two members from the rising 3-L class, two members from the rising 2-L class, and one member from the 1-L class. The Chief Justice is the rising 3-L student receiving the most votes for the court. Duties of the Honor Court The Honor Court: hears and considers all complaints properly brought before it; notifies the Dean of the Law School, in writing, of a possible Honor Code violation and requests an investigation by the Dean; makes a written determination, based on facts presented at a hearing, of each case brought before it; after determining that an infraction of the Honor Code has occurred, makes a written recommendation to the Dean regarding the punishment of the student pursuant to the honor code; immediately provides a written fin...