The Instrument

Instrument of Student Governance
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NOTE: In January 2012, the University adopted Interim Procedures for Sexual Misconduct (including Sexual Assault), Harassment or Intimidation, and Discrimination Cases Involving Students. These interim procedures complement or, in certain instances, supercede the provisions of the Instrument of Student Judicial Governance and should be read in conjunction with that document

I. Preamble

II. Offenses Under the Honor Code

.....General Responsibilities

.....Academic Dishonesty

.....Conduct Affecting Persons

.....Conduct Affecting Property

.....Conduct Affecting the Integrity of UNC-Chapel Hill

.....Group Offenses

III. Sanctions

.....Guiding Principles

.....Available Sanctions: Individuals

.....Additional Sanctions: Group Violations

.....Gravity of Offenses

.....Administration of Sanctions

IV. Procedural Rights

.....Rights of the Accused Student

.....Rights of the Complainant

V. Officers, Responsibilities, & Structures

.....Undergraduate Student Attorney General

.....Office of the Undergraduate Honor Court

.....Honor System Outreach Coordinator

.....Grad. & Professional School Honor Systems

.....Faculty Honor System Advisory Committee

.....Faculty Hearings Board Panel

.....Judicial Programs Officer

.....Committee on Student Conduct

VI. Operational Procedures

VII. Amendments

Effective October 1, 2009

To obtain a hard copy of the Code, contact the Office of the Student Attorney General (919) 966-4084 or email the Judicial Programs Assistant

To the UNC Student Judicial System
To the Office of the Dean of Students

Last Modified on November 30, 2009