The American Law Institute, a scholarly group influential in legal circles, is beginning to craft guidelines on campus sexual assault that will seek to outline best practices and bring some clarity to the tangles of compliance with federal law. The institute is perhaps best known for its Model Penal Code, which is the bedrock of many states’ criminal statutes, including sexual-assault laws. A team at the institute is now revising the sexual-violence provisions of the penal code.

December 4, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education