The University Judiciary Committee selected its new executive committee at their meeting Sunday night. Third-year College student Mitchell Wellman was elected as incoming chair.
Outgoing chair Mackenzie Austin, a fourth-year College student, said UJC’s biggest accomplishment this past year was expanding the types of events and projects to promote their mission.
“That included new partnerships with other organizations we hadn’t partnered with in the past,” Austin said. “It included an entirely new education module that we rolled out to first-years.”
Wellman said the past term faced challenges with graduate school representation on the executive board.
“I think we’re seeking to bridge that gap by expanding our educational events within those schools,” Wellman said. He also said he plans on circulating case statistics to students both in the graduate and undergraduate communities.
Third-year Engineering student Jacqueline Kouri was elected incoming vice chair for first-years. During her term, Kouri said she hopes to create a committed first year judiciary committee like her predecessor, fourth-year Commerce student Brendan O’Hare.
Kouri said she would also like to increase outreach to all schools, including graduate and undergraduate.
“I think that targeting students right when they come into the University — transfers and new students — is extremely important to our mission at the UJC,” Kouri said.
Law student Peter Bautz is one of two graduate students on the UJC executive committee. Bautz was elected as the incoming vice chair for trials.
Outgoing Vice Chair for Trials Miles Jackson, a fourth-year Commerce student, said the biggest thing he accomplished was improving the logistical and administrative side of UJC.
“A lot of things in terms of trial scheduling, trial assignments and then general case processing was really improved this year,” Jackson said.
Bautz said his goals include improving connections between senior support officers and keeping track of the different schedules of different graduate schools.
Deborah Luzader, a College graduate student, is the other graduate student on the committee and incoming vice chair of sanctions. Luzander said outgoing vice chair of sanctions Brittany Hungate, a fourth-year engineering student, did a great job, but that she would like to improve outreach.
“I think that a lot of students, especially in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, don’t really hear a lot about this, especially depending on orientations,” Luzader said.
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