Students have been referred to Rosenquist and Arnason, but have been waiting until the contract's approval to actually meet with the firm. The contract was approved at last night's Student Senate meeting. With Martindale's signature, the program goes into effect.
There's A LOT to this program. I'm really excited about it. The only limitation is that we can't use it in an action against UND -- and that includes University Police. I guess that provision came out of concern that lawyers would become unnecessarily involved with the campus judicial system -- ie. coming in on cases of students being kicked out of the residence halls. I understand where it could be problematic -- every 21 year old in the residence halls that gets busted for drinking would show up with a lawyer arguing their right to consume alcohol. However, I really don't think it's prudent to cover UPD as part of the university in this. Students who get caught on campus should have the same resources as those caught off campus.