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Lewis & Clark College Student Conduct & Academic Misconduct Defense
Facing a Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) proceeding? AdvocatED advisors know Lewis & Clark's specific process, not generic advice, but guidance built around how your institution actually works.
⏱ Lewis & Clark gives you only five business days to appeal, and suspension or dismissal requires approval from the Dean of the College or the VP for Student Life. Law students face an entirely separate process with bar-reporting stakes. Contact us as soon as you're notified.
If you just received notice
What to do right now at Lewis & Clark
- 1Note the exact date on your notice letter and calendar every deadline it lists. Lewis & Clark's response and appeal windows are short, and missing one forecloses your options.
- 2Do not respond substantively yet. Before you reply to the Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE), read Student Code of Conduct / Academic Integrity Policy so you know the specific procedure that applies to your case.
- 3Preserve everything related to the allegation: emails, drafts, timestamps, citations, and messages with classmates. This evidence often decides the case.
- 4Confirm your right to an advisor. Most schools, including Lewis & Clark College, allow you to bring an advisor to a Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) proceeding. AdvocatED can serve in that role.
- 5Contact AdvocatED for a free case review before your Lewis & Clark meeting. We will explain how the Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) approaches cases like yours and what response gives you the strongest position.
Lewis & Clark College's Academic Integrity & Conduct Process
Lewis & Clark handles undergraduate conduct through the Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) in the Division of Student Life. Cases go to an Administrative Hearing, the College Review Board (three Student Life staff), or — for academic integrity — the College Honor Board of students and faculty, all under the preponderance standard. Suspension or dismissal requires approval from the Dean of the College or the VP for Student Life, and the Law School runs its own separate conduct system.
This specific institutional knowledge is what separates AdvocatED from generic advisors. We provide guidance tailored to how Lewis & Clark's actual process works, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Key Things to Know About Lewis & Clark's Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE)
- →Undergraduate conduct runs through the Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) within the Division of Student Life
- →Cases go to an Administrative Hearing, the College Review Board (three Student Life staff), or — for academic integrity — the College Honor Board (students and faculty)
- →Decisions use the preponderance ('more likely than not') standard
- →Academic integrity covers seven categories and is reported to the Dean of the College; every incoming student must complete an Academic Integrity Tutorial
- →Suspension or dismissal requires approval from the Dean of the College or the VP for Student Life, and appeals are due within 5 business days on four grounds
- →The Law School runs its own separate Student Honor & Conduct Code and may be obliged to report violations to the bar of any state where a student seeks admission
How AdvocatED Helps Lewis & Clark Students
Academic Misconduct Defense
Student Code of Conduct / Academic Integrity Policy violations, plagiarism, cheating, AI use, collaboration issues
Learn more →Conduct Hearing Preparation
Coaching and preparation for presenting your case before Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE)
Learn more →Academic Dismissal Appeals
Building a compelling appeal through Lewis & Clark's appeals process
Learn more →Title IX Defense
Navigating Lewis & Clark College's Title IX investigation and hearing procedures
Learn more →Lewis & Clark Resources & Guides
Frequently Asked Questions: Lewis & Clark Students
Who decides my case at Lewis & Clark?
Undergraduate conduct is administered by the Office of Community Accountability & Conflict Education (CACE) within the Division of Student Life. Depending on the case, it is heard in an Administrative Hearing (Student Life administrators), before the College Review Board (three trained Student Life staff), or — for academic integrity — before the College Honor Board, which combines voting students and faculty. Knowing which body will hear your case shapes the defense.
What standard of proof does Lewis & Clark use?
Lewis & Clark decides cases by the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard — whether it is 'more likely than not' that a student violated the policy — across both its conduct and academic-integrity processes, and in Title IX matters. That is a far lower bar than the criminal 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard, which is why careful presentation of the facts is decisive.
How does academic integrity work at Lewis & Clark?
Academic integrity covers seven prohibited categories — cheating, falsification, plagiarism, resubmission, sabotage, exploitation of academic assistance, and facilitating academic dishonesty. Suspected violations are reported to the Office of the Dean of the College, with the Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs handling questions. The faculty member and student meet first; if warranted, the matter goes to a formal hearing before the College Honor Board, which decides on a 'more likely than not' basis. Every incoming student must complete an Academic Integrity Tutorial.
How do I appeal a decision at Lewis & Clark?
You submit an appeal within five business days of the outcome letter, on one of four grounds: a procedural or substantive error that significantly affected the outcome, a decision not based on sufficient evidence, disproportionate outcomes, or genuinely new pertinent information not reasonably available earlier. In academic-integrity cases, a faculty member's appeal triggers review by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who has final authority. We help students frame the appeal around the strongest ground.
What sanctions can Lewis & Clark impose, and who decides suspension?
Sanctions run from a formal warning and educational outcomes through disciplinary probation and terminal probation up to disciplinary suspension and disciplinary dismissal. The outcomes that change your student status — suspension and dismissal — require approval from the Dean of the College or the Vice President for Student Life, not just the hearing body. Because separation requires that additional sign-off, the hearing that recommends it is the pivotal moment, and preparation for it matters.
I'm a Lewis & Clark law student — is my case different?
Yes, substantially. The Law School runs its own faculty-adopted Student Honor & Conduct Code, adjudicated by an Honor & Conduct Committee (two faculty and one student) that finds facts on a 'more-probable-than-not' standard, with sanctions up to suspension of two years or permanent expulsion. Critically, the Law School may be obliged to report Code violations to the bar of any state to which you apply for admission — a direct character-and-fitness consequence. We tailor the defense to that separate process and its bar stakes.
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