FOR TITLE IX COORDINATORS AND INSTITUTIONAL STAFF
Most institutional Title IX training explains the regulations. Few explain what the student on the other side is experiencing.
Title IX From the Other Side is a four-module course on how students and families actually experience the institutional process: the notice, the interview, the report, the hearing, and what happens after. It is designed for coordinators and staff who already know the regulations and want training that makes the work better.
The course is taught by Nancy Potter, a former Supervisory Attorney at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. It is built from the patterns she sees on the student side of cases: where institutional process is legible to students and where it is not, where appeal volume tends to come from, and where small adjustments to communication and record-building reduce the friction that produces complaints.
What the course covers
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Module 1
What students think is happening
How students read the initial notice, what they typically misunderstand about the process, and what early communication choices change the rest of the case.
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Module 2
The investigation interview
How students prepare and what they bring into the room. What investigators typically miss when they assume the student is using the same mental model the institution is using.
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Module 3
The investigative report and the record
How students experience the report when they read it. Where reports tend to draw appeals. What record-building habits produce reports that hold up.
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Module 4
The hearing and what comes after
How students experience the hearing itself. What kinds of post-decision questions tend to surface. What sanction communication and follow-up look like from the student side.
Two purchase paths
The course is sold to individual professionals at $399 and to institutions through three licensing tiers. Individual purchase is self-serve. Institutional licensing involves an inquiry to set up the right tier and license terms
Individual Access
$399
All four modules and four companion handouts. Single-user access. Suitable for a coordinator, deputy coordinator, investigator, or conduct administrator purchasing for personal use, including with a department card.
Recommended for students or families navigating a matter where consent is in question.
Institutional licensing
For institutions purchasing access for a team, the course is offered through three annual licensing tiers. All tiers include course access for the named staff and any course updates released during the license year.
Single Office License
$2,500/yr
One Title IX office, up to approximately 10 staff. Annual access including course updates.
Department License
$5,000/yr
Title IX, Student Conduct, and Section 504 team, up to approximately 25 staff. Annual access including updates.
System-Wide License
$10,000/yr
Multi-campus or full institution, unlimited internal staff. Annual access including updates.
For institutions interested in licensing terms or custom arrangements, contact Potter Law directly through the inquiry form below.
Who this course is for
The course is written for Title IX coordinators, deputy coordinators, investigators, and student conduct staff. It is also useful for compliance and general counsel staff who advise the Title IX function, for Section 504 coordinators whose work overlaps with Title IX, and for K-12 administrators handling Title IX grievance procedures.
The course assumes familiarity with the regulations. It is not a substitute for regulatory training and is not designed to replace it. It is designed to add a perspective that most regulatory training does not include.
What the course is and is not
This course is an educational resource intended to provide general information about Title IX process design, student experience, and institutional practice. It does not provide legal advice about any specific matter and does not create an attorney-client relationship between any participant and Potter Law or Nancy Potter.
It is also not a certification program. Coordinators who need a regulatory certification should rely on the training their institution requires for that purpose. Title IX From the Other Side is supplementary training designed to make the work better at the points where regulatory training is silent.
About Nancy Potter
Nancy Potter is an education attorney whose practice focuses on student conduct, Title IX, disability accommodations, academic integrity, and related student rights issues in higher education.
Before private practice, she served as a Supervisory Attorney and Team Leader at the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, where approximately half of her work involved disability discrimination and civil rights issues in educational settings.
She works with students and families navigating university disciplinary processes, Title IX matters, academic integrity cases, and accommodation issues. She is also available to schools and universities as an independent hearing officer and appointed advisor.
Nancy Potter is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania.
Common Questions
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No. Coordinators and staff with regulatory training requirements should continue to rely on the training their institution has identified for that purpose. This course is supplementary. Its purpose is to add the student-experience perspective to a coordinator's existing training.
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Yes. Annual licensing tiers include any course updates released during the license year. Individual buyers will be notified when a substantive update is released.
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The Single Office License covers one Title IX office. The Department License covers an integrated compliance team within an institution. The System-Wide License is intended for multi-campus systems and full-institution access. If your structure does not fit one of these tiers cleanly, contact Potter Law directly to discuss a custom arrangement.
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Individual access is single-user. For multi-staff use, the licensing tiers are the appropriate path. Institutions occasionally purchase several individual seats during a budget cycle while waiting on a license decision; that is workable in the short term but the licensing tiers are usually a better fit for ongoing access.
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The four modules are self-paced video. Live sessions are not part of the standard course. Institutions interested in custom workshops or follow-up engagement should inquire directly.
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Individual access is delivered immediately as a digital product, and refunds are not generally available. Questions about access issues can be sent through the contact page on nancypotterlaw.com. Institutional licensing terms address refund and cancellation in writing as part of the license agreement.
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Yes. Institutions that license the course often record participation in their internal training documentation. The course is an educational resource and is not a regulatory certification, and it should be described as such in any training records.
Related institutional inquiries
Potter Law is also available to institutions as an independent hearing officer and appointed advisor. Information about those engagements is available through the contact page on nancypotterlaw.com.
This page describes an educational resource that provides general information about how Title IX processes typically work. The course is not legal advice, does not address the facts of any specific situation, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between any reader and Potter Law or Nancy Potter.
If you have a specific legal matter, please consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction. Published by Potter Law. Nancy Potter, Attorney at Law. Licensed in Pennsylvania.
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