Virginia Anti-Hazing Law Adam’s Law

On July 1, 2022 amendments to Code of Virginia was enacted by the General Assembly directly impacting Hazing Prevention Training required of universities. The legislation (known as Adam’s Law) requires University Staff train in-person, potential new organization members, current organization members, and advisors of student organizations on hazing, the dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and institution policies and information explaining that the institution's disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process.

Only certain student organizations are required to attend these trainings. This designation is based on several factors, including:

  • The organization is structured in such a way that upon invitation for membership, individuals do not automatically become members of such organization and have a period of time between invitation for membership and being initiated into membership.
  • An application, interview, recruitment, rush, intake or other similar process is required for admittance into the organization, with current members having the ability to not accept all potential new members.

This training is mandatory by law for these organizations to remain active and in good standing with the university. Failure to have your members trained will result in the organization losing recognition including loss of all privileges such as the ability to recruit, room reservations, host programs, and Club House use. Organizations will be required to cease and desist all operations until training is completed.

Members of organizations may attend any of the following training sessions without pre-registration. Attendance will be taken at each session and the appropriate organizations will be credited for attendance. Leaders and members holding positions in multiple organizations will have their attendance counted toward all affiliated organizations. We will base completion and attendance on the executive body names submitted during the BeInvolved Annual Registration Process.

All individuals attending any of our training sessions will be asked to check in in order to track completion. Organization members should download the “JMU BeInvolved” App from the App Store or Google Play in advance to expedite check-in and ensure credit for attending. The QR scanner in the app is used for check-in.

Training completion will be tracked using BeInvolved rosters, so please make sure your rosters listed on Be Involved are accurate and up to date. Organizations found intentionally misrepresenting their roster information will be sanctioned.

Rosters can be updated by an Officer of the organization by:

  • Logging into BeInvolved
  • Navigating to the organization page
  • Clicking the “Membership” menu
  • Selecting “+Members” button in the top right corner. Names can be individually searched in the directory.
  • Need to add a lot of people? Click “Paste List” on the Membership menu to paste a list of JMU Emails!

Please remember: 

  • All sessions are scheduled for one (1) hour, but due to the nature of the training being interactive, it may run overtime.  Please plan accordingly. 
  • All sessions after 8/23/2025 are open to everyone to attend.  Anyone can attend any session (New Member, Current Member, Advisor) for credit.  Find a session that works best for your schedule!
  • All sessions after 8/23/2025 are on a first come, first served basis.  You must be seated in a chair to attend, no standing in the back.

 **The Wilson Sessions are by RSVP in BeInvolved ONLY.  Please see the link below for more details and RSVP information.  

 Training Sessions for First Years (with FROG Groups only)
Day  Date Location Time
Sunday 8/19 AUBC 9-10 am
Sunday 8/19 AUBC 10:45-11:45 am

  

Fall 2025 Training Sessions
Day  Date Session Location Time
Sunday 8/23/2025 Current Member Wilson Auditorium ** 9-10am
Sunday 8/23/2025 Current Member Wilson Auditorium ** 11am-Noon
Sunday 8/23/2025 Current Member Wilson Auditorium ** 1-2pm
Monday 8/25/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
6:30-7:30pm
Tuesday 8/26/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 12:45-1:45pm
Wednesday 8/27/2025 New Members Grafton-Stovall 5:20-6:20pm
Thursday 8/28/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 11:10am-12:10pm
Friday 8/29/2025 New Members Grafton-Stovall 10:20am-11:20pm
Monday 9/1/2025 Current Members Grafton-Stovall
12:30-1:30pm
Tuesday
9/2/2025
Current Members Grafton-Stovall
5:30-6:30pm
Wedneday
9/3/2025
Current Members Grafton-Stovall
6.30-7.30pm
Wednesday
9/3/2025
New Members Grafton-Stovall
12.30-1.30pm
Thursday
9/4/2025
Current Members Grafton-Stovall
7-8pm
Monday 9/8/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
5.20-6.20pm
Tuesday 9/9/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
3.55-4.55pm
Wednesday 9/10/2025 Advisors
Grafton-Stovall
10.20-11.20am
Wednesday 9/10/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
5.20-6.20pm
Thursday 9/11/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
9.10-10.10am
Friday 9/12/2025 Advisors
Grafton-Stovall
3-4pm
Monday 9/15/2025 New Members
Grafton-Stovall
12:30-1:30pm
Wednesday 9/17/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
5:20-6:20pm
Thursday 9/18/2025 Current Members
Grafton-Stovall
2:20-3:20pm
Monday 9/22/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 3-4pm
Tuesday 9/23/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 9:35-10:35am
Wednesday 10/1/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 4:10-5:10pm
Tuesday 10/7/2025 Current Members Grafton-Stovall 5:30-6:30pm
Wednesday 10/29/2025 Current Members Grafton-Stovall 9:10-10:10am
Tuesday 11/4/2025 Current Members Grafton-Stovall 3:55-4:55pm
Thursday 11/6/2025 Current Members Union Ballroom, Warren 504 11:10am-12:10pm

 

Advisor Training Sessions
Day  Date Location Time
Wednesday 9/10/2025 Grafton-Stovall 10:20-11:20pm
Friday 9/12/2025 Grafton-Stovall 3-4pm

 

 

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