
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 Be Involved 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 Be Involved” 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 Be Involved 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 Be Involved
- 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!
Training Dates for ANYONE | |||
Day | Date | Location | Time |
TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Potential Member Training Dates | |||
Day | Date | Location | Time |
Friday | September 1, 2023 | 256 Warren Hall | 3-4pm |
Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | 405 Taylor Hall | 2-3pm |
Monday | September 18, 2023 | Allegheny Room, Festival | 5:30-6:30pm |
Student Leader and Current Member Training Dates | |||
Day | Date | Location | Time |
Saturday | August 26, 2023 | AUBC | 10-11am |
Saturday | August 26, 2023 | AUBC | 12-1pm |
Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 256 Warren Hall | 3-4pm |
Monday | September 4, 2023 | Highlands Room, Festival | 5-6pm |
Tuesday | September 5, 2023 | 256 Warren Hall | 2-3pm |
Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 6-7pm |
Thursday | September 7, 2023 | 404 Taylor Hall | 4-5pm |
Monday | September 11, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 12-1pm |
Tuesday | September 12, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 5-6pm |
Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 405 Taylor Hall | 3-4pm |
Thursday | September 14, 2023 | 405 Taylor Hall | 10-11am |
Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 6-7pm |
Thursday | September 21, 2023 | 404 Taylor Hall | 3-4pm |
Monday | September 25, 2023 | 256 Warren Hall | 4-5pm |
Tuesday | September 26, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 5-6pm |
Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 405 Taylor Hall | 4-5pm |
Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | Highlands Room, Festival | 3-4pm |
Tuesday | October 31, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 3-4pm |
Tuesday | November 7, 2023 | 405 Taylor Hall | 5-6pm |
Thursday | November 9, 2023 | Grafton-Stovall Theater | 5-6pm |
Advisor Training Dates | |||
Day | Date | Location | Time |
Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 305 Taylor Hall | 12-1pm |
Friday | September 15, 2023 | 305 Taylor Hall | 10-11am |
Questions, concerns, or clarifications can be directed to beinvolved@jmu.edu.