Student Handbook 2017-18 > Honor Code and Related Processes > Honor Code > 2. College jurisdiction

2. College jurisdiction

Olin College students are members of the college community as well as citizens of the Town of Needham and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As citizens, students are responsible to the community of which they are a part and the college neither substitutes for nor interferes with the regular legal processes. Students are also accountable for offenses against the academic community. Therefore, an action involving a student in a legal proceeding in a civil or criminal court does not free the student from responsibility for their conduct in a college proceeding. If a student is charged in both jurisdictions, the college will proceed with its internal review according to its own timetable. Also see Appendix B for articulation with Babson College, Wellesley College, and Brandeis University student judicial systems.