Welcome to the Office of Judicial Affairs at Northern State University. Judicial Affairs support's the University's mission by promoting a just, safe, orderly, and supportive university climate. The office promotes and enforces behavioral standards, administers disciplinary processes, provides system-wide staff training and educates students through mediation, leadership development, disciplinary sanctions and other educational intervention efforts.

The Office of Judicial Affairs is dedicated to supporting students while maintaining a discipline process that is educational, equitable, expeditious, and just. We help students learn by administering a process that teaches responsibility, encourages the expression of diverse views and opinions, validates healthy choices and the concepts of individual and community respect.

Through programs and services, we strive to help students mature and become contributing citizents within Northern State University and the local community in Aberdeen. We help to create a University culture that is self-diciplined, where civility is embraced, and the community norms and actions validate the essential values of Northern State University.

• Personal and academic integrity
• Respect for the dignity of all persons and willingness to learn from the differences in people, ideas and opinions.
• Respect for the rights, property, and safty of others.
• Concern for others and their feelings and their need for conditions that support an enviornment where they can work, grow, and succeed at NSU.