Student court

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Structure of the student judiciary at Metropolitan State College of Denver

A student court is a type of judicial system occasionally seen in schools, particularly middle school, high school, and in some colleges and universities. Student Courts vary in size and functions, but they are most often engaged in conflict resolution and interpretation of student bylaws and constitutions. Names of student courts vary, with some educational institutions refering to the body as the "judicial council," while others use the appellation "supreme court." The methods of selection for student courts also vary: at some institutions, the elected student body president nominates and appoints student court members with the consent of the elected student representative assembly (variously known as student council or student senate); at others, a search committee interviews potential members who are subsequently nominated and officially appointed; at still other institutions, the sitting members of the student court actually participate in the process of nominating and selecting new court members. Typically, student governments only possess legislative and executive branches, and these often are combined such that the student body president actually presides over the student council. Student courts are a far less-common feature of student governments.