Free Guide

by R. E. Alexander

Start with the first-48-hours quick start, then the orientation chapters from Respondent. Read them first. The full core manuscript — investigation through rebuilding — is available as a paid download, ebook, or print edition. Civil suits are covered in the companion Respondent in Court.

Free chapter text below is reproduced verbatim from the published book, with light web formatting only. Endnotes appear at the end of each free chapter where present in the source.

Start here

First 48 hours — quick start

One-page checklist: police stop, tonight, tomorrow, before any meeting — with links into the free chapters.

Intro

Introduction

How to use the book, the legal baseline, and a note on authorship.

Ch. 1

The Letter

What the notice is, what it is not, and how to annotate it tonight.

Ch. 2

The First Forty-Eight Hours

Seven holding actions: preserve, delete nothing, no contact, no explaining, police, writing, sleep.

App. A

First Forty-Eight Hours checklist

Worksheet companion to Chapter 2.

Overview

Parallel Tracks

Campus, criminal, protective order, civil — and why a detective's friendly call is not a campus meeting.

Overview

Outside the Title IX Rules

A Title IX dismissal is not the end of the case.

Ch. 26

For Everyone Else

For friends, colleagues, and others who want to help.

Lead magnet

Six questions to ask first

Email-gated checklist drawn from the Chapter 1 annotation guide.

In the full book

Counsel economics, investigation and hearing machinery, employee and student deep dives, the evidence stack (including what an admission is made of), findings, quiet exit, the record that follows you, and rebuilding — plus appendices B–G. Civil suits and summary judgment are covered in the companion Respondent in Court.

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