Upcoming Trainings
Stay informed about the latest learning opportunities through the Distinct Consulting Solutions (DCS) Upcoming Trainings calendar. This section highlights newly scheduled live virtual courses, certification cohorts, webinars, and specialized compliance workshops designed to support investigators, coordinators, administrators, and institutional leaders.
15 Apr 2026 - 1 Jul 2026
12 weeks, Thu 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The DCS Investigator Certification Program is a 12-week, cohort-based professional certification designed for investigators and compliance professionals responsible for conducting fair, defensible, and equity-centered investigations. Delivered through live, virtual sessions, this program equips participants with the practical skills, analytical frameworks, and professional judgment required to manage complex civil rights investigations from intake through final report.
Flexible learning options
Distinct Consulting Solutions (DCS) offers flexible learning pathways designed to meet the diverse schedules, roles, and compliance needs of today’s institutions. Whether through live virtual cohorts, self-paced on-demand modules, private in-house trainings, or targeted webinar series, participants can access high-quality, legally grounded professional development in a format that fits their workflow.
Public courses
Distinct Consulting Solutions (DCS) offers live virtual public courses that provide interactive, expert-led training accessible to professionals across institutions and organizations. Delivered in real time, these sessions combine practical instruction, regulatory guidance, applied case scenarios, and opportunities for live engagement—creating a dynamic learning environment that goes beyond passive online training.
Certification Programs
Distinct Consulting Solutions (DCS) Certification Programs provide comprehensive, cohort-based professional training designed to build deep expertise in civil rights compliance, investigations, and institutional equity leadership. Each certification combines live expert instruction, structured curriculum, applied case studies, and in-depth participant workbooks to ensure meaningful skill development and real-world readiness.
In-house private
In-house trainings can be structured as single-day intensives, multi-session workshops, or full certification cohorts and may focus on areas such as Title IX, Title VI, ADA/504, civil rights investigations, athletics equity, and institutional risk management. Each engagement includes interactive instruction, applied case scenarios, and implementation-ready tools to ensure participants leave with clear strategies they can immediately apply within their campus or organization.
View our range of courses
Distinct Consulting Solutions (DCS) offers a comprehensive portfolio of professional courses designed to strengthen civil rights compliance, investigative practice, and institutional equity across higher education and organizational settings. Courses are delivered through live virtual instruction, certification cohorts, private in-house trainings, webinars, and flexible on-demand learning, ensuring accessible, high-impact professional development for a wide range of roles.
Foundations of Civil Rights Investigations
Introduces the legal framework, investigator role, neutrality standards, and core principles guiding equitable investigative practice.
Jurisdiction, Scope & Intake Assessment
Covers how to evaluate reports, determine applicable policy and law, define investigative scope, and document intake decisions.
Notice, Procedural Rights & Fair Process
Explains required notices, party rights, advisor participation, and procedural safeguards that ensure equitable treatment.
Title IX Policy Definitions Deep Dive
Provides detailed analysis of harassment standards, sexual assault definitions, consent and incapacitation, stalking and relationship violence, retaliation, jurisdiction, and supportive measures through examples, non-examples, and decision frameworks.
Athletics Equity & NCAA Compliance Training
Addresses Title IX in athletics, gender equity expectations, student-athlete well-being, reporting barriers, pregnancy protections, equitable treatment, climate assessment, and NCAA-aligned compliance readiness.
Investigation Planning & Case Chronology
Develop structured investigation plans that promote defensibility and reduce risk.
Trauma-Informed & Culturally Responsive Interviewing
Conduct interviews that are neutral, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive—without advocacy.
Evidence Management & Documentation
Build evidence systems that withstand scrutiny and support defensible outcomes.
Credibility Assessment & Analytical Reasoning
Apply structured credibility analysis without crossing into findings.
Report Writing Fundamentals
Draft neutral, court-defensible investigation reports.
Investigative Analysis for Defensible Outcomes
Structure analysis around policy elements without making findings.
Decision-Making & Hearing Readiness
Prepare investigation files that are decision-ready and hearing-ready.
Documenting Impact, Remedies & Supportive Measures
Document impact and supportive measures without directing outcomes.
Quality Assurance & Professional Ethics for Investigators
Apply quality assurance checks and ethical standards to every case.