Anchondo Law

Attorney. Investigator. Mediator.

Jacqueline Anchondo, Esq.

Jacqueline is an experienced investigator, mediator, and trainer specializing in nondiscrimination law and education. Jacqueline served as a Title IX/504 coordinator within higher education, where she conducted investigations, provided training, and ensured compliance with Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, Section 504, Clery Act, and VAWA-related legal mandates. She investigated student, faculty, and staff complaints of misconduct, drafted legally compliant policies, and designed and implemented institution-wide training initiatives. Prior to this, she ran a non-profit legal program where she advised clients on a variety of legal issues including Title IX and VAWA.

Jacqueline has completed Title IX investigator training (Bowditch & Dewey) and Title IX coordinator certification (ATIXA), in addition to varied training on related legal issues (NACUA). She is also a trained mediator (Harvard Mediation Program) and has mediated cases in small claims court.

Jacqueline received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Cornell University, and her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, where she was co-Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Journal of International Law. She was selected as a Skadden Fellow and established a medical-legal collaboration where she advised immigrant clients. Jacqueline is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is fluent in Spanish.

Services

  • Provides prompt, thorough, and neutral investigations into workplace and school-based misconduct allegations. Jacqueline has conducted numerous investigations on a variety of cases and approaches each case and witness with fresh eyes.

  • Serves as a fair and impartial hearing officer and/or decision maker. Jacqueline’s experience as an attorney and a Title IX coordinator equips her to execute this role appropriately.

  • Drafts or updates misconduct policies compliant with applicable law. Jacqueline has drafted legally compliant and effective policies, at institutions with varying needs and interests.

  • Provides mediation services, facilitated conversations, and other informal resolution services as appropriate. Jacqueline is a certified mediator, and has mediated in small claims court.

  • Provides training on misconduct policies and procedures and related topics. Jacqueline has provided countless training sessions on a variety of topics including misconduct investigation, prevention, policies, and procedures.

  • Provides consultation on all aspects of Title IX compliance. Jacqueline has extensive experience, having served as a Title IX coordinator at different institutions.