Members would serve as investigators during their first semester and judges in their second semester. President Shannon encouraged the replacement of these standards with the Standards of Conduct adopted by the Board of Visitors in 1970. The Investigator role became an appointed position in 1975, Counselors were introduced in 1988, and Educators were introduced in 1993. The Standards of Conduct were revised in 1987, and amended a year later in 1988. Today the UJC remains to be the only known completely student self-governed judicial committee in the United States.
Students run all trials and serve as judges, attorneys, and investigators throughout the process.
The only added involvement of administrators is the review of all decisions by the Vice President for Student Affairs. This review is necessary for the University Judiciary Committee to serve as the University's sole adjudicator on student misconduct.