Education Law Representing Educational Institutions

Our firm has a long history of providing outside general counsel services to educational institutions, including public and private colleges, primary and secondary schools. Through our extensive experience representing educational institutions, our attorneys have in-depth knowledge of the unique issues that face these organizations, including:

• Governance matters, faculty issues, shared governance, tenure and promotion issues, questions of academic freedom, employment issues, student claims and a host of other claims and issues facing educational institutions;
• Advice, counsel and litigation of claims arising out of disabilities and accommodations, both by students as well as by faculty, staff and employees;
• Litigation of disputes with vendors to educational institutions, particularly those vendors that provide educational products or services;
• Gender equity claims under Title IX as well as claims for sex discrimination or sexual harassment;
• Responses to charges filed with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights;
• Student privacy, including compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA);
• Student and faculty discipline;
• Contracts;
• Study abroad matters; and
• Student and faculty immigration issues.