We regularly serve as outside counsel to private schools and colleges and to public school districts. We also represent
teachers and students in disputes with educational institutions.
- Administrative
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We assist educational institutions with issues of strategic planning, presidential transition and governing board relations,
accreditation, curricular revision, staff and faculty reorganization and reductions-in-force, campus security, crisis management,
and immigration.
- Handbooks and Policies
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We have extensive experience in drafting and revising student handbooks, faculty handbooks, non-faculty employee handbooks,
sexual harassment policies, releases, and student health forms.
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- Students
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We handle the full range of student issues for schools and colleges, including discipline, academic matters, FERPA, health,
physical and psychological disabilities, alcohol and drugs, and sexual harassment.
- We also counsel and represent students and their parents facing such issues as discipline, expulsion, sexual harassment,
plagiarism, academic dishonesty, and eligibility for in-state college tuition.
- Faculty
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On behalf of educational institutions we draft and review faculty contracts and severance agreements, and provide advice on hiring,
performance and tenure review, discipline, and discharge.
- We also represent public and private school and college teachers and faculty members in the negotiation of contracts and
severance agreements, and in matters of discipline, discharge, and denial of tenure.
- Business and Financial
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We handle all types of corporate, business, and financial matters, such as contract issues, labor and employment, and financing.
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- Litigation
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We assess institutional liability and insurance coverage. We handle litigation in all subject areas and manage complex
litigation.
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- Training
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We assist with training and counseling of student judicial officers, residence hall staff, sexual harassment committees, and
security officers.
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