• Executive Branch Updates: A New World of Federal Fun(?)ding

    Event Details About this Event The academic year may be winding down, but federal grants and contracts continue to pose major challenges for colleges and universities. The Trump Administration has put research funding under a spotlight, greatly affecting the sponsored projects ecosystem within higher education.  As the situation evolves, additional developments emerge from the administration, […]

  • Campus on Trial: Litigation Management for Busy College Counsel

    Event Details About this Event Litigation is increasingly an inevitability in the postsecondary world. Even when college and university attorneys do everything right and their clients follow the law, institutions may still find themselves defending their decisions in court. Strategic pre-planning is key to successfully meeting the moment when a complaint and service waiver comes […]

  • Preparing for Kick Off: Athletics Issues for 2025-2026

    Event Details About this Event The first college games and competitions of the academic year are kicking off, but that doesn’t mean legal issues surrounding college sports had an off-season. Institutions are working on implementation of the House settlement along with quick-moving legal issues surrounding NIL and NCAA policies, the Saving College Sports Executive Order from the […]

  • Immigration Update: Navigating Current and Emerging Developments in Higher Education

    Event Details About this Event The beginning of the academic year comes with a renewed focus on immigration issues. SEVIS terminations, increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement activities, heightened scrutiny of non-citizens in the visa application process, and potential changes in hiring and workplace practices constitute some of the increasingly complex immigration challenges facing […]

  • Disability Accommodations: DEIA, Technical Standards, and Beyond

    Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities continue to encounter novel and complex disability accommodation issues. The advice of counsel is increasingly required to balance the many legal, compliance, and practical factors at play to arrive at a positive and reasonable accommodation outcome for all involved parties. The legal and policy landscape surrounding disability […]

  • Title VI Compliance: Preventing and Addressing National Origin and Shared Ancestry Discrimination and Harassment

    Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities across the country have long grappled with responding to complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab discrimination and harassment. Over the past two years, institutions have been subject to numerous government investigations into the aftermath of their responses to campus protests and unrest following the attacks on October […]

  • Ethical Obligations: Balancing Personal Beliefs and Professional Duties

    Event Details About this Event Today’s rapidly changing higher ed legal landscape creates many challenges for college and university counsel as they work to provide timely and sound legal advice to their university clients while also ensuring that they adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards. As new federal and state laws, executive orders, […]

  • All Around the World: International Contracts in Higher Education

    Event Details About this Event International contracts play a major role in the increasingly complex global landscape of higher education. While these contracts enable global partnerships, study abroad, international campus operations, and research collaborations critical to the mission of higher education institutions, they pose challenges seemingly around every corner for college and university counsel. Counsel, […]

  • Title IX: Same Regulations, New Problems

    Event Details About this Event Colleges and universities are well-acquainted with the 2020 Title IX regulations implemented by the first Trump administration. However, the setting has changed. State laws that differ in key areas such as due process and gender identity directly conflict with federal law. The current Trump administration has made clear through Executive Orders and enforcement that gender identity is a key focus, forcing institutions to […]

  • Time to Update the Playbook: The Expanded Lineup of Federal Higher Education Regulators

    Event Details About this Event The federal regulatory landscape for higher education institutions has evolved significantly under the current administration. Colleges and universities are now interacting with an expanded roster of regulatory bodies from across the federal government, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the […]