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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 […]
Executive Branch Updates: A New Executive Order on “Saving College Sports”
Event Details About this Event President Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Saving College Sports” on July 24, 2025, intended to address the rapidly changing landscape of collegiate athlete […]
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. […]
Executive Branch Updates: NIH v. APHA and Federal Grant Terminations
Event Details About this Event In a 5-4 ruling on August 21st, the Supreme Court lifted a stay on the cancellation of approximately $783 billion in NIH grants. The Trump […]
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 […]
Executive Branch Updates: H-1B Visa Developments
Event Details About this Event On September 19, 2025, President Trump signed a Proclamation, “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” which instituted a $100,000 application fee for new H-1B […]
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, […]
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 […]
Executive Branch Updates: Advising Clients on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
Event Details About this Event On October 1, the U.S. Secretary of Education invited nine universities to enter into a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The Compact essentially […]