BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//National Association of College and University Attorneys - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:National Association of College and University Attorneys X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dev.nacua.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for National Association of College and University Attorneys REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T150000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260203T211832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165957Z UID:38836-1753275600-1753282800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Campus on Trial: Litigation Management for Busy College Counsel DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nLitigation 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 through the door.   \n\n\n\nPlease join NACUA for a 2-hour webinar\, in which our member experts Lauren Peach\, First Assistant Attorney General\, Colorado Department of Law\, David Corry\, General Counsel\, Liberty University\, and Leslie Bissinger Golden\, Assistant General Counsel\, Valencia College\, will provide a soup to nuts overview of all things litigation management.   \n\n\n\nThis webinar will equip you with the knowledge to navigate confidently when your client is sued and you are called upon to manage the litigation process from initiation to resolution – and the best practices for navigating the various procedural and substantive complexities between.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic1:03 P.M.Introduction to Litigation Management1:15 P.M.Before You Get Sued1:30 P.M.When the Complaint is Filed1:45 P.M.Discovery and Motions Practice2:00 P.M.Negotiated Resolutions2:15 P.M.Trial and Appeal2:30 P.M.Tips and Tricks to Stay Organized and Manage Client Expectations2:45 P.M.Q&A2:59 PMClosing Remarks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/campus-on-trial-litigation-management-for-busy-college-counsel/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/07.23.25-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20251229T211812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T204528Z UID:36076-1750550400-1750895999@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:2025 Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/2025-annual-conference/ LOCATION:Seattle Convention Center\, Seattle\, WA\, Seattle\, WA CATEGORIES:Annual Conference,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260317T154049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T154121Z UID:41672-1750464000-1750636799@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:2025 Lawyers New to Higher Education Workshop DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/2025-lawyers-new-to-higher-education-workshop/ LOCATION:Seattle Convention Center\, Seattle\, WA\, Seattle\, WA CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260204T144205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165950Z UID:38858-1749038400-1749045600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Executive Branch Updates: A New World of Federal Fun(?)ding DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nThe 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\, and litigation winds through the courts\, campus counsel are called upon to address a high volume of questions about federal award termination\, administrative appeals\, litigation\, and certifications\, among others. Given the various stakeholders and fundamental institutional interests in play\, it is now imperative that counsel advise and assist institutional leaders in developing communication strategies around these issues.     \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar in which three experienced practitioners will cover topics to aid counsel in advising clients and advocating for the interests of the institutional research enterprise\, including:  \n\n\n\n\nDistinctions between federal grants and contracts;\n\n\n\nOverview of grant and contract terminations\, including considerations for the awardee;\n\n\n\nConsiderations and strategies regarding administrative appeals\, litigation\, and certifications; and\n\n\n\nDiscussion of communication strategies to consider on your campus.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who advise research clients\, and/or advise on federal awards\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities related to this area of the law.    \n\n\n\nNote: This webinar is an in-depth expansion of content initially presented in a briefing titled “The First 100 Days | Federal Grants: What Counsel Need to Know Today” that was presented on April 11\, 2025.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M.Welcome and IntroductionsGrants v. ContractsFunding TerminationCommunication StrategiesConsiderations and Strategies for Administrative Appeals12:45 PMQ&A1:00 PMLitigation ConsiderationsOverview and Strategies for Certifications1:45 PMQ&A2:00 PMConclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/executive-branch-updates-a-new-world-of-federal-funding/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/06.04.25-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T153000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260203T191239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T141937Z UID:38761-1748530800-1748532600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Executive Branch Updates: DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nOn May 19\, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the U.S. Department of Justice was establishing “the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative\, which will utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and\, as appropriate\, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws.”  Notably\, the announcement “strongly encourages anyone with knowledge of discrimination by federal funding recipients to consider filing a qui tam action under the False Claims Act.”  This development further highlights the need for colleges and universities to seek the advice of counsel and take expeditious steps to comply with federal civil rights laws and assess areas of risk for False Claims Act litigation.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this 45-minute audio-only briefing in which NACUA experts Hailyn Chen\, Partner at Munger\, Tolles & Olson LLP\, and Michael Vernick\, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP will:   \n\n\n\n\nProvide an update on the objective\, scope\, and potential impacts of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative on colleges and universities; \n\n\n\n\n\nReview the basic tenets of the False Claims Act (FCA)\, its qui tam provision\, and potential defenses; and \n\n\n\n\n\nHighlight practical considerations and approaches for identifying and lawfully addressing areas of heightened FCA risk at your institution.  \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?   \n\n\n\nThis briefing will be of interest to all in-house and outside college and university counsel.  \n\n\n\nNote: This program is part of NACUA’s “Executive Branch Updates” series\, which follows the Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/executive-branch-updates-dojs-civil-rights-fraud-initiative/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/05.29.25-Briefing-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T131500 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T115816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T141811Z UID:37423-1747917000-1747919700@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Executive Branch Updates: What to Know About the Federal Grant Termination Trend DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\n\nFederal grant terminations used to be rare. Under an Office of Management and Budget rule implemented during President Donald J. Trump’s first term\, the second Trump Administration has prioritized cancellation of grants\, which it has determined “no longer effectuates… the program goals or agency priorities.” When grants are abruptly terminated by federal agencies\, postsecondary institutions can lose millions of dollars\, setting off a cascade of on campus impacts related to the loss and wind-down of particular research\, as well as the jobs and infrastructure supported by indirect cost funds. Today’s campus counsel must be prepared to advise their clients on the nuances of unique grant termination regulations for different federal agencies\, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH)\, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\, National Science Foundation (NSF)\, and Department of Energy (DOE).   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this 45-minute audio-only briefing in which NACUA experts Steve Sencer\, Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP\, and Nicole Picard\, Associate General Counsel at Brown University will:  \n\n\n\n\nProvide an update on the latest federal grant termination trends;\n\n\n\nReview the latest considerations for institutional appeal rights and related processes; and\n\n\n\nOffer insight on the most important steps colleges and universities should take both before and immediately after they receive a notice of termination.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?  \n\n\n\nThis briefing will be of interest to college and university counsel who advise on federal research grants\, as well as colleagues in offices of sponsored research and grant managers. \n\n\n\nNote: This program is the first in NACUA’s “Executive Branch Updates” series\, which follows the Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series. This content of this audio-only briefing builds on the First 100 Days series briefing\, Federal Grants: What Counsel Need to Know Today (April 11\, 2025). Members seeking further\, in-depth\, CLE-eligible content are also encouraged to sign up for NACUA’s upcoming two-hour Executive Branch Updates webinar\, A New World of Federal Fun(?)ding (June 4\, 2025).    \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/executive-branch-updates-what-to-know-about-the-federal-grant-termination-trend/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/05.22.25-Briefing-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260204T152803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165934Z UID:38871-1746187200-1746194400@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Title IX\, One Year Later DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nTitle IX remains a socio-political and legal football.   \n\n\n\nOn April 19\, 2024\, the U.S. Department of Education\, Office for Civil Rights (the Department)\, released its 2024 Title IX regulations\, which included significant departures from the 2020 Rule\, including expanding the definition of sex-based discrimination and harassment\, and broadening what triggers an institutional response obligation. It also introduced a level of institutional discretion absent in the 2020 Final Rule.   \n\n\n\nLitigation ensued\, challenging various aspects of the 2024 Final Rule\, in particular the inclusion of “gender identity” as a protected category within sex-based harassment. On January 9\, 2025\, the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued its decision in Tennessee v. Cardona\, vacating the 2024 Final Rule by ruling that that the Department exceeded its authority in implementing the regulations and that the 2024 Final Rule and its corresponding regulations also violated the U.S. Constitution.   \n\n\n\nNine days later\, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States\, and thereafter the Department issued a new Dear Colleague Letter announcing its intention to enforce the 2020 Final Rule. In the weeks since\, the Department has made enforcement of a narrow definition of gender in both investigations and athletics participation a keystone priority\, most recently announcing an interagency task force toward that end.   \n\n\n\nPlease join NACUA for a 2-hour webinar\, in which our member experts will provide an in-depth exploration of the rapid transformation of Title IX over the last twelve months. This webinar will equip you with the knowledge to navigate confidently in the current era of Title IX enforcement.   \n\n\n\nNote: This webinar is a follow-up to a webinar that was presented on May 17\, 2024\, and a complimentary briefing that was presented on January 24\, 2025. It will be of interest to postsecondary counsel who handle sexual misconduct matters\, Title IX coordinators and investigators\, student affairs professionals\, human resources professionals\, and other campus administrators responsible for student and employee misconduct matters.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nSchedule Coming Soon!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/title-ix-one-year-later/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/05.02.25-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T133000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T115958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T141652Z UID:37425-1744376400-1744378200@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The First 100 Days | Federal Grants: What Counsel Need to Know Today  DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\n\nThe Trump administration’s shift in policy priorities has led to wide-scale rescission of grant funds awarded by a range of federal agencies\, deeply impacting the research and educational activities of colleges and universities.  Even where funding has not been terminated\, wide-ranging demands and certifications\, presenting a high degree of risk to individuals and institutions\, are being required to maintain eligibility for funds.  Counsel are being called upon to advise on institutions’ responses and compliance activities related to the rapidly changing landscape for grant funding\, often under extraordinary circumstances testing the already-stretched bandwidth of the legal function. As this situation continues to unfold\, it is crucial for counsel to have a strong grounding in the basics of federal grant awards\, particularly the options available for responding to a termination of funds\, as well as considerations and strategies for communications and certifications related to ongoing grant awards.     \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA member-experts\, William Ferreira and Michelle Gluck\, will provide an overview of the recent activity related to federal grant funding and the top considerations for effectively representing and advising your institution on this critical issue.  \n\n\n\nThis briefing is a part of NACUA’s Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-first-100-days-federal-grants-what-counsel-need-to-know-today/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Text-100-Days-Transition-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T124500 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T132410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T174524Z UID:37453-1742990400-1742993100@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Washington Update DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nNACUA’s Spring Discrimination Law Workshop in San Antonio\, TX included a session on the latest developments in Washington relative to higher education. Please enjoy this complimentary briefing that discusses the current landscape as of the time of the recording on March 26\, 2025. The session provided updates on Washington executive\, legislative\, and regulatory activity from experts in Washington.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center.  \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/washington-update/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Header-Image-Department-of-Education-Full-Size.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20251229T213445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165920Z UID:36085-1742947200-1743206399@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Spring 2025 CLE Workshop: Discrimination Law DESCRIPTION:Virtual\, Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nUt ut euismod ante. Sed feugiat\, mi at maximus aliquam\, justo nisi semper velit\, tristique sodales eros odio dignissim risus. Duis feugiat turpis quis est rhoncus condimentum. Pellentesque a efficitur nulla. Vestibulum convallis elit mauris\, id sodales enim tincidunt eu. Cras eget porta nunc. Suspendisse lacinia consectetur ultrices. Phasellus consequat metus id urna viverra\, eget consectetur urna sagittis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 – 12:10Welcome and Introductions13:00 – 13:10Grants v. Contracts14:00 – 14:10Funding Termination\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/spring-2025-cle-workshop-discrimination-law/ LOCATION:The Westin Denver Downtown\, Denver\, CO\, Denver\, CO CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T124500 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T120510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T141512Z UID:37427-1742558400-1742561100@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Fireside Chat: Farewell to the Department of Education? DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\n\nOn March 3\, newly confirmed U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued her statement regarding the Department’s “Final Mission.” That same day the Task Force on Antisemitism announced its initial investigations regarding alleged violations of Title VI and shortly thereafter announced that it was withholding $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University. On March 10\, the Task Force on Antisemitism announced an additional 60 investigations into postsecondary institutions across the United States; March 14 saw the announcement of another 45 investigations\, pertaining to enforcement of the February 14 Dear Colleague Letter.  \n\n\n\nThe continued viability of the Department itself may also be in question. On March 6\, a draft executive order leaked to the public\, which sets forth steps the Trump Administration anticipates taking to “facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the States and local communities\,” just before thousands of Department staff were laid off via a mass reduction in force.  \n\n\n\nTo parse the nuance of these myriad actions and their impacts on the practice of higher education law\, please join NACUA for a 45-minute fireside chat featuring NACUA Board Chair Traevena Byrd\, Vice President\, General Counsel & Secretary to the Board at American University\, in conversation with Lisa Brown\, Partner and Higher Education Practice Group Head at WilmerHale and former U.S. Department of Education General Counsel. This fireside chat is being held in collaboration with the National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (NAICU)\, and the event will only be open to members of NACUA and NAICU.  \n\n\n\nThis fireside chat is a part of NACUA’s Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis  recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/fireside-chat-farewell-to-the-department-of-education/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Text-100-Days-Transition-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260204T160936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165910Z UID:38883-1741953600-1741960800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:2025 Cybersecurity Law Update DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nRapid advancements in technology provide tremendous opportunities but also carry significant risks to the mission-critical operations of colleges and universities. The vast amount of student\, patient\, and research data make higher education institutions increasingly attractive targets for criminals and bad actors\, who are constantly improving their capabilities to carry out acts of intrusion\, theft\, and disruption. The ensuing security and data breaches carry significant legal and reputational risk for institutions. However\, the preventive measures required to stay one step ahead of the bad actors and to comply with the expanding patchwork of data security and privacy laws and regulations carry notable costs and nuanced considerations of their own. In light of these substantial risks and evolving threat landscape\, counsel must remain informed on the current state of cybersecurity law.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar featuring expert presenters with deep knowledge and practical experience in the cybersecurity issues impacting higher education. The webinar will include:  \n\n\n\n\nOverview of the current cyber threat landscape\, including high-profile incidents and enforcement; \n\n\n\nOverview of the cybersecurity compliance framework\, including new and emerging laws and regulations;  \n\n\n\nDiscussion of privilege considerations in cyber threat responses\, investigations\, and post-incident analysis; and \n\n\n\nConsideration of several practical cybersecurity challenges for higher education institutions including the top stressors and challenges for IT personnel and resources\, as well as emerging trends and considerations in procurement\, contracting\, and cyber insurance. \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who advise on cybersecurity\, data security\, and/or compliance issues\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities in those areas such as compliance officers\, procurement officers\, risk managers\, and IT and technology leaders.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M.Welcome and IntroductionsOverview of Cyber Threat Landscape  Compliance Framework Q&APractical Challenges and Approaches for Higher Education Q&A2:00 P.M.Conclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/2025-cybersecurity-law-update/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/03.14.25-Webinar-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T123000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T130248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165906Z UID:37437-1741348800-1741350600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The First 100 Days: A Discussion on DEI with Dear Colleagues DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\n\nSince taking office in January\, the Trump administration has issued Executive Order 14151: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing\, Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity\, and the February 14th Dear Colleague Letter directing institutions to end programs related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. In response\, several lawsuits have been filed challenging the Executive Orders and Dear Colleague Letter. On February 21\, 2025\, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking several provisions of the Executive Orders. With additional litigation and guidance expected\, campus counsel must keep abreast of these developments to understand and deliver the best possible advice and counsel to your campus.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA presenters\, Dwight J. Draughon\, Jr. and Lauren Schoenthaler\, will provide an overview of the Executive Orders and the February 14 DCL relating to DEI\, as well as legal challenges to those initiatives. The program will also cover practical discussions to have with your Presidents and Boards.     \n\n\n\nThis briefing is part of NACUA’s Transition Updates: The First 100 Days Series.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-first-100-days-a-discussion-on-dei-with-dear-colleagues/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Text-100-Days-Transition-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260204T162852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T165902Z UID:38891-1741262400-1741269600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Sharpening Your Skills: Best Practices for Conducting Internal Investigations DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nCompliance with laws and regulations\, coordination with various stakeholders\, and organization to ensure processes are followed are all needed to conduct just one internal investigation. However\, a single incident at a postsecondary institution can trigger multiple investigations by different offices on campus and the discovery of unknown information during those investigations can lead to even more investigations. Additionally\, public relations pressure can further complicate an already overwhelming\, multifaceted investigative process. It is crucial that campus counsel and others involved in internal investigations have a solid grasp on when an investigation should be opened\, the different stages of investigative processes\, and how to maintain solid oversight of simultaneous internal investigations.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this 2-hour webinar where presenters will explore:  \n\n\n\n\nThe pre-investigations stage\, such as fact gathering\, jurisdictional issues\, how to initiate the process\, and other related issues; \n\n\n\nHow to manage oversight of multiple investigations\, including ordering of investigations and determining how different stakeholders should coordinate and communicate with one another; \n\n\n\nPrivilege issues and other privacy laws implicated by investigations; and  \n\n\n\nHypotheticals illustrating how to think through these concepts.  \n\n\n\n\nWho should attend?  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who conduct internal investigations\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities related to internal investigations. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M.Welcome and IntroductionsPre-Investigation Planning and ConsiderationsHypotheticals Outlining Investigative ProcessesQ&AHypotheticals Outlining Investigative Processes Electronically Stored Information\, Statutes\, and Other Issues to Keep in Mind Q&A2:00 P.M.Conclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/sharpening-your-skills-best-practices-for-conducting-internal-investigations-2/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/03.06.25-Webinar-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T131637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T142353Z UID:37451-1741262400-1741269600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Sharpening Your Skills: Best Practices for Conducting Internal Investigations DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\n\nCompliance with laws and regulations\, coordination with various stakeholders\, and organization to ensure processes are followed are all needed to conduct just one internal investigation. However\, a single incident at a postsecondary institution can trigger multiple investigations by different offices on campus and the discovery of unknown information during those investigations can lead to even more investigations. Additionally\, public relations pressure can further complicate an already overwhelming\, multifaceted investigative process. It is crucial that campus counsel and others involved in internal investigations have a solid grasp on when an investigation should be opened\, the different stages of investigative processes\, and how to maintain solid oversight of simultaneous internal investigations.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this 2-hour webinar where presenters will explore:  \n\n\n\n\nThe pre-investigations stage\, such as fact gathering\, jurisdictional issues\, how to initiate the process\, and other related issues; \n\n\n\n\n\nHow to manage oversight of multiple investigations\, including ordering of investigations and determining how different stakeholders should coordinate and communicate with one another; \n\n\n\n\n\nPrivilege issues and other privacy laws implicated by investigations; and  \n\n\n\n\n\nHypotheticals illustrating how to think through these concepts.  \n\n\n\n\nWho should attend?  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who conduct internal investigations\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities related to internal investigations.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/sharpening-your-skills-best-practices-for-conducting-internal-investigations/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1741121198.0554817_03.06.25_Webinar_-_Header_Image__1_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T123000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175233 CREATED:20260112T130437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T163731Z UID:37442-1740139200-1740141000@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The First 100 Days: Immigration Law DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nA keystone of President Trump’s campaign was the promise to intensify immigration enforcement. The first weeks of his second administration included the issuance and implementation of executive orders to begin this work. Additionally\, the acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary issued a directive rescinding longstanding policy on refraining from immigration enforcement actions at “sensitive locations” or “protected areas\,” including educational institutions. At the same time\, the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo directing the Department to restrict funding to jurisdictions and organizations that support or provide services to undocumented immigrants\, among other mandates. Campus counsel must advise and communicate with various constituents across campus on these rapidly evolving developments.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA member-experts\, Leigh Cole and Michael Pfahl\, will provide an overview of where the law stands\, insights that can be gleaned from comparative realignment of immigration activities across previous administrations\, and advice on how to counsel your clients now.   \n\n\n\nThis briefing is part of NACUA’s Transition Updates: The First 100 Days Series.   \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-first-100-days-immigration-law/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Text-100-Days-Transition-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260112T131509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T152736Z UID:37449-1739188800-1739196000@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Can You Hear Me Now? Hot Topics in the World of Faculty Free Speech and Academic Freedom DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nFaculty members occupy an important\, albeit unique\, position on college and university campuses. As we enter the new year\, campuses will face challenges related to academic freedom and faculty discourse in response to the 2024 presidential election and the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. They will also be tasked with managing backlash to these faculty activities by the greater campus community\, media outlets\, and donors. Counsel must balance these conflicting interests while maintaining a legally compliant campus environment.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar in which two experienced NACUA member-presenters will cover topics\, including:  \n\n\n\n\nAn overview and legal update of academic freedom on campus;\n\n\n\nUpdates on relevant faculty-related issues\, including free speech and protest activities;\n\n\n\nFaculty social media use;\n\n\n\nImpact on external stakeholders;\n\n\n\nRelevant policies and laws; and\n\n\n\nPractical suggestions for managing these issues on campus.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend? \n\n\n\nThis webinar will interest in-house and outside college and university counsel who advise on matters related to faculty and academic freedom\, as well as campus administrators and other professionals on campus who maintain responsibilities in these areas. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 – 12:10Welcome and IntroductionsLegal OverviewRelevant Policies and LawsHot Topics in the Faculty World  Social Media UseImpact on External StakeholdersPractical Suggestions for Managing These Issues on Campus Q&A2:00 P.M.Conclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/can-you-hear-me-now-hot-topics-in-the-world-of-faculty-free-speech-and-academic-freedom/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/01.15.24-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T123000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260112T120849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T163651Z UID:37431-1738929600-1738931400@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The First 100 Days: What’s Happened So Far DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nThe second Trump administration has quickly issued a series of sweeping executive orders impacting students\, faculty\, and staff\, college and university operations\, and the mission of higher education institutions.  Several orders have attracted legal challenges\, while administrative agencies have taken initial steps to implement those that have not been blocked by the courts.  All the while\, counsel have worked overtime to advise and communicate with college and university clients and to set the tone for calm and deliberate action to advance the interests of their institutions.  As the third week of the new administration draws to a close\, it is necessary to pause and reflect on where we find ourselves as a higher education community and to take stock of the landscape that is shifting beneath our feet.    \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA member-experts\, Danielle Conley and Kate Hudson\, will provide an overview of the most impactful executive orders and what they mean for higher education.   \n\n\n\nThis briefing is a part of NACUA’s Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.   \n\n\n\nUt ut euismod ante. Sed feugiat\, mi at maximus aliquam\, justo nisi semper velit\, tristique sodales eros odio dignissim risus. Duis feugiat turpis quis est rhoncus condimentum. Pellentesque a efficitur nulla. Vestibulum convallis elit mauris\, id sodales enim tincidunt eu. Cras eget porta nunc. Suspendisse lacinia consectetur ultrices. Phasellus consequat metus id urna viverra\, eget consectetur urna sagittis. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-first-100-days-whats-happened-so-far/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/No-Text-100-Days-Transition-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20250129T175600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T192328Z UID:38913-1738137600-1738342800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Winter 2025 Virtual CLE Workshop Pre-Workshop: What *IS* Artificial Intelligence and Why Should I Care? DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nThose who attended the Winter 2025 Workshop and purchased this webinar as part of their original registration have access to this recording already and do not need to repurchase it here. \n\n\n\nMembers who did not attend the pre-workshop may purchase it here for $265. \n\n\n\nJanuary 29\, 2025\, from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. ET \n\n\n\nCounsel and their college and university clients are understandably anxious about increased attention to Artificial Intelligence (AI) on campus. And while there is no “app for that\,” there is an innovative pre-Workshop to NACUA’s 2025 Virtual Winter Workshop on AI! This novel offering is designed to establish a shared vocabulary around AI in higher education to facilitate more effective conversations with cross-campus partners\, equip counsel with a basic understanding of generative AI and where it may show up across campus silos\, and help demystify the sources of emergent regulation that will intersect with more evergreen college and university law jurisprudence. \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend? \n\n\n\nThis two-hour program is a fundamentals level CLE\, intended to serve as primer for college and university attorneys. The pre-Workshop is available to campus counsel and their clients working on establishing legally compliant policies and practices surrounding AI use on campus. The pre-Workshop content will be accessible as both a standalone program\, and an add-on to NACUA’s 2025 Virtual Winter Workshop: AI and Higher Education Law. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/winter-2025-virtual-cle-workshop-pre-workshop-what-is-artificial-intelligence-and-why-should-i-care/ CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1739483772.5730426_Winter_2025_CLE_-_CVENT_Attendee_Hub_Page_Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20251229T213838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T205445Z UID:36089-1738108800-1738367999@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Winter 2025 Virtual CLE Workshop: AI and Higher Education Law DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/winter-2025-virtual-cle-workshop-ai-and-higher-education-law/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250124T123000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260112T131331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T192735Z UID:37447-1737720000-1737721800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:What Now? Title IX in the Aftermath of Tennessee v. Cardona DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nThe policy pendulum of Title IX continues to swing\, and this time it has swung back to 2020. On January 9\, 2025\, the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued its decision in Tennessee v. Cardona\, granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff states of Kentucky\, Virginia\, Indiana\, Tennessee\, and West Virginia\, and vacating the 2024 Final Rule. The Court found that that U.S. Department of Education exceeded its authority in implementing the regulations and that the Final Rule and its corresponding regulations also violate the U.S. Constitution. Although the primary thrust of the challenge was to the inclusion of “gender identity” as a protected category within sex-based harassment\, the decision impacts additional changes brought about by the Final Rule including those pertaining to handling grievances\, training\, recordkeeping\, processing complaints\, as well as the extended protections for pregnancy and related conditions.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute briefing during which NACUA member-experts will provide an overview of Tennessee v. Cardona\, its implications for Title IX in postsecondary education\, and practical pointers for steps you can take now. The briefing will be of interest to counsel and their campus colleagues who work in Title IX and other antidiscrimination offices.   \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through NACUA’s Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/what-now-title-ix-in-the-aftermath-of-tennessee-v-cardona/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/01.24.25-Briefing-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250117T133000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260112T130613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T192844Z UID:37445-1737118800-1737120600@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Stop Campus Hazing Act: What You Need to Know to Comply DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nPresident Joseph R. Biden\, Jr. signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act (the “Act”) into law on December 23\, 2024\, to address concerns about injuries and deaths on college campuses related to hazing activities. The Act\, which amends the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act\, imposes several requirements on colleges and universities\, many of which already became\, or will soon become effective. Notably\, the Act requires institutions to compile and disclose an additional class of broadly-defined hazing statistics in a distinct new report\, to disclose additional information in Annual Security Reports\, and to publish information related to anti-hazing policies and prevention programs.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA member-experts\, Guilherme Costa and Janet Judge\, will provide an overview of the Act and offer practical insights for counsel and compliance colleagues who focus on areas most at risk for potential hazing activity on campus.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBriefing Recording\n\n\n\nThis briefing recording is complimentary to NACUA members and is available for NACUA members to access on demand through Online Learning Center. \n\n\n\nPlease contact us at nacua@nacua.org if you have any issues accessing the briefing. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/stop-campus-hazing-act-what-you-need-to-know-to-comply/ CATEGORIES:Briefing,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/01.17.25-Briefing-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260306T154402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T154946Z UID:40825-1732276800-1732284000@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The Law of Gender Identity on Campus DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nThe law pertaining to antidiscrimination protections for postsecondary students\, faculty\, and staff who identify as transgender\, or whose gender identity is nonbinary\, is complex. It is a combination of federal\, state\, and local laws\, interpreted via inconsistent and occasionally conflicting jurisprudence across different jurisdictions\, which is further complicated by regulatory and sub-regulatory guidance. Beyond the complicated legal framework\, higher education counsel are also often called upon to advise their clients on how to navigate the politics attendant to the law(s) of gender identity on campus.     \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar in which a trio of NACUA member-experts will examine the legal authority and practical considerations impacting gender identity in the postsecondary space\, including:  \n\n\n\n\nTitle IX\, including related to healthcare\, athletics\, facilities use\, and minors on campus;\n\n\n\nTitle VII\, including legal developments post-Bostock v. Clayton Cty. (2020); \n\n\n\nReligious accommodations & academic freedom\, including name and pronouns usage; and  \n\n\n\nAn overview of emerging State law trends. \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?   \n\n\n\nThis webinar will interest in-house and outside college and university counsel who advise on matters related to antidiscrimination law and related policies\, as well as campus administrators and other professionals on campus who maintain responsibilities in these areas. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M. ETWelcome and IntroductionsTitle IX2:00 P.M. ETTitle VII Religious Accommodations & Academic FreedomState TrendsPractical Tips and ConsiderationsQ&AConclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-law-of-gender-identity-on-campus/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/11.22.24-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20251229T214404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T204857Z UID:36094-1731456000-1731715199@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Fall 2024 CLE Workshop: Sponsored Research and Technology Transfer DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/fall-2024-cle-workshop-sponsored-research-and-technology-transfer/ LOCATION:Omni Shoreham Hotel\, Washington\, DC\, Washington\, DC CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260306T163730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T163731Z UID:40841-1727265600-1727272800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Navigating Campus Activism: Legal Insights for University Protests DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nAs students\, faculty\, and staff head back to campus\, colleges and universities around the country anticipate a continued presence of demonstrations and protest activities related to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza and the upcoming presidential election.  Counsel must be prepared to advise on how to (1) protect the free speech rights of faculty\, staff\, and students; (2) appropriately respond to Title VI duties surrounding hostile environments; and (3) ensure campus environments are free from discrimination and harassment based on race\, color\, and national origin\, especially in light of the increase in reports of antisemitism and Islamophobia.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar in which two experienced NACUA member-presenters will cover topics\, including: \n\n\n\n\nAn overview of free speech and protests on campus;\n\n\n\nUpdates on relevant case law impacting colleges and universities;\n\n\n\nScenarios exploring Title VI liability\, campus protest management\, principles of academic freedom\, and protected speech related to the 2024 presidential election; and\n\n\n\nBest practices and guidelines for responding to campus protests and protecting your institution from legal liability.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend? \n\n\n\nThis webinar will interest in-house and outside postsecondary counsel who advise on matters related to free speech and campus protests\, as well as campus administrators and other professionals on campus who maintain responsibilities in these areas.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M. ETWelcome and IntroductionsOverview of of Free Speech Considerations on Campus2:00 P.M. ETCase Law Update Q&AScenariosPractical Tips and ConsiderationsQ&AConclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/navigating-campus-activism-legal-insights-for-university-protests/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/09.25.24-Webinar-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260306T173234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T161911Z UID:40849-1726056000-1726063200@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Election 2024: Voting & Political Campaign-Related Activities on Campus DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nSince 2020\, the legal landscape for student voting and elections\, in addition to cultural expectations and sensitivities surrounding political campaign activity on campus and in the workplace\, have shifted and evolved. As the country leaps into the final sprint to the November election\, counsel must contend with a heightened level of legal and reputational risk for colleges and universities\, which in turn has increased the importance of timely\, informed\, and tailored advice and outreach to campus clients and community stakeholders.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this two-hour webinar where expert presenters with deep knowledge and practical experience on student voting and campus political campaign activity\, including experience serving public and private institutions\, will discuss the impact of relevant changes to election and voting laws and the top issues likely to affect your campus over the next few months. The webinar will include:  \n\n\n\n\nChanges to voter registration and election laws and impacts on students seeking to vote in your institution’s location or in their home jurisdiction; \n\n\n\n\n\nDiscussion of what likely constitutes “political campaign activity” for students\, faculty\, and employees in 2024; and \n\n\n\n\n\nPractical considerations and policy approaches for educating students\, advising employees\, engaging with the campus community\, and liaising with local and state election and political officials.  \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend?  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be of interest to college and university General Counsel and counsel who advise student affairs\, faculty and employee relations\, and government affairs\, and/or community affairs campus clients\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities in those areas.  her professionals on campus who maintain responsibilities in these areas.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M. ETWelcome and IntroductionsOverview of Pre-Election Landscape & TrendsTop Student Voting & Campaign-Related Political Activity IssuesQ&ATop Student Voting & Campus-Related Political Activity Issues (Continued)Q&A2:00 P.M. ETConclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/election-2024-voting-political-campaign-related-activities-on-campus/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/09-11-24-webinar-header-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240826T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240826T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260306T175517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T140955Z UID:40857-1724673600-1724680800@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:Back to School: Challenging Disability Issues in a Return to Campus DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nWith the beginning of a new academic year comes a wave of student disability accommodation requests and issues. As practitioners in this space know\, these requests and issues grow more complex and challenging each year. Therefore\, it is crucial that an institution’s departments communicate clearly and effectively to ensure fairness and consistency in addressing student disability matters. Please join us for this two-hour webinar where three disability-law experts\, including two former attorneys for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and an Associate Dean of Student Accessibility and Academic Resources\, will discuss their working relationship in handling and responding to accommodation requests and other challenging disability law issues on campus. The webinar will include:  \n\n\n\n\nAn overview of the current legal landscape\, including how to consider disability following the updates to the Title IX regulations;\n\n\n\nHypotheticals exploring various situations where accessibility services must work with campus counsel to support a positive outcome;\n\n\n\nDiscussion of challenges when faced with the academic perspective that an accommodation would constitute a fundamental alteration; and\n\n\n\nAdvice from the perspective of an accessibility services professional\, including guidance for how campus counsel can best support these offices.\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend?This webinar will be of interest to college and university counsel who handle disability law related matters\, as well as campus administrators with responsibilities related to reviewing and approving accommodations for students or who otherwise work on disability law matters.  professionals on campus who maintain responsibilities in these areas.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M. ETIntroductionsLegal Updates2:00 P.M. ETAccessibility Services Office OverviewHypotheticalQ&AHypotheticalQ&AHypotheticalsQ&AConclusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/back-to-school-challenging-disability-issues-in-a-return-to-campus/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/08.26.24-Webinar-Header-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20251229T211326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T142254Z UID:36072-1719360000-1719705599@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:2024 Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/2024-annual-conference/ LOCATION:Greater Columbus Convention Center\, Columbus\, OH\, Columbus\, OH CATEGORIES:Annual Conference,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T235959 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20251229T220001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T174004Z UID:36100-1718928000-1719100799@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:2024 Lawyers New to Higher Education Workshop DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/2024-lawyers-new-to-higher-education-workshop/ LOCATION:Greater Columbus Convention Center\, Columbus\, OH\, Columbus\, OH CATEGORIES:CLE Workshop,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240606T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240606T140000 DTSTAMP:20260422T175234 CREATED:20260307T164844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T165032Z UID:40879-1717675200-1717682400@dev.nacua.org SUMMARY:The DOJ’s Final Rule on Digital Accessibility: Practical Considerations for Public Institutions and Changes on the Horizon for Private Institutions DESCRIPTION:Webinar\n\nUnraveling Ethical Dilemmas in Campus Labor Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\n\nOn April 24\, 2024\, the U.S. Department of Justice issued its Final Rule regarding implementation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) across digital platforms\, which codifies application of existing nondiscrimination requirements for services\, programs\, and activities to public postsecondary web-based services and mobile apps. This Rule establishes detailed technical standards for web and mobile app content accessibility to promote equitable access to public services for people with a range of disabilities. The Final Rule is likely to serve as a blueprint for subsequent rulemaking under Title III.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for this 2-hour webinar in which NACUA experts will distill this complex regulatory and technological framework for both lawyers and Luddites\, including:   \n\n\n\n\nAn overview of the WCAG 2.1\, Level AA technical compliance standard;\n\n\n\nThe five compliance exceptions;\n\n\n\nWhen to rely on a “conforming alternate version” for making content accessible; \n\n\n\nWhat really constitutes a “fundamental alteration” of web-based services or “undue financial and administrative burdens;”\n\n\n\nDiffering implementation timelines based on entity size;\n\n\n\nAnd more! \n\n\n\n\nWho should attend?   \n\n\n\nThis webinar will interest public postsecondary counsel\, those tasked with implementing campus accommodations\, and campus tech partners; as well as private college and university counsel who wish to get a head start on anticipated web-based accessibility standards under Title III..  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sarah Wake\n Partner \n McGuireWoods \n \n \n \n \nSarah Wake is a Partner at McGuireWoods. She knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations\, colleges\, and universities face\, having served as external employment counsel\, in-house counsel\, and a diversity\, equity\, and inclusion business unit leader.  \n\n\n\nShe is a skilled litigator with extensive experience representing and counseling corporations and institutions of higher education on a variety of issues.  \n\n\n\nSarah regularly counsels her higher education clients – including research institutions in the Ivy League\, Big Ten\, Atlantic Coast Conference\, and Southeastern Conference – on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization efforts; discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct policy\, investigations\, and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including NCAA Division I compliance issues and name\, image\, and likeness); admissions; student conduct; affirmative action in employment and admissions; diversity\, equity\, and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); and physical and digital accessibility.  \n\n\n\nShe has significant experience defending corporations in connection with a variety of employment-related claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act\, the Family and Medical Leave Act\, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, the Americans with Disabilities Act\, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act\, and state discrimination and wage and hour laws. Sarah also routinely conducts high-profile and sensitive internal investigations for corporations\, including Fortune 500 companies.  \n\n\n\nSarah returned to McGuireWoods after spending over 8 years in higher education\, the last five of which she spent in Northwestern University’s Office of General Counsel. In this role\, her principal areas of responsibility included student-related issues (including athletics) and matters related to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion for students\, faculty\, and staff. While at Northwestern\, Sarah was an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Committee on Infractions\, which is charged with deciding cases involving alleged rules violations by NCAA member institutions and their employees.  \n\n\n\nPrior to her time at Northwestern\, Sarah served as the Associate Provost & Director for the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Chicago\, where she oversaw all complaints of discrimination\, harassment\, and sexual misconduct and served as the University’s Title IX Coordinator\, Section 504/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator\, and Affirmative Action Officer. She also previously worked at the University of Notre Dame as the Director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Coordinator and then Advisor to the Vice President for Research. As Advisor to the Vice President for Research\, Sarah focused on issues related to export controls\, research misconduct\, and innovation\, translation\, and commercialization efforts. Sarah served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office and as an intern in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office\, where she focused on various criminal matters including sexual assaults.  \n\n\n\nShe understands the importance of collaborating with her clients and their stakeholders to prevent and respond to legal issues that arise\, so that her clients can focus on their distinct missions.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anthony Moriello\n Counsel \n Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n \n \n \n \nAnthony Moriello serves as Counsel for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His practice areas include labor and employment\, student life\, and litigation.  He has advised campus clients on various issues relating to union organizing and labor relations and was a member of the Institute’s bargaining team when it recently negotiated an initial contract with its new graduate student union.  Prior to joining MIT\, Anthony was an associate at Rose Law Partners\, where he advised higher education clients across Massachusetts.  He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer C. Boal\, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n\n\nTimeSession Topic12:00 P.M. ETIntroductionsDefinitionsAccessibilityWCAG 2.1\, AA Technical Standards Compliance Carve Outs Implementation Timelines for Public IHEs & Implications for Private IHEs 2:00 P.M. ETQ&A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nMembers who purchase the Live Webinar will receive access to the Post-Event Recording in the Online Learning Center at no additional charge. Non-members will not have post-event access to the recording or the materials and should plan to download materials during the live webinar. \n\n\n\nIf you are a member and couldn’t attend live\, the event recording will be available for purchase in our Online Learning Center. The recording may be replayed at any time\, but may not be copied\, posted\, or otherwise distributed within or outside of the institution\, organization\, or firm. The license entitles the purchaser to replay the recording at one campus or at one location of any organization or firm. You can purchase the Post-Event Recording here. \n\n\n\n\nAccess Recording\n\n\n\nPurchase Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-2025 Webinars Sponsored by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCooperating Associations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNACUA Annual Conference\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Music City June 29 – July 2 to connect\, learn\, and lead alongside higher education attorneys shaping policy\, practice\, and impact nationwide together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://dev.nacua.org/event/the-dojs-final-rule-on-digital-accessibility-practical-considerations-for-public-institutions-and-changes-on-the-horizon-for-private-institutions/ CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.nacua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/06.06.24-Webinar-Header-Image.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR