Voices of the NACUA Community
The National Association of College and University Attorneys member institutions span all corners of the United States, and individual members come from a diverse range of backgrounds and practice areas.
Joining the association offers a number of valuable benefits and also provides access to a network of over 5,000 higher education attorneys. For those practicing higher education law, this community itself is an invaluable resource. Hear from actual NACUA members about how they have benefited from membership.
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When I joined the Emory University legal office twenty-five years ago, family and friends asked “why does a university need a lawyer?” They don’t ask now. Today, legal challenges are impacting colleges and universities in fundamental ways. Higher ed lawyers rise to meet these challenges every day, and NACUA – and the NACUA community – have never been more needed.
—Steve Sencer, Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP
In my view, higher education attorneys hold the best and most interesting legal jobs in the nation. Colleges and universities contribute uniquely to scholarly and scientific progress and to the civic good; moreover, they serve as perhaps the greatest engines for social mobility in our country. In order to address the complex, urgent, and in some cases existential challenges facing American higher education today, universities increasingly require excellent lawyering across the broadest range of legal issues. For these reasons, I take great pride in assisting our university clients to achieve their important community, national, and public interest missions.
—Cody W. Meixner, Associate General Counsel, Georgetown University
NACUA members are on the frontline of multi-faceted attacks on higher education, the rule of law, and longstanding norms – attacks that make the world feel bleak at the moment. The community I have found within NACUA provides a critical antidote to that bleakness. NACUA members are not afraid to dive in, to ask hard questions, to give of their time, and to share their knowledge. The connections we make with one another across NACUA provide the stability, the foundation, and the framework for friendship, leadership, service, and faith in the greater good that comes through collaboration and meaningful engagement.
—Leslie Gomez, Vice Chair, Institutional Response Group, Cozen O’Connor
NACUA’s workshops, webinars, and briefings are always timely. As a NACUA member, I have access to thoughtful content and analysis, which I have found essential to the practice of higher ed law. What keeps me coming back to NACUA is the sense of community – I have found that NACUA colleagues are always available to share practical resources and think through unique questions.
—Olabisi “Bisi” Okubadejo, Associate Vice President for Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Compliance, Georgetown University
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