Education

Educational institutions face a host of regulatory, administrative, and institutional issues that are unique to the academic setting. The lawyers at Perkins Thompson have extensive experience in representing secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. A number of our attorneys have served as directors and trustees of colleges, universities, private schools and academies, and other nonprofit organizations. As a result of these professional associations and our longstanding representation of academic institutions, the firm has considerable knowledge and experience with the specialized issues facing schools, colleges, and universities. The lawyers in the Education Practice Group have been longtime members of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA).

The Education Practice Group takes a cross-disciplinary approach in rendering services. Clients have the benefit of our lawyers in the employment, business, tax, real estate, land use, and litigation practice groups, among others. The Group regularly provides counseling on such matters as: compliance with federal regulations governing student records, financial aid, campus security, sexual harassment, and disabilities; academic affairs, institutional policies, and faculty issues; student affairs, including discipline and dismissal proceedings; state and federal taxation issues; planned giving and other development issues; contract issues; liability and insurance matters; facilities planning, real estate, land use, zoning, and related regulatory compliance matters; bond financing and other financial transactions; mergers and other institutional reorganizations; labor, employment, and discrimination issues affecting faculty, administrators, and staff.

Perkins Thompson's Education Practice Group is uniquely positioned to provide the full range of legal services in all matters facing educational institutions as businesses, employers, educators, and landowners.