Approach
Colleges and universities seek to serve many constituencies - from students and faculty to academic communities and financial benefactors. Your Firm has developed significant experience in helping educational institutions achieve their goals across these varied audiences.
We make it our business to understand the issues surrounding the complex environment of higher education institutions, in addition to the laws affecting how those institutions operate.
Attorneys
Our attorneys are well versed in issues affecting higher education. Our team includes current and former college and university professors who regularly publish and present before professional organizations. As counsel for colleges and universities, our clients have at their disposal the resources, skills and experience of the entire firm.
Our firm's affiliation with, and presentations at, the annual and regional meetings of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA-HR), and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) keep our attorneys on the leading edge of issues affecting higher education.
Clients
Our clients include public and private colleges and universities of all sizes, as well as vocational and technical schools.
Practice
The firm's highest priority is to establish a close working relationship with its clients to develop a thorough understanding of educational issues as they affect each individual campus. To that end, we work efficiently and creatively with each institution to develop resolutions to issues that serve both the interests of the institution and its educational community as a whole.
Herrmann Easy Edit's higher education law practice regularly provides counsel on the following issues:
- College employee performance, employee contracts, and evaluation plans
- Construction/real estate/environmental law
- Contract administration
- Contract renewal, non-renewal, tenure decisions, terminations and severance agreements
- Faculty reappointment and tenure issues
- Finance and bond counsel
- First Amendment rights of students and faculty
- HIPAA compliance
- Impact of federal legislation, such as ADA, FMLA, Title IX, the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, the ADEA and OWPBA
- Information technology and proprietary rights
- Intellectual property rights, protection and enforcement
- Investigation and preparation of responses to discrimination and harassment complaints
- On campus personal injury liability
- OSHA compliance reviews
- Privacy rights, student records and FERPA
- Student access to programs, discipline and due process
- Succession planning
Education Law Workshops and Training
Your Firm's legal update workshops and training programs are designed to equip the administration, faculty and staff of our college and university clients with the knowledge to understand legal and regulatory requirements in order to avoid exposing the institution to legal liability. We believe that a proactive, preventative approach provides added value for each education client. A dedicated team of attorneys will customize a training curriculum best suited to the institution's needs. We will be happy to conduct the workshops or training on campus or, if you prefer, at our one of our office locations.