Colleges and universities are facing greater and more complex operational, regulatory, strategic, and cultural challenges, and are seizing opportunities to transform their institutions and their students.
We turn insights into practical, higher-education-focused solutions to help guide our clients through some of their most exciting and innovative endeavors.
Our team provides strategic counsel to clients on a wide range of issues, including:
- Appellate
- Athletics
- Antitrust
- Clery Act and Title IX compliance
- Constitutional rights
- Endowments and investments
- Environmental policy
- Financial transactions
- Government contracts and grants
- High-stakes disputes and trials
- Information technology, privacy, and data security
- Insurance recovery
- Intellectual property
- Labor and employment
- Life sciences and health
- Nondiscrimination policies
- Nonprofit governance
- Public contracting
- Real estate
- Student life
- Tax-exemption
Reed Smith lawyers have been presidents, board members, and regular speakers at the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) conferences, and we are co-founders of NACUA’s Young Lawyers’ Affinity Group.
We have served as outside general counsel for private universities, allowing us to interact regularly with presidents, senior administrators, and board chairs, and enabling us to fully understand the myriad challenges facing the OGC.
