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[Webinar] Ensuring the Highest-Quality Title IX Outcomes with The FAIR Center - August 13th, 2:00 pm ET

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As uncertainty persists around the Title IX Regulations, ensuring compliance for your school or institution can be daunting. This webinar will provide comprehensive insights and practical strategies to help navigate the...more

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Summer Reading for Educational Leaders: Resources to Help You Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year

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As you recover from another whirlwind of a school year, we hope you can take some time to relax and enjoy your summer break. The next few months will be the perfect time to – at your leisure – catch up on this past year’s...more

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[Webinar] Ohio’s House Bill 68 Goes Into Effect – What are the Next Steps for K-12 + Higher Ed? - March 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Interested in learning more about HB68 and what policies you should be paying attention to? Join education attorneys Kasey Havekost and Izaak Orlansky for a discussion on the new laws governing transgender students in the...more

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Calm Waters Run Deep: 10 Action Items to Help Your School Face the Rising Tide of Political Discourse

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Yes, we are still talking about this. Despite facing what feels like a rising tide of political discourse in our communities for years, we continue to hear concerns about how schools can balance fostering academic freedom,...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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Here’s How the Highly Anticipated Changes to Title IX Could Affect Colleges, Universities, and Public K-12 Schools

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The Department of Education (DOE) is expected to issue two major amendments to Title IX regulations next month that could cause headaches for educational institutions with classes already in full swing. One rule will address...more

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AI in Education: How Modern Schools are Navigating the AI Revolution with Administrators, Teachers, and Students

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Artificial intelligence – especially the burgeoning Generative AI field where digital platforms help human users create new content from scratch – has opened the door to boundless uses and opportunities. From an employment...more

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Back-to-School Homework for School Leaders: A 6-Step Guide to Refreshing Your Employee and Student Policies

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As you prepare for the coming academic year, you’ll need to consider key developments that took place over the last year as you plan your approach this fall. Indeed, legal changes, current events, shifting priorities, and...more

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Key Checklists for Schools to Prepare for Active Shooters and Boost Campus Safety Protocols

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The possibility of a school shooting is terrifying, and the consequences can be heartbreaking. Unfortunately, however, recent events have shown that an active shooting can occur almost anywhere – with schools a frequent...more

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How Florida’s New Bathroom Law Will Impact Schools, Public Employers, and Businesses

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Florida lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that will make it a crime for individuals to use certain bathrooms that don’t align with their gender at birth, raising many questions for schools, public employers, and businesses...more

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5 Additional Factors to Consider When Updating Your School’s Bylaws For Next Academic Year

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Last year, drawing on lessons learned during the pandemic, we provided a list of considerations for schools to take into account as you update your bylaws... Now that the school year is close to wrapping up and you cast your...more

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ChatGPT Presents Opportunities for Schools — But Be Sure to Think Through These Pros and Cons

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Have you heard about ChatGPT? Your students definitely have, and they are probably already using it. ChatGPT is a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI. This new technology has the potential to...more

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Federal Government to Schools: Ignore Title VI Obligations at Your Own Peril

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With constantly changing regulations, technical definitions and intricate procedural requirements, many schools have spent the past several years worrying about preventing sex-based discrimination as required by Title IX....more

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Education Flash Survey Reveals Wide Differences in COVID Approach for New School Year

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While the great majority of schools will not be requiring their students or staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this coming school year, that’s not necessarily true for schools in the Northeast and on the West Coast....more

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[Webinar] 2022 Proposed Title IX Regulations: What You Need to Know - July 19th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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On June 23, the Department of Education issued a proposed rulemaking that would alter obligations to address sex discrimination that affects employees and students, including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and...more

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[Webinar] Title IX (& beyond) Investigator Training - June 30th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

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This training takes the tools that Bricker provides for investigating Title IX Complaints and elaborates on the skills used to provide further instruction for use in student conduct and employment investigations. From our...more

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Detailed FAQs for Schools on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard

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Educational institutions across the country are facing an upcoming compliance deadline as the mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule will soon take effect (pending the outcome of ongoing litigation). The rule will...more

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Make Sure Your Diversity Work is Consistent with Your Legal Obligations

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Whether your school is aiming to be more diverse and inclusive or wanting to be in the best possible position to enforce religious tenets, it is important to consult with experienced independent or private school legal...more

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Back to School: 4 Things To Focus On During Summer Break

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There is no doubt that every school faced unprecedented challenges over the last year. Summer break is a great time for private and independent schools to reset and plan for the next school year and beyond, taking into...more

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Going Viral: Navigating Social Media within the School Community

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Social media has transformed how we interact online and engage with our communities with the average person spending over six hours a day online. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an even greater increase...more

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Title IX – Will Everything Old Be New Again?

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[Warning: This article does not reference viruses, vaccines, or mask-wearing.] The education world is in a state of flux, legally speaking. Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will further opine on the extent to which the...more

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[Webinar] Responding to Student Disability Accommodation Requests in the New Normal: You want to do what? We can’t do that...or...

A year after COVID-19 shuttered doors and opened a new world of online remote learning, K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are facing an increase in the number and type of student accommodation requests. The 2020 shift...more

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7-Point Action Plan: How Educational Institutions Should Plan For 2021 And Beyond

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There is no doubt that 2020 brought huge challenges for schools. As we near the end of the first semester and plan for the rest of the 2020-2021 school year and beyond, there are some lessons we can learn, some processes to...more

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COVID School Landscape

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In this episode, we discuss the most top-of-mind issues and lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis....more

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Higher Education Reopening Dilemma Mirrors Other Businesses

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Reopening schools seems to be the classic dilemma between two undesirable options – open and run the risk of greater Covid-19 infections and deaths, or stay closed and risk financial calamity or ruin. The University of North...more

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