Education

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• Domestic and international transactional and regulatory compliance experience, relating to private, public and religious educational institutions, from pre-schools through universities, including but not limited to: 1964 Civil Rights Act Title VI; 1972 Education Amendments Title IX; administrative hearings; admissions; affiliates; affiliations; alternate dispute resolution; alumni issues; arbitration; athletics; bequests; board committees issues; board of directors issues; board of trustees issues; campus violence; charitable trusts; civil rights; clinical trials; collaborations; commercial transactions; conflicts of interest; construction; contracts management; contract negotiation; corporate governance; data collection; data privacy; data protection; data security; disciplinary actions; discrimination; donor issues; employment; equal opportunity; events; facilities management; freedom of information requests; gifts; grants; grievances; healthcare; human resources; immigration; insurance; intellectual property; international affairs; labor relations; litigation; litigation management; mediation; medical facilities; nonprofits issues; outsourcing; procurement; real estate; records management; records retention; regulatory hearings; reputational risk management; requests for information; requests for proposals; requests for quotations; requests for solicitations; research commercialization; risk avoidance; risk management; risk mitigation; scholarships; sourcing; student affairs; supply chain; technology licensing.

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• Familiarity with the applicable civil rights, education, nonprofit, not-for-profit, tax-exempt organizations and trusts & estates laws of New Jersey, New York City, New York State and Pennsylvania.

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• Familiarity with the Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 Chapters relating to higher education institutions, such as Chapters 3, 20, 28, 39, 52-53.

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• Typical tasks as outside counsel for educational institutions, including: assistance with the internal legal budget management; authors and revises manuals, policies, procedures, protocols, publications and website content regarding institutional activities and operations; development of legal strategies in anticipation of issues related to institutional activities operations; procures and manages consultants, outside counsel and subject matter experts (SMEs) as may be required for specialized legal actions; provision of general legal counsel and guidance to the administrators, officers and upper management of the institution; supervision of internal legal staff, including administrative staff, paralegals and lawyers, as may be required; training for administrators, officers and upper management regarding critical legal issues.

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