Boston Bar Association

Join us once again for the College and University Law Section's Spring Social!...

This annual program provides a comprehensive examination of the key employment law decisions of the past year by federal and state courts and administrative agencies....

This session will provide guidance on how to comply with the law’s mandates as well as how to take advantage of the law’s affirmative defense provisions. Participants will leave with tools and strategies to assess their pay practices and take steps to minimize their liability under the Pay Equity Act....

We will review the areas of the new Tax Reform law that have implications for Exempt Organizations. Will we identify some areas where further guidance is needed and discuss the practical aspects of implementing the law. Colleges, health systems and other exempt organizations will be affected. Come join us to learn more! ...

Join us to learn how to better address a variety of immigration issues affecting college campuses in 2018....

After this program, attendess will understand the impact of recent title IX guidance from the Office for Civil Rights on universities’ investigative processes; recent decisions and trends in Title IX litigation and the status of proposed Massachusetts legislation on campus sexual assault....

Colleges and universities are stretching across the globe. As it reaches ever further from home, the ability to control and protect the use of the institution’s name and good will becomes ever more challenging. Unfortunately, it is often only after a difficult experience that institutions realize the need to proactively protect their names as they build their presence in other countries. This session is intended both for veteran institutions with extensive international experience as well as those just beginning to contemplate and explore these issues. ...

Join us to learn the basics of web accessibility, the evolving legal landscape, basic expectationss for vendor agreements with technology services and what to expeect from the OCR investigative process and/or individual complaints....

Come hear from those who are at the center of major development projects by schools and colleges about the typical lifecycle of such projects, including the unique challenges of developing as an academic institution and the use of partnership and other business models to overcome those challenges....

Come learn from two expert mediators and one legendary ombuds how mediation and ombuds services can be tools in your toolbox to resolve disagreements....

Join the College & University Section for their annual update on the legislative and regulatory changes that my effect higher education....