Higher Education
Trusted Legal Counsel for the Academic Community
Perkins Coie is proud to act as trusted counsel for universities, colleges, and the diverse range of organizations, research institutions, and individuals that comprise the academic community.
We provide not just legal support, but comprehensive and practical guidance across a broad spectrum of matters that make up today’s ever-evolving higher education landscape.
One such occasion saw our selection by the University of Colorado for an internal review post the “Colorado theater shootings” and the Ohio State University in its wide-ranging investigation into the sexual abuse of male student athletes. We were also chosen to investigate alleged misconduct by Concordia University of Chicago’s head baseball coach. Additionally, we represented a leading University of Illinois administrator in an extensive admissions probe.
How we help clients
- Conducting sensitive internal investigations and reviews
- Pursuing and defending complex litigation
- Advising on "bet the university" legal issues
- Representing individuals, institutions, and organizations against charges of misconduct
- Advising leading universities and institutions on U.S. and global patent protection and patent portfolio management in a wide range of technologies
- Meeting data security challenges
- Counseling on employment and bankruptcy issues
Representative Higher Education Clients
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Before proceeding, please note: If you are not a current client of Perkins Coie, please do not include any information in this e-mail that you or someone else considers to be of a confidential or secret nature. Perkins Coie has no duty to keep confidential any of the information you provide. Neither the transmission nor receipt of your information is considered a request for legal advice, securing or retaining a lawyer. An attorney-client relationship with Perkins Coie or any lawyer at Perkins Coie is not established until and unless Perkins Coie agrees to such a relationship as memorialized in a separate writing.
