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On August 24, 2023, the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR" or the "Department") released a Dear Colleague Letter (the "DCL") regarding "Race and School Programming." This DCL, which surely appears to be a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair...

Advancing Strategic and Purposeful Use of Campus Real Estate Colleges and universities continually strive to enhance their campuses by developing new buildings and redeveloping existing buildings to stimulate collaboration and socialization, by upgrading infrastructure and replacing systems, and by...

Bill Warren is a member of the Real Estate, Construction and Government Contracts practices. He has worked extensively on governmental procurement of technology, equipment, commodities and services, and public, nonprofit and private construction programs, and as a commercial litigator in the federal...

Al Chakravarty helps to protect and defend organizations and individuals from issues that are enforced by federal and state agencies, including regulatory and compliance issues, whistleblower complaints, national security concerns, allegations of anti-competitive behavior, executive or employee...

Alexander (Sandy) R. Bilus assists clients who are facing complex commercial litigation or who need legal advice on issues involving cybersecurity and data privacy, particularly in the higher education and financial services industries. Sandy's litigation experience includes arguing cases before the...

John Stoviak handles high-stakes litigation, complex trials and appeals for business, energy and environmental clients in courts throughout the United States, and he represents colleges, universities, and independent schools in delicate governance matters and issues. He has achieved two $100 million...

Katherine Chrisman maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving professional liability, employment law, education law, as well as contract and business disputes. In addition to assisting employers and public entities ‒ including municipal and county governments...

Fran Roggenbaum concentrates her practice on the corporate, transactional and regulatory aspects of the insurance industry. She provides regulatory advice to insurance company clients, and assistance to businesses in self-insurance and risk management strategies, both in Pennsylvania and nationally...

Carolyn Toll is a member of the Litigation Department in the firm's Philadelphia office. She maintains a general litigation practice, focusing on higher education matters. Carolyn advises institutions of higher education on matters involving issues related to Title IX, Title VI, and other civil...

Dan Altchek has a national practice representing unionized employers, and employers who wish to remain union-free, in their labor relations and human resources issues. Whether Dan is serving clients as their lead negotiator at the bargaining table, their litigator, or their trusted counselor – and...

Josh Richards focuses his practice on counseling institutions of higher education. In addition to providing day-to-day advice and counsel to schools in a wide variety of matters, Josh helps institutions involved in civil and regulatory disputes address challenges through litigation, appeals, and...

Jim Taylor is a trial lawyer with first-chair experience handling complex litigation in federal and state courts. A significant portion of his practice uses that litigation experience and perspective to counsel clients in managing high-profile crises, minimizing financial and reputational risks...

Jim Keller is a trial lawyer, the co-chair of Saul Ewing’s Higher Education Practice and K-12 Schools Practice and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Kara Pike advises clients in the insurance industry on regulatory matters involving federal and state insurance laws. Her experience includes working on numerous multi-state insurance regulatory issues, including underwriting limitations, unfair discrimination, partnership policy requirements...

Teresa "Terri" R. Tracy represents management in labor and employment litigation and related legal matters. Her experience includes issues involving wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour, class action, union organizing campaigns, grievances and arbitrations, and collective bargaining...

Fanta Freeman focuses her practice on litigation, particularly matters involving colleges and universities and K-12 schools. Fanta assists these institutional clients when they are facing claims of discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct and retaliation, and supports them in conducting...

Covering Your Campus's Legal Issues The legal issues facing colleges and universities are more challenging than ever, reaching every corner of campus life with increasing complexity. From discipline to drones, Title IX to taxes, FERPA to financing, Saul Ewing has a deep bench of lawyers who wrestle...

Jennifer Becnel-Guzzo draws on 20 years of litigation and in-house experience to provide strategic legal advice to clients, including institutions of higher education and other entities. Jennifer’s former role as associate vice president and deputy general counsel at a major research university...