Kaiser PLLC is well-equipped to address your needs in higher education. Our services include advising on Title IX issues and other discrimination and civil rights issues; addressing concerns about student data, including under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); counseling on campus safety issues, including under the Clery Act; advising on student affairs issues; conducting internal investigations; and leading civil litigation.
Recent Supreme Court cases and new state and federal laws targeting universities and colleges have contributed to drastic changes in the legal landscape in higher education. Kaiser PLLC has the knowledge and experience—including in constitutional and administrative law—necessary to help our clients navigate these especially tumultuous times, and to do so on a cost-efficient basis.
Our current team has a wide array of experience in higher education, including:
- Advising a large research university as in-house counsel on a wide array of regulatory compliance and litigation issues.
- Guiding multiple departments of a large university through a federal Title IX Compliance Review, resulting in no adverse findings.
- Counseling a university on First Amendment and free speech issues related to speakers on campus.
- Providing compliance advice to a law school regarding admissions practices, including issues related to affirmative action and concerns regarding discrimination.
- Coordinating an internal investigation of university medical research practices to ensure compliance with state and federal law.
- Advising a university police department on best practices regarding campus safety and legal compliance.
- Responding on behalf of a university to a disability discrimination complaint filed with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, resulting in no adverse findings.
- Experience in countless research integrity investigations, Title IX investigations, and other disciplinary processes.
Law 360 – “Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era” co-authored by Bill Pittard
January 17, 2019Matt Kaiser in The Washington Post: The Education Department wants to make campus sexual misconduct hearings fairer. It should go further.
September 6, 2018Law360 – “The Latest On Sexual Harassment Reform On The Hill” by Bill Pittard
February 23, 2018Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-Ed for The Washington Post: Lawyers: DeVos is bringing due process to campus sexual assault cases
September 11, 2017Law 360 – “When Russia Investigations Collide” by Bill Pittard
June 7, 2017Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-Ed: Minnesota’s Failed Football Boycott Was a Blow to Fairness in Campus Sexual Assault Hearings
December 20, 2016Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in Los Angeles Times: Absurdity Reigns in Campus Sexual Assault Trials.
April 21, 2016Matt Kaiser Guest Blogs on Washington Legal Foundation The Legal Pulse: Overcriminalization Timeline: Mens Rea, Public Welfare Offenses and Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
November 16, 2015Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Editorial in the Los Angeles Times: How to Punish Campus Sexual Assault
November 14, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes an Editorial in The Washington Times: Being an Executive is not a Crime
November 11, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes Editorial in LA Times: Why It’s Unfair for Colleges to Use Outside Investigators in Rape Cases.
September 16, 2015Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in the National Law Journal: The DOJ’s Crackdown on White-Collar Crime Creates ‘Cruel Alternative’
September 14, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-ed in The Weekly Standard: The Campus Sex Scene: How Congress Can Make It Worse
August 6, 2015Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-ed in The Washington Post: We’ve defended lots of campus sexual assault cases, so we know just how unfair they are
July 24, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes Editorial in Baltimore Sun: A Minimum of Reform
November 14, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in San Diego Union-Tribune: California Bill Won’t Solve Sexual Assault Problem on Campus
September 3, 2014Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-Ed in Boston Herald: College Courts Flunks Fairness Test
August 16, 2014Matt Kaiser Publishes an Article for Time Magazine: Some Rules about Consent are “Unfair” to Male Students”
May 15, 2014Matt Kaiser Publishes an Editorial in the Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Opinion for The Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors a Letter to the Editor in the New York Times: The Rights of the Accused
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