EDUCATION LAW: Practices & Services

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm possesses unique knowledge of the complex legal issues that can impact public and private colleges, universities, academies and other academic institutions. With a team of professionals that include a former university system president, a former university provost and a lawyer with over 12 years experience representing academic institutions, we can help university presidents and chancellors, general counsel and private school administrators with solving even the most pressing challenges.

School Administrative Hearings and Processes

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm offers clients legal representation in all matters related to school discipline, administrative processes, disabilities and other issues related to education law. We represent students in matters such as:

Expulsion hearings
Suspension hearings
Disciplinary hearings
Academic dishonesty and other school administrative hearings and processes
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) rights
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 rights
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) rights

Interscholastic Athletics

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm offers clients over 10 years of collective experience representing clients in athletics cases. In fact, our team includes a licensed attorney, a licensed private investigator and a former athletics administrator. We will use our knowledge to provide clients with effective and efficient solutions to:

High-school and middle-school students with eligibility and transfer issues.
Schools with alleged violations of interscholastic athletics association rules.

Compliance and Ethics

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm is available to assist you with developing proactive solutions to address an academic institution’s most pressing compliance and ethics needs. In particular, our experienced professionals can support you with complying with government regulations by evaluating your organization’s operations and processes, as well as developing effective compliance and ethics systems. For example, we:

Conduct comprehensive compliance audits and reviews.
Design compliance and ethics programs, policies and procedures.
Prepare compliance manuals.
Perform due-diligence reviews.
Assist organizations with developing codes of ethics.
Lead process improvement projects.
Conduct innovative education and training workshops on compliance and ethics issues and topics.
Provide coaching services for compliance and ethics officers.

Governance, Leadership and Teamwork

A well-managed academic institution possesses a solid foundation of governance policies and procedures, as well as an environment that cultivates visionary leadership and teamwork. Governance describes the administration of your organization and guarantees the proper use of decision-making responsibility within it. The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm works with you to ensure that your organization can deal effectively with any governance, leadership and teamwork issues that may arise. Our team includes an attorney who is a trainer on leadership and teamwork issues. We are available to provide you with the following governance, leadership, and teamwork services:

Design or revise an academic institution’s governance and leadership system.
Lead process improvement projects.
Perform due-diligence reviews.
Conduct education and training workshops on leadership and teamwork.
Provide coaching services for administrators and other leaders.
Lead team building programs and exercises.
Provide diversity education and training.

Internal Investigations

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm can assist you with resolving issues that require in-depth investigation or fact-finding. Our internal investigation team includes an attorney, licensed private investigator and other professionals. Using the latest investigation interview techniques, our professionals can conduct cost-effective internal investigations involving:

Non-compliance with government rules and regulations.
Non-compliance with NCAA, NAIA and NCJAA legislation.
Ethical misconduct.
Academic-fraud.
Due-diligence.
Non-compliance with organizational rules and regulations.

Professional Development

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm can work with you to develop and conduct education and training seminars and workshops that produce measurable and dramatic results for an academic institution. Our advisors will analyze your organization to produce creative presentations and materials that are informative and useful for your employees. For example, our professionals have provided or developed seminars and workshops in a variety of areas and topics, including:

Academic-fraud.
Customer service.
Ethics.
Internal investigation techniques.
Leadership and teamwork.
Process improvement.
Teaching and coaching techniques and strategies for high-school professionals.
Diversity education and training.

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