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A commitment to excellence in education
Our education lawyers and advisors provide practical and experienced advice to help our clients reach their goals and think ahead. Our team reaches across disciplines to solve education institutions’ complex issues across law, policy, pedagogy, and politics.
- Strategic counsel and advocacy
- Civil rights and Title IX
- Governance and policy
- Facilities and operations, including construction, land acquisition, and tax/public financing
- Labor and employment
- Tax
- Special education and disability
- Litigation, including constitutional and public sector issues
- Intellectual property
- Sports
Our teams' areas of focus
Representing clients throughout the education space
Nelson Mullins is positioned to represent schools, colleges and universities, school districts, school boards, education administrators, foundations, education service providers, and other policy experts in a variety of legal areas. Our education team’s experience ranges from drafting of legislation to accreditation issues and litigation on Title IX and civil rights matters and everything in between. Our attorneys also represent schools in legal matters surrounding compliance, governance, athletics, labor and employment, litigation, special education, and student matters, including First Amendment and disciplinary hearings. Our education law services also include serving as outside general counsel to colleges, school boards, superintendents, and administrators. Our policy team has insight and experience in creating systems designed to close the achievement gap and improve support for all students.
A commitment to excellence in education
Our team members are professionals deeply committed to helping clients achieve excellent outcomes for all students from their earliest experiences through college and beyond. We include a former U.S. Secretary of Education and Governor of South Carolina, as well as teachers, professors, and trustees of higher education institutions. Our clients have an overarching mission: educating America's students. Our experience and deep commitment to this mission give us a unique perspective and ability to serve our clients and help them accomplish their overarching objectives.
Advocating for improvements in U.S. education
In addition to our education law teams, Nelson Mullins is affiliated with EducationCounsel LLC, a mission-based education-consulting firm that combines experience in policy, strategy, law and advocacy to drive improvements in the U.S. education system. EducationCounsel develops and advances evidence-based ideas at the local, state, and national levels to strengthen educational systems and promote expanded opportunities and improved outcomes for all students in order to close achievement gaps and significantly improve education outcomes for all children from early childhood through postsecondary education.
An integrated approach to Education
Our teams' areas of focus
Representing clients throughout the education space
Nelson Mullins is positioned to represent schools, colleges and universities, school districts, school boards, education administrators, foundations, education service providers, and other policy experts in a variety of legal areas. Our education team’s experience ranges from drafting of legislation to accreditation issues and litigation on Title IX and civil rights matters and everything in between. Our attorneys also represent schools in legal matters surrounding compliance, governance, athletics, labor and employment, litigation, special education, and student matters, including First Amendment and disciplinary hearings. Our education law services also include serving as outside general counsel to colleges, school boards, superintendents, and administrators. Our policy team has insight and experience in creating systems designed to close the achievement gap and improve support for all students.
A commitment to excellence in education
Our team members are professionals deeply committed to helping clients achieve excellent outcomes for all students from their earliest experiences through college and beyond. We include a former U.S. Secretary of Education and Governor of South Carolina, as well as teachers, professors, and trustees of higher education institutions. Our clients have an overarching mission: educating America's students. Our experience and deep commitment to this mission give us a unique perspective and ability to serve our clients and help them accomplish their overarching objectives.
Advocating for improvements in U.S. education
In addition to our education law teams, Nelson Mullins is affiliated with EducationCounsel LLC, a mission-based education-consulting firm that combines experience in policy, strategy, law and advocacy to drive improvements in the U.S. education system. EducationCounsel develops and advances evidence-based ideas at the local, state, and national levels to strengthen educational systems and promote expanded opportunities and improved outcomes for all students in order to close achievement gaps and significantly improve education outcomes for all children from early childhood through postsecondary education.
- Combination of government relations, policy experience, litigation, employment law, and operational experience
- Deep understanding of the issues facing the education field
- Efficient processes that are part of our DNA
- Holistic advice on education matters from litigators, policy experts, and key influencers
- A commitment to helping school systems improve, close achievement gaps, and improve access to opportunity
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