48th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education
Stepping Up to Every Challenge and Seizing Every Opportunity: Facilitating Profoundly Impactful Law and Policy Work at Pivot Points
“There goes my hero….” – Foo Fighters
The higher education industry has shown remarkable resilience and adaptability in the face of polycrises and near constant law and policy demands to pivot, redesign and adapt. The 2027 event will celebrate and seek to facilitate interdisciplinary higher education professionals in their work. Join fellow every-day higher education heroes on the beach at the nation's premier and longest-running interdisciplinary conference, Stetson Law’s 48th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education. Together we will explore the ever-evolving and wide range of intersecting law and policy challenges for modern institutions of higher education and develop approaches to assist the field—and you—in these times. Our field has been tested to the core. We have risen to challenges and will continue to explore the opportunities that lie ahead for higher education.
We have been at work since our last event creating sessions and securing speakers for the 2027 event. Anticipated topics to be covered at the Conference include:
- Title VI
- Title IX
- Accreditation
- Age discrimination
- First Amendment issues, including campus speech and protests
- Academic freedom
- Litigation and Supreme Court updates
- Regulatory updates
- Executive orders affecting higher education
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Employment law issues
- FERPA
- Shared governance/tenure
- Student conduct
- Faith in higher education
- Greek Life issues
- Campus safety/Clery Act
- Hazing
- Athletics and NIL
- Risk and crisis management
- Disability law, including online accessibility
- Immigration issues affecting campuses
Stetson Law's 48th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education takes place on March 3 - 7, 2027 at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach.
We hope to see you at the Conference in 2027!