47th Annual National Conference on Higher Education Law & Policy
Life During Edupocalypse? A Time of Profound Strategic Realignment in Higher Education Law and Policy
“This ain’t no disco, this ain’t no party, this ain’t no fooling around….” Talking Heads
The higher education industry is confronting seismic shifts and existential threats in the ways higher education law and policy intersects with the field. A plethora of ever evolving judicial mandates and wide-ranging executive, regulatory and legislative mandates have forced strategic—and tactical—law and policy realignment. Even the functioning of the rule of law—and the role of legal services—has shifted for colleges and universities. Nothing that was once certain or sacred has been spared on the higher education law and policy battlefield. Join us for the nation's premier and longest-running interdisciplinary conference, the 47th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education, where we will explore together the wide range of intersecting law and policy challenges for modern institutions of higher education and develop approaches to assist the field in these times.
While we are currently working on creating sessions and securing speakers for the 2026 event, anticipated topics to be covered at the conference include:
- Title VI
- Title IX
- First Amendment Issues, including campus speech and protests
- Academic freedom
- Litigation updates
- Regulatory updates
- Executive orders affecting higher education
- Artificial Intelligence/ChatGPT
- Employment law issues
- FERPA
- Shared governance/tenure
- Student conduct
- Faith in higher education
- Greek Life issues
- Campus safety/Clery Act
- Athletics
- Risk and Crisis Management
- Disability law, including online accessibility
We hope to see you in 2026!