Education

Miller Nash’s education law team supports all types of educational institutions in navigating the rapidly evolving legal landscape, offering forward-looking guidance and strategic solutions aligned with each client’s mission and goals.

Educational institutions have a variety of nuanced, complex, and often high-profile legal needs. Efficient resolution of these matters demands experienced and focused attorneys who consistently work with public and private educational institutions and who appreciate the need to thoughtfully evaluate how decisions and strategies intersect with each client’s overall educational mission.

Experienced Education Law Counsel

Our comprehensive education law team has a long history of providing creative solutions for public and private institutions of higher education, public school districts, and private independent schools, in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We are proud of our ability to anticipate and respond to the evolving legal service needs of our education clients. Our attorneys are passionate about education and stay current on legal issues that are important to our clients, with the goal of providing legal services in a strategic and cost‐effective manner.

Education Law Services

The Miller Nash education law team provides education institutions with extensive experience in the full spectrum of education law matters, including:

• Employment law
• Traditional labor law
• Athletics and NIL
• Student affairs
• Special education
• Shared governance
• Academic freedom and First Amendment issues
• Constitutional obligations
• Title IX, the ADA, Section 504, and other anti-discrimination laws
• Investigations
• Campus safety
• Financial and accreditation-related issues
• Data privacy and confidentiality
• Public governance and board issues
• Public records and public meetings requirements
• Public contracting and procurement
• Nonprofit governance issues
• Construction
• Land use
• Real estate
• Environmental compliance
• Insurance recovery
• Major personal injury and tort claims
• Representation in state and federal courts and in front of administrative agencies

Please visit our K-12 Education and Higher Education pages for further detail regarding specific services the firm provides for each client sector.