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Our approach + offerings

Our Collegiate Athletics team partners with clients to navigate the ever-shifting legal and regulatory landscape governing college athletics. Our attorneys’ experience translates to practical guidance when advising colleges and universities on Title IX gender equity compliance, assisting institutions at every stage of the process, including internal audits, government investigations and class litigation. We conduct investigations into an ever-expanding range of potentially high-profile allegations, including alleged infractions of NCAA rules and misconduct by coaches and student-athletes, and we represent universities before the NCAA Committee on Infractions, NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee and Collegiate Sports Commission. We also advise college and university clients on compliance with the growing number of NCAA and NAIA rules and guide institutions through increasingly complex regulations governing collegiate sports.

Core capabilities + key client concerns

From junior colleges to power conference schools, our team helps navigate the following legal issues affecting their ability to deliver quality experiences to student athletes, coaches and related employees and administrators:

  • NCAA and NAIA rules compliance and infraction cases
  • Name, Image + Likeness — rules compliance, policy development and contract negotiations
  • House Settlement implementation
  • Title IX compliance review and strategic plans — gender equity, trans-athletes and sexual misconduct

  • Defense of Title IX gender equity claims before OCR and in class litigation
  • Coaching contracts and compensation
  • Coach and athlete immigration
  • Safety and health, including drug testing policies and procedures

  • Investigations re hazing and coaching misconduct
  • Crisis management
  • Collective bargaining, and labor, employment and employee benefits litigation

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