School/Tenure
School law is a unique and specialized practice. The needs of your institution, the rights of your faculty and staff and the rights and needs of your students are woven into a complex set of applicable laws, regulations and practices.
We provide continued representation for public education institutions in the areas of:
- Labor contract negotiations
- Employee issues counseling
- Labor contract interpretation and administration
- Labor arbitration
- Litigation and administrative proceedings representation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and federal and state courts.
Additionally, we serve clients in matters such as:
- Student and parent complaints
- Students’ rights and responsibilities, suspensions, and expulsions
- Co-worker complaints and disputes
- Arbitration of contractual claims
- Employee disability and accommodation
- Employee misconduct or performance issues
- Conduct rules for students and employees
- School board law and governance.
Related Practices
- Administrative
- Appellate
- Bank Financing - Litigation
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Class Action
- Commercial and Contract
- Construction
- Employment
- Environmental
- ERISA Compliance and Defense
- Family Law
- Insurance Coverage/Risk Management
- Labor
- Real Estate Land Use and Zoning
- Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Enforcement
- Shareholder Disputes
- Supply Chain
- Tool Liens (Molder’s Liens and Special Tool Lien Act Claims)
- Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition/Non-Competes