Practice Areas & Industries: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Attorneys in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Higher Education Practice Group are committed to serving the special needs of institutions of higher education, both public and private. This interdisciplinary group of attorneys from our offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. has represented dozens of institutions throughout the country on a variety of legal issues confronting colleges and universities.

Our attorneys have experience providing counsel on such matters as faculty and staff promotion and tenure, financial aid policies, privacy issues, environmental regulation, infrastructure financing, economic development activities, governance, procurement of goods and services, immigration, tax-exempt status compliance, public access issues, student services and discipline, public affairs and communication strategies, and government relations. The firm's Intellectual Property Department also regularly counsels research institutions on the full array of IP challenges facing higher education today.