Field Law has the largest education law practice in Alberta, providing a comprehensive range of services for universities, colleges and technical institutes. We also represent the Alberta Teachers Association. We understand that advanced education is delivered in a complex governance and legislative environment, and that accountability, transparency and integrity are essential to the operation of post-secondary institutions.
Post-secondary institutions navigate many settings and rely on our assistance in numerous areas including:
LABOUR + EMPLOYMENT
- Collective bargaining
- Grievances and Arbitrations
- Disability Management and Human Rights
- Pensions and retirement incentives
- Immigration
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Designation and de-designation of academic staff
- Academic freedom
- Relations with CAUT and Universities Canada
- Secondment agreements
- Contingent funding agreements
- Research integrity and Tri-Council policies
- Research services agreements
GOVERNANCE
- Bicameral governance
- Interpretation of Post-Secondary Learning Act
- Government relations
- Public accountability and Office of the Auditor General
- Policy development
- Bylaw review and interpretation
CAMPUS SAFETY
- Sexual violence policies
- Detention of individuals
- Electronic surveillance
- Petty Trespass Act
- Relationships with policing agencies
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Copyright and trademark registration
- Patents
- Licensing agreement
- Technology transfer
- Access Copyright
- Data sharing
- PRIVACY
- Access to information
- Legislative compliance
- OIPC inquiries
- FOIPPA interpretation
- CASL compliance
REPUTATION MANAGEMENT
- Public accountability obligations
- Social media
- Defamation
- Freedom of expression on campus
- Class actions
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
- Program reorganization
- Accreditation reviews
- Affiliation agreements
- Distance learning and Massive Open Online Courses
STUDENTS
- Codes of Conduct and discipline
- Academic appeals
- Training of adjudicators
- Tuition fee regulation
- Student residences
- International student fees, employment and sponsorship
- Student groups
ENDOWMENTS/GIFTS
- Advancement
- Donors, donations and charitable giving
- Trusts and endowments
- Donation investment, management and administration
CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL
- Land and business trusts
- Public-private partnerships
- Tendering
- Commercial agreements
HEALTH + SAFETY
- Institutional legislative compliance
- Policy development and implementation
- Incident investigation and response
