Peter F. Lake discusses increased liability litigation in Higher Ed
By Alexander C. Kafka
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Feb. 16, 2020
Excerpt
Colleges will have to tighten their belts amid the next recession and a subsequent mid-decade enrollment drop of roughly 15 percent. But one place they might not want to cut is their general-counsel offices.
That’s because on top of a widening list of free-speech, mental-health, regulatory, and other legal concerns, the forthcoming era of austerity will usher in a slew of new issues.
“I don’t think we’ve ever had to cope with the level of rightsizing we’re about to in higher education,” says Peter F. Lake, a higher-education-law expert at Stetson University. Tongue only slightly in cheek, he calls what’s coming the “edupocalypse.”
The complete article was originally published on The Chronicle of Higher Education website on Feb. 16, 2020, with the headline, “Liability Everywhere: Why college lawyers will be working overtime.”
Post date: Feb. 16, 2020
Media contact: Kate Bradshaw
[email protected] | 727-430-1580