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Continuing Legal
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Campus Compliance Issues and Effective Practices

Friday, April 20
Omni
Parker House Hotel
Boston, MA

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Friday April 20, 2007
Morning Sessions
8:00 am - 8:15 am Introduction to the Program

Georgia Yuan, President, NACUA
General Counsel, Smith College

Kathleen Curry Santora, CEO, NACUA

 

8:15 am - 9:30 am.

 

 

 

 

01. Compliance, the President and the Board of Trustees
*Board practices post-Sarbanes-Oxley
*Conflicts of interest of institution and its fiduciaries
*The role of board audit, compensation and executive committees
*State ethics reform and its impact on public colleges and universities
*Best practices and lessons learned

Moderator:

Speakers:
Martin Michaelson, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC
Elizabeth Minott, Assistant General Counsel, Rutgers University

9:30 am - 9:45 am Break
9:45 am - 11:00 am

 

 

 

 

02. Institutional Hot-Lines: Red Hot, Red Flag...or Both
*Pros and Cons
*Practical Experiences
*Retaliation Risks

Moderator:
Jeffrey I. Chasen, The AGOS, LLC, Tulsa, OK

Speakers:
James J. Mingle, University Counsel, Cornell University
D. Frank Vinik, United Educators Insurance, Bethesda, MD

No Break
11:00 am - 12:00 Noon

 

 

 

 

03. Taking Records Retention Seriously: The Compliant Institutional Records Retention Policy
*Objectives and elements of an effective records retention policy
*Building statutory and regulatory records retention requirements into your institutional policy
*Dealing with electronic records
*Building litigation holds and discovery requests (including holds on and requests for electronic records) into your records retention policy
*Compatibility with institution's computer use policy

Moderator
Martha Munsch, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA

Speakers:
Douglas F. Seaver, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Boston, MA
Michael D. Sermersheim, Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, University of Akron

12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm Luncheon
Friday April 20, 2007
Afternoon - Concurrent Sessions
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

 

 

 

 

 

04A. Compliance for Information Security and Privacy
*Overview of Sources of Compliance
*Obligations: Federal, State, and Contractual Requirements
*"Industry Standards" for Information Security
*Establishing an Information Security Program: Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards
*EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force Blueprint for Handling Sensitive Data

Moderator:

Speakers:
Timothy J. Flanagan, Assistant Vice President and Counsel, University of Notre Dame
Rodney Petersen, Government Relations Officer and Security Task Force Coordinator, EDUCAUSE

 04B. Compliance and Foreign Students and Faculty
*SEVIS and student immigration compliance
*Compliance with H-1B visa rules and restrictions
*Labor certification compliance
*Export controls and deemed exports
*Other key immigration compliance issues
*Best practices and policies

Moderator:

Speakers:
Leigh Polk Cole, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, Burlington, VT
Jane Etish-Andrews, Director, International Center, Tufts University

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

 

 

 

 

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

 

 

 

 

Track 1
05A. Compliance by Affiliated Foundations and Other Related Entities

*How to utilize and appropriately control affiliated entities
*Assuring fiscal integrity
*Tax exemption and corporate issues
*Public records and other state laws

Moderator
Leslie J. Winner, Vice President and General Counsel, University of North Carolina System

Speakers:
James M. Carolan, Withers Bergman, LLP, New Haven, CT
Paul J. Ward, Vice President, University Administration and Legal Affairs
Arizona State University

Track 2
05B. Compliance in International Programs

*Overview of compliance issues when operating abroad: business structures, tax considerations, local counsel
*Engaging U.S., local and third country national employees and contractors abroad -- tips and traps for the unwary
*Cooperative programming -- templates for developing effective agreements with host/partner institutions abroad

Moderator:
Peter F. May, Vice President and General Counsel, The School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT


Speakers:
John Briggs, World Wide Consulting, Taos, NM
James R. Kahn, Deputy University Counsel, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

 

 

 

 

 

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

 

06A. Ethics: Compliance and the General Counsel--What to do When the Client is Non-Compliant
*Legal and ethical requirements amidst increased scrutiny (and vulnerability) of in-house counsel
*Lessons learned from other high profile higher education and other industry cases
*Best practices for mitigating risks and managing crises

Moderator
William F. Howard, Interim Vice President and General Counsel, The George Washington University

Speakers:
Barbara Van Gelder, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, LLP, Washington, DC
Lee Dobkin, Deputy General Counsel, University of Pennsylvania

06B. Compliance: One Institution's Story
*Performing an enterprise risk assessment
*Restructuring institutional governance
*Creating Codes of Ethics/Conduct
*Establishing a hotline

Moderator:

Speaker:
Carl (Tobey) Oxholm III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Drexel University

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Reception for Workshop Speakers and Participants

Adjourn