General Counsel Roundtables

Please join us for this unique opportunity to benefit from the knowledge, insights and experiences of colleagues. Using an informal, roundtable format, seminar leaders will lead discussions on a variety of topics relevant to each roundtable. Emphasis will be placed on discussion and questions with many opportunities to exchange ideas and share experiences, challenges and successes. The seminars will conclude with a joint reception, sponsored by Ballard Spahr, for all roundtable participants and leaders.

Registration for GC Roundtables is no longer available. Attendance for both roundtables is at maximum capacity.

Roundtable for New & Recently Appointed In-House General Counsel
Saturday, June 26, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Each year between 25 and 50 lawyers are appointed in-house general counsel at NACUA member institutions. This seminar provides newly or recently appointed in-house general counsel an opportunity to spend an afternoon with a group of NACUA members with many years of experience serving as their institution’s chief legal officer.

  • Possible discussion topics include:
  • • General counsel relationships with board, president, administrators and faculty
  • • Key institutional policies and compliance obligations to examine
  • • General counsel office organization and budgeting
  • • Time and matter management
  • • Hiring, evaluation, and retention of staff
  • • Management of external counsel and fees
  • • Measuring and evaluating performance as general counsel
  • Roundtable Leaders:
  • Thomas Butcher
  • William Kauffman
  • Dana Scaduto
  • Jan Sherry

Roundtable for Experienced In-House General Counsel
Saturday, June 26, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This session will address the needs and interests of members who have served several years as the general counsel of one or more institutions. Topics and discussions will be based on advance survey of the registrants.

  • Examples of possible topics include:
  • • Current campus legal issues and trends
  • • Managing board and presidential conflicts and tensions
  • • Selection of external counsel and control of external counsel costs
  • • Hiring and training of new attorneys
  • • Knowledge management
  • • GC office metrics and reporting
  • • The year in review: lessons learned and shared
  • Roundtable Leaders Include:
  • Jerry Blakemore
  • Melinda Grier
  • Peter McDonough

Registration and Eligibility

Attendance is limited to 20 participants for each Roundtable.

The Roundtables require a separate registration fee of $89. However, General Counsel who also attend the Pre-Conference Workshop for Lawyers New to Higher Education, scheduled concurrently on Saturday afternoon, may attend the Roundtable for New and Recently Appointed General Counsel without additional charge.

Eligibility. The Roundtable for New and Recently Appointed In-House General Counsel is open to members who have served as in-house General Counsel for three or fewer years. The Roundtable for Experienced In-House General Counsel is open to members who have served as in-house General Counsel for more than three years.