For Members New to NACUA

Welcome to the National Association of College and University Attorneys! You have joined an organization whose mission is to advance the effective practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the colleges and universities they serve. Most of all, you are joining an association that is committed to practicing and promoting the core values of quality, service, civility, collegiality, diversity, inclusiveness and respect among more than 3,500 attorneys in the field of higher education law. We invite you to explore some of NACUA's benefits and services.

Participate in the NACUA Colleague Program

As networking is one of the most valuable benefits for NACUA's member attorneys, NACUA hopes to facilitate new members' networking experiences through the NACUA Colleague Program. We encourage new member attorneys to consider joining the New Member Colleague program. Participants in the Colleague Program will be paired with an existing member of NACUA who can be contacted with questions about membership and networking opportunities and NACUA activities. If you would like to be connected with a Colleague, please contact Miriam Miller at 202-833-5948 or via email.

Update Your Membership Profile with Your Professional Biography

The rich diversity of NACUA members' backgrounds, coupled with NACUA member attorneys' willingness to support NACUA's programs and services, contributes directly to the strength of NACUA's educational programming and member benefits.

We encourage you to share information about your background with NACUA. In addition to updating your NACUA member profile to share your areas of expertise, we invite you to complete a brief background information form. This form asks for additional information on your previous work experience, both within and outside of higher education law, as well as a brief biographical statement. To view a sample biography, please click here. With your permission, we will add this biography to your on-line NACUA member attorney profile, which can be accessed only by NACUA member attorneys through NACUA's password-protected on-line directory.

This information will help NACUA identify potential speakers, authors, and member volunteers. Completing this form is voluntary, but we hope you are willing to share this information. A link to the form can be found here. Please send your completed forms to Miriam Miller via fax at 202-296-8379 or via email.

Learn more about NACUA's Services

1. NACUANET is the electronic email discussion list of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, and is available free to NACUA member attorneys. It provides a forum for NACUA members to expand their legal knowledge base by sharing, via e-mail, professional advice, legal information, sample policies and procedures, resources, and best practices germane to higher education law. The NACUANET message archives are also available in a web-based version so that you can search the archive of over 40,000 messages from your colleagues.

Click here to learn more about NACUANET
Click here for instructions on how to join NACUANET

2. NACUA's Higher Education Case Highlights is delivered in partnership with West to provide the most current higher education cases to NACUA members in a timely and easy-to-access manner. The Higher Education Case Highlights are available exclusively to members over NACUA’s web site and delivered weekly via email. By clicking on the hyperlinked case name or other title by the synopsis, NACUA members can access the full text of selected cases and documents via Westlaw, at no expense to the member.

Click here to access the latest Higher Education Case Highlights
Click here to access the Higher Education Case Hightlights archives

3. NACUA's Searchable Legal Reference Service Archives are available on-line in a searchable database of resources, which includes NACUA Conference Outlines, full-text JCUL articles and new Cases and Documents posted to the website (since 1996).

Click here to learn about all the resources available in the LRS Archives
Click here to search the LRS Archives

4. The Clearinghouse of Training Materials For the Practice of Preventive Law in Higher Education (The Clearinghouse) is a compilation of training resources culled from member institutions, third-party providers and other associations that NACUA members can adapt and use to develop preventive law training programs on their campuses.

Click here to visit The Clearinghouse.
Click here to search The Clearinghouse by subject.

5. Additional Services. As a member of NACUA, you have access to all of NACUA's educational programs, publications and on-line services.

Click here to see the full list of NACUA's benefits and services.

How to Become More Involved in NACUA

NACUA is unique in the number of volunteers who play an active role in the organization. Attorney members serve on committees, plan workshops, write and edit publications, share documents through the Legal Reference Service, and participate on NACUANET.

Click Here to learn more about NACUA's volunteer opportunities

Tutorials for using NACUA Services

These easy to follow web-based tutorials provide an introduction to some of NACUA's on-line services, as well as advanced tips for experienced users.

NACUANET
NACUA's On-Line Directory
Searching NACUA's LRS Archives
NACUA's Higher Education Case Highlights
NACUANOTES
Clearinghouse of Training Materials for the Practice of Preventive Law in Higher Education

If you have any questions about your NACUA membership, please contact Miriam S. Miller by phone: 202-833-8390 or email: Mmiller@nacua.org .