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Complimentary Briefing

March 25, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET

Executive Branch Updates: Borrower Defense to Repayment

Higher education institutions across the country are receiving a new wave of borrower defense to repayment claims from the U.S. Department of Education. Please join us for a 30-minute audio-only briefing during which NACUA members, Brittany Schoepp-Wong and Jeffrey Silvyn, will provide an overview of this important development, the legal and regulatory factors at play, and practical considerations for counsel as they respond to claims on behalf of their college and university clients. 

Note: This program is part of NACUA's "Executive Branch Updates" series, which follows the Transition Updates: The First 100 Days series.    

Speaker(s)

Brittany Schoepp-Wong

Brittany Schoepp WongBrittany Schoepp-Wong is a Member and Co-deputy Chair of the higher education practice at Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC. At Bond, she advises colleges, universities, and other organizations on a wide range of complex legal issues and recently served as interim general counsel to a firm client. Brit provides trusted counsel to senior administrators on issues across nearly all aspects of university life, informed by over...

Jeffrey Silvyn

Jeff SilvynJeff Silvyn was appointed as the first General Counsel for Pima County Community College District in 2013. The College has five campuses and serves over 40,000 students annually. Previously, he spent five years as General Counsel for the Morris and Stewart Udall Foundation, a federal agency devoted to environmental conflict resolution and education. His legal career began with...

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