Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:30am (EDT)
1.5 hours

Workshop Description:

Led by Barbara Lee, former dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, professor of human resource management, and counsel to the law firm of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP. Lee is one of the leading scholars and practitioners of higher education law. She is the author, with William A. Kaplin, of the leading treatise on higher education law, The Law of Higher Education, and has published over 100 books, articles, and chapters on higher education and employment law.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

• Academic Freedom: what it is and what it isn’t
• Legal risks in promotion and tenure decisions
• “New” forms of discrimination and how to avoid them
• Handling complaints
• Dealing with performance and behavior problems