Educational institutions face challenges and issues unique to their mission.  Our attorneys are frequently called upon to assist our clients in addressing a broad range of legal issues that affect the Firm's clients.

We regularly address the following legal issues for our clients:

  • Annexation

  • Appointment and election of board members

  • Charter schools

  • Child complaints

  • Constitutional issues

  • Contract negotiation and interpretation

  • Education law

  • Election law issues

  • Filing of financial disclosure statements under the Missouri ethics law

  • Governance

  • Independent school law

  • Investigations into citizen and internal complaints

  • Missouri Open Meetings Act

  • Office of civil rights investigations

  • Personal injury claims

  • Policy development

  • Procedural requirements of meetings

  • Procurement

  • Protection of assessed valuation

  • Public school law

  • Purchasing and contracting

  • Qualifications and rights of candidates

  • School board defense

  • School board liability

  • School desegregation

  • School equal protection

  • School law

  • School tenure

  • School uniform policies

  • Security

  • Sexual harassment by students and staff

  • Special education

  • Staff training regarding risk management and prevention

  • Student drug testing

  • Student searches

  • Use of the Internet by students and staff

  • Use of school premises by religious and other groups