April 18, 2003

Preventive Law: How Colleges Can Avoid Legal Problems

By KATHLEEN CURRY SANTORA and WILLIAM A. KAPLIN

In the last 30 years, the volume and complexity of legal issues involving higher education have grown enormously. Institutions are spending more time, energy, and money on the legal aspects of affirmative action, sexual harassment, tenure battles, and many other issues. The potential for negligence suits and large jury verdicts keeps institutions on constant alert to use reasonable care in all they do. Administrators and faculty members have become increasingly concerned about saying or doing

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