May 26, 2006

Survey Finds Top-Paid Higher-Education Lawyers Are at Private Colleges and Research Universities

By JEFFREY SELINGO

The top lawyers at private universities and research institutions receive the highest pay among in-house higher-education lawyers, according to the results of a new survey released to The Chronicle by the National Association of College and University Attorneys, which also found that college legal staffs are growing and that the offices have, on average, 33 active litigation files open at any one time.

The survey, which had a 36-percent response rate, marks the first time that the

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