University of Vermont’s 35th Annual Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference

UVM Davis Center
590 Main St.
Burlington, VT 05401

Start Date: 10/20/2025
End Date: 10/23/2025

Gina Maisto Smith, Leslie Gomez, Maureen Holland, Marla Presley, and Megan Abbot of Cozen O’Connor, along with Steven Healy and Kyle Norton of the Healy+ Group, and Michael Rein of COSECURE, will present at the University of Vermont’s 35th Annual Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference, sharing insights on the evolving legal and compliance landscape impacting colleges and universities.

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Monday, October 20, 2025

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET | Campus Safety: Effective Practices, Community Engagement, and Organizational Management - Steven Healy and Michael Rein
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET | Navigating Institutional Responses to High Profile Incidents: Crisis Communications and Coordination 101 - Gina Maisto Smith
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET | All Things Clery: Updates to the Clery Act & Implementing the Stop Campus Hazing Act - Kyle Norton
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. ET | Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus – Steven Healy

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. ET | Campus Student Health: Responding to High Accuity Mental Health Needs & Suicidal Ideation - Michael Rein
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. ET | A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding OCR and DOJ Civil Rights Enforcement - Megan Abbot
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. ET | Developing a Centralized Civil Rights Response (Title IX and Title VI) - Leslie Gomez
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. ET | Hot Issues in Human Resources/Labor Relations - Marla Presley
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. ET | Update on Federal Enforcement Actions: The State of OCR, DOJ, and the False Claims Act - Gina Maisto Smith