School Law Advice

Miller Canfield provides a full spectrum of legal services to school districts with the exception of worker’s compensation claims.  We understand that managing an educational institution requires meeting student needs while juggling public interests and taxpayer concerns and a myriad of legislative mandates. Miller Canfield's school lawyers counsel their clients in managing their legal affairs while balancing these sometimes competing concerns. We provide advice with respect to:

• school district powers
• FOIA and open meetings matters
• governance
• policy development
• employment contract interpretation and claims and collective bargaining
• student conduct
• special education
• first amendment questions
• contracts and bidding outside the employment context, particularly intergovernmental, outsourcing, services, procurement and construction related contracts
• site related matters
• technology concerns
• employee benefits
• elections and campaign finance