Practical and Legal Considerations for Managing a Multi-State Workforce

Speaker Biographies

Bishop, LaurieLaurie R. Bishop’s practice includes advising colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations on their policies and procedures, and aiding them in various risk-management decisions. Working with a diverse body of clients, including in her role as the General Counsel at Berklee College of Music, Laurie has experience in a wide array of issues unique to higher education, including the areas of complex contracts, institutional policies and handbooks, campus safety and security, reputational risk management, faculty misconduct, student affairs and various state, federal, and international compliance issues, such as Title IX, the Clery Act, data privacy and security, Massachusetts regulations concerning summer camps and minors on campus, Massachusetts’ criminal background check regulations, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and state and federal employment laws.

 


Neil GoldsmithNeil Goldsmith is Senior Associate General Counsel at the University of Minnesota. In his role, Neil is responsible for providing employment and HR advice to academic departments and administrative units with roughly 15,000 employees. Neil is also the University's primary labor attorney, advising University leaders on labor relations with several unions on campus. Neil also represents the University in litigation and labor arbitrations when they arise. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Neil was a Partner in the Minneapolis office of Lathrop GPM LLP, where he represented higher education institutions in union organizing campaigns, labor arbitrations, Title IX litigation, and student and faculty discrimination litigation before administrative agencies and courts nationwide.