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Field Law has the largest education law practice in Alberta, providing a comprehensive range of services for universities, colleges and polytechnics across Alberta and the North.

We know that legal issues in post-secondary settings often require input from multiple departments, impact students and staff alike, and must be managed with transparency and care. Our team helps you navigate risk, address disputes, and implement policies that support long-term success.

Labour + Employment

  • Collective bargaining
  • Grievances and Arbitrations
  • Disability Management and Human Rights
  • Pensions and retirement incentives

Campus Safety

  • Sexual violence policies
  • Detention of individuals
  • Electronic surveillance
  • Petty Trespass Act
  • Relationships with policing agencies

Governance

  • Bicameral governance
  • Interpretation of Post-Secondary Learning Act
  • Government relations
  • Public accountability and Office of the Auditor General
  • Policy development
  • Bylaw review and interpretation

Academic Staff

  • Designation and de-designation of academic staff
  • Academic freedom
  • Relations with CAUT and Universities Canada
  • Secondment agreements
  • Contingent funding agreements
  • Research integrity and Tri-Council policies
  • Research services agreements

Intellectual Property

  • Copyright and trademark registration
  • Patents
  • Licensing agreement
  • Technology transfer
  • Access Copyright
  • Data sharing

Privacy 

  • Access to information
  • Legislative compliance
  • OIPC inquiries
  • FOIPPA interpretation
  • CASL compliance

Reputation Management

  • Public accountability obligations
  • Social media
  • Defamation
  • Freedom of expression on campus
  • Class actions

Academic Programs

  • Program reorganization
  • Accreditation reviews
  • Affiliation agreements
  • Distance learning and Massive Open Online Courses 

 

Students

  • Codes of Conduct and discipline
  • Academic appeals
  • Training of adjudicators
  • Tuition fee regulation
  • Student residences
  • International student fees, employment and sponsorship
  • Student groups

Endowments + Gifts

  • Advancement
  • Donors, donations and charitable giving
  • Trusts and endowments
  • Donation investment, management and administration

 

Corporate / Commercial

  • Land and business trusts
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Tendering
  • Commercial agreements

Health + Safety

  • Institutional legislative compliance 
  • Policy development and implementation 
  • Incident investigation and response

 

Field Law hosts a Legislative Compliance Monitoring Service to support our clients with their legislative compliance. For details on enrolment to the Legislative Compliance Monitoring Service please contact Gina Linden at library@fieldlaw.com or call 780-423-7645.

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