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Webinar
May 20, 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
AISNE Insight: Navigating Legal Questions around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
virtual
Free-of-charge for AISNE Members
Presented virtually, via Zoom
Presented virtually, via Zoom
Recent executive orders, political chatter, and media attention may have you unsure about how to proceed with your school operations and student programming in areas related to diversity, equity, and access.
Tara Walker, a partner specializing in K-12 education matters at Fisher Phillips’ new Portland, Maine office, will join us to discuss the latest analysis of the current law for your school community in this wide ranging insight session. Among the topics to be discussed are:
- Recent executive orders regarding K-12 education
- A review of admissions, hiring, and employment discrimination practices
- Administering student affinity spaces
- Transgender athletes and Title IX funding
- Issues surrounding student discipline
Bring your questions for navigating this rapidly changing landscape.
Note: This session is focused on the legal and compliance aspect of diversity, equity, and inclusion work in school administration. The work of supporting staff and students’ social-emotional health, while essential, will not be covered in this session.
This AISNE Insight is intended for the school’s senior leadership team. All roles are welcome to attend. Thank you to Fisher Phillips for making this insight session possible.
About the Presenter
Tara Walker is a partner in Fisher Phillips’ Portland, Maine office who focuses her practice in both labor and employment law and education law. Representing employers, independent schools, and higher educational institutions across Northern New England, Tara provides strategic legal counsel and litigation defense in complex and high-profile matters. Tara has spent more than a decade litigating in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies in cases involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), and various civil rights matters.
Tara Walker is a partner in Fisher Phillips’ Portland, Maine office who focuses her practice in both labor and employment law and education law. Representing employers, independent schools, and higher educational institutions across Northern New England, Tara provides strategic legal counsel and litigation defense in complex and high-profile matters. Tara has spent more than a decade litigating in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies in cases involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), and various civil rights matters.
Tara regularly advises clients on the full spectrum of school community and employee issues, drafting and negotiating employment agreements for senior leadership, advising on reporting obligations, leading and overseeing misconduct investigations, and guiding educational institutions through responses to high-profile incidents. Tara also conducts on-campus trainings on a wide array of topics including professional boundaries for faculty and staff, mandatory reporting obligations, harassment and bullying prevention, school safety and risk mitigation, and maintaining student privacy and confidentiality, among others.