Litigation services

Legal audits - OSBA can analyze your procedures to ensure that you comply with federal and state laws, including Title IX, public records, discipline, hiring and dismissal practices.

Litigation - OSBA litigation staff will represent you in legal proceedings regarding employment discrimination, employee discipline, student injury, student discipline, staff or student harassment, constitutional claims, and civil rights complaints with the Bureau of Labor and Industries, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the Office for Civil Rights.

Administrative hearings - OSBA litigation staff can represent you during hearings and arbitrations in employment disputes before the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board and the Employment Relations Board, in discrimination and equal opportunity matters and during local board hearings.

OGEC and TSPC representation - Our attorneys can represent you in front of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

Contracts - OSBA works with boards to assist with contracts and can help review agreements with district superintendents, community college presidents and others.

Custom workshops - OSBA legal workshops address important issues: discrimination, hiring and termination, sexual harassment, student safety and more.

School Law Conference - Each fall, we sponsor a conference with the University of Oregon and the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators to update administrators on school law issues.

Newsletters - Our litigation services team produces two quarterly newsletters, School Law Reporter and Special Education Update, to update and inform you about precedent-setting court cases.

School Law Reporter - School Law Reporter is OSBA’s email subscription service covering decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, federal district courts, federal appellate courts, the Oregon Supreme Court, other state courts, the Employment Relations Board and pertinent attorney general rulings. In addition, it presents arbitration discussions concerning school issues and occasionally reports on school-related decisions of state hearings officers. Sign up to receive School Law Reporter in your inbox

Legal Assistance Trust - By joining OSBA's Legal Assistance Trust, members can receive assistance in covering the expense of litigating cases that have a statewide impact on schools.

Oregon Council of School Attorneys - The Oregon Council of School Attorneys offers access to a network of Oregon school attorneys and an annual conference on current legal issues. Oregon membership entitles you to also join the National Council of School Attorneys, offered through the National School Boards Association.