The latest update from Albert Roberson, on where the civil rights docket is heading this term.
Read the updateInstitutions carry an obligation that outlasts whoever is holding it. We hold civil rights compliance to the standard it will eventually be read against, for colleges, PK-12 districts, and workplaces.
What we do
Institutions call us at one of four moments. Each one has a place to start, and most engagements add a second service once the first is underway.
Casework
Someone has to run it, hear it, or review it, and neutrality has to be beyond question.
What we do
We take the matter from intake or mid-stream, investigate it, and hand you a record that holds up on appeal, before OCR or the EEOC, and in court.
Start hereInvestigationsAlso
Fractional leadership
A leave, a vacancy, a caseload surge, or a coordinator carrying three portfolios.
What we do
A named senior practitioner steps into the coordinator, deputy, or director role, with the time and authority the role needs.
Start hereFractional leadershipAlso
Program design
Policies written against rules that no longer apply, reporting lines nobody can draw, or no clear picture of where you stand.
What we do
We review the program before anyone files, then design the procedures, notices, and pathways the work runs on, so the next matter lands in a program that already works.
Start herePolicy and process designAlso
Federal review
A data request from OCR or the Justice Department, a Clery program review, or a resolution agreement to negotiate and carry out.
What we do
We work alongside your counsel through the request, the response, the interviews and site visits, and the monitoring that follows an agreement.
Start hereOCR matter supportAlso
Not sure which one you are in? Many matters touch more than one. A scoping call sorts it out.
Sectors
The same frameworks land differently on a campus, in a district, and at work. Each sector has its own page.
Title IX, Title VI, and Clery Act obligations carried across a full institutional portfolio, from intake through resolution and OCR coordination.
Where they start
District-scale coordination on a dedicated PK-12 fee schedule, because the obligation does not scale with the budget.
Where they start
Title VII investigations, harassment and retaliation matters, and the policy architecture that keeps findings defensible.
Where they start
Frameworks
Knowing which one governs a matter, and when more than one does, is the first decision in the file and the most commonly missed.
Training and publications
Certifications, retreats, and the Playbooks, built from the same casework the firm carries.
Certifications, bootcamps, and residential retreats for the people who serve as coordinators. The curriculum is built from the same casework the firm carries, which means the practice standards taught in the room are the standards applied in the field.
Four volumes covering the frameworks we practice in, written for the coordinator doing the work rather than for a shelf. Licensed to the institution, not to one reader.
Where the work continues once a matter or a course is done.
The firm
Insights and news
Analysis of the rules, rulings, and resolution agreements that shape compliance work, written for the people who carry it.
Title VI · Analysis
The Justice Department's October 1 findings against the UCLA School of Law continue a run of race-in-admissions findings against graduate and professional schools. Across the announcements, the design of the application and the recruiting calendar carry as much weight as the admissions statistics.
Albert Roberson · October 7, 2026
Title VII
Clery Act
Title IX
Newsletters
Compliance updates, training dates, and audit-ready guidance for higher education, PK-12, and workplace teams. The Fractional Digest and the Coordinator's Brief, each twice a month.
Scoping
A scoping call settles the frameworks, the fee basis, and the deadline.
Trust, operationalized
Engagements begin with a scoping conversation. We look at the portfolio you are carrying, the exposure you are managing, and the role you need covered, then we tell you plainly whether we are the right firm for it.
Book a callTrust, operationalized
Most people who join this firm arrive through the practitioner network rather than a posting. Tell us what you have carried and what you want to carry next, and we will tell you plainly whether there is a fit.
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