We investigate fairly, advise clearly, and build compliance programs that hold
Institutions 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.
Practice
The ways institutions put us to work
Three kinds of work. A matter you are already in, a seat that needs covering, or capability you want built before the next one arrives.
Casework
A matter has already happened. Someone has to run it, hear it, or review it.
- InvestigationsTitle IX, VI, VII, ADA and 504
- Investigation takeoverMatters already in progress
- Hearing officer and decision makerHigher education and PK-12
- Appeals reviewIndependent of the original finding
- Expert witness servicesLitigation and hearings
Coverage and program
The seat itself, or the machinery behind it, before a matter arrives.
- Fractional leadershipDeputy, full seat, director
- Interim coverageLeave, vacancy, or surge
- Policy and process designGrievance procedures and instruments
- Mandatory reporting designIntake and escalation pathways
- Digital accessibility programAudit, remediation, and ongoing conformance
- Clery Act complianceASR, timely warnings, daily log
- OCR matter supportIncluding resolution agreements
- Compliance review and audit readinessBefore anyone files
Training and tools
What your people learn, and what they work from once we are gone.
- Certified trainingIn person and virtual
- Custom institutional trainingScoped to your frameworks
- Board and governance trainingTrustees and school boards
- Certifications, bootcamps, retreatsThe Learning Institute
- The PlaybooksFour volumes, institutional license
- Knowledge HubWorking library and templates
- Advisory Coffee TalksClients under agreement
- OnePointeSeparate site, onepointe.ai
Sectors
Who we serve
Colleges and universities, PK-12 districts, and employers, each on its own terms.
Higher education
Title IX, Title VI, and Clery Act obligations carried across a full institutional portfolio, from intake through resolution and OCR coordination.
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PK-12 districts
District-scale coordination on a dedicated PK-12 fee schedule, because the obligation does not scale with the budget.
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Workplaces
Title VII investigations, harassment and retaliation matters, and the policy architecture that keeps findings defensible.
Learn moreFrameworks
The frameworks we work in
Every engagement runs inside one or more of these five. Knowing which one governs a matter, and when more than one does, is the first decision in the file and the most commonly missed.
- Title IXSex discrimination and sex-based harassment in education programs receiving federal funds.20 U.S.C. § 1681 · 34 CFR Part 106
- Title VIDiscrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs.42 U.S.C. § 2000d · 34 CFR Part 100
- Title VIIEmployment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by covered employers.42 U.S.C. § 2000e · 29 CFR Part 1604
- ADA / Section 504Disability access, accommodations, grievance process, and digital accessibility.42 U.S.C. § 12101 · 29 U.S.C. § 794
- Clery ActCampus crime reporting, timely warnings, and the annual security report.20 U.S.C. § 1092(f) · 34 CFR § 668.46
The intersections are where files fail
When more than one governs
A single course of conduct can be Title VI and Title IX at once, and analyzing only the more familiar one is the most common way an institution ends up with an incomplete record.
Read the intersectionsThe Learning Institute
Where practitioners are made, not assumed
Certifications, bootcamps, and residential retreats for the people who hold the coordinator seat. 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.
Explore the institute
Summer Retreat in Seattle
Five days, forty hours, twenty-four seats. August 9 to 13, 2027. Referral or sponsor required.
Advanced Title IX Investigator Certification
Evidence, empathy, and procedural mastery. Built for sitting investigators.
Winter Retreat in Vail
Five days, forty hours, eighteen seats at 8,150 feet. January 17 to 21, 2028.
Clery Act Compliance for Campus Safety
Campus security authorities, Clery geography, timely warnings, and the annual security report, for the people who have to produce it every October.
Publications
The Playbooks
Four volumes covering the frameworks we practice in, written for the person holding the seat rather than for a shelf. Licensed to the institution, not to a seat.
The Title IX Investigations Playbook
Intake through final determination in 240 pages. What the regulations require, and what defensible practice looks like.
See the volumeThe Title VI Compliance Playbook
Complaint intake, hostile environment claims, findings and remedies, and OCR coordination for race, color, and national origin.
See the volumeThe ADA and Section 504 Coordinator's Playbook
Accommodations, documentation, digital accessibility, and the structural work that prevents complaints.
See the volumeThe Title VII Investigations Playbook
Harassment, discrimination, and retaliation investigations for institutional employers, with the procedural rigor employment matters demand.
See the volumeInsights
What the civil rights docket is telling institutions right now
Analysis of the rules, rulings, and resolution agreements that shape compliance work, written for the people who carry it.
Title VI
In the admissions findings, the application itself is the evidence
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, 2026ReadTitle VII
Ending the EEO-5 would not end the need for workforce data
October 6, 2026 · Albert RobersonClery Act
A hoax threat is still a test of the real emergency plan
October 5, 2026 · Albert RobersonTitle IX
The restored Title IX rule is defined by what it leaves out
September 30, 2026 · Albert RobersonNewsletters
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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.