The Shifting Landscape of Higher Education is a Focus of Butzel’s Third Annual Education Seminar on October 9

TROY, Mich. –  The Butzel Education Industry Team is presenting its Third Annual Education Seminar and Panel Discussion from 12:30-5 p.m., on Thursday, October 9, 2025 in the firm’s Troy office, located in the Columbia Center at 201 West Big Beaver, Suite 1200. While there isn’t a fee to attend the program, seating is limited, and registration is required. Click here to Register for the program .

This half-day, in-person program provides Education Industry Administrators, Legal Counsel, Strategic Planners, Human Resource Professionals, Deans, Provosts, Enrollment VPs and related higher education professionals an up-close and personal look at the issues impacting the industry. Butzel and the distinguished panel will discuss solutions and best practices specifically focused on higher education institutions.

From the front lines on the Executive Orders to managing legal affairs inside a college, to ever present conflict resolution needs, this program is created to address the most current issues. At the same time, networking throughout the afternoon will foster relationships with like-minded professionals.

Featured topics and speakers include:

• Updates from Butzel Attorneys and Education Industry Team Co-Chairs, Carey DeWitt, and Lynn McGuire.
• “Shifting Landscape of Higher Education: Dept. of Education, Health and Human Services, Dept. of Justice, and Related Actions” – Gloria Hage, Senior Associate General Counsel, University of Michigan and Mike Poterala, General Counsel, Wayne State University
• “The Dean’s Role in the College/University” – Nicholas Schroeck, Dean, School of Law, University of Detroit Mercy
• “Workplace Investigations” – Alana Slaughter, Human Resources Director, Detroit Country Day School
• “Aspects of Gifts to Colleges/Universities” – Boyd Farnham, General Counsel, Oakland University
• “Discharge of College and University Employees” – Erin Moss Ferguson, General Counsel, Henry Ford College
• “Conflict Resolution” – Netina Anding Moore, Associate Vice President, Human Resources and Payroll, University of Detroit Mercy
• “Practice Management – Inside the General Counsel’s Office” – Miles Postema, General Counsel, Ferris State University

“Butzel’s annual Education Industry Group Seminar brings together thought leaders for an afternoon to share administrative and legal best practices, along with recipes for innovation,” said Lynn McGuire, Co-Chair of Butzel’s Education Industry Team. “Few of us will have a place in ‘the room where it happens,’ but this Seminar provides you a seat inside the think tank to help you anticipate change and thoughtfully react to the changes that have become endemic for leaders in the education industry.”