Chicago's North Shore Post-Secondary Education Attorneys

Providing for schools' legal needs, so they can go about the business of education.

Ciesla & Ciesla is a Chicago area law practice that concentrates on the business and higher education law issues that post-secondary educational institutions face. Our clientele includes many non-profit and for-profit educational institutions throughout the Chicago area.

Experienced Chicago Post-Secondary Legal Representation

Along with being institutions of higher learning, post-secondary educational institutions in the Chicago area are much like businesses. At Ciesla & Ciesla, our attorneys have the skill and experience to handle business issues associated with post-secondary institutions, as well as the legal issues specifically related to higher education law.

Post-Secondary Education Law

Our attorneys have extensive experience resolving issues related to the state and federal laws that regulate educational institutions. Our firm has represented clients in student financial aid cases involving the Higher Education Act of 1965 as well as the Education Amendments of 1972 including Title IX financial assistance matters. In addition, our attorneys can manage all legal aspects of a financial aid audit.

Additionally, our firm routinely works with several departments within the Department of Education (DOE), including the offices of Civil Rights, Higher Education, Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, and Vocational and Adult Education.

While our attorneys are skilled at handling emergent issues in higher education law, our firm stresses the development of policies and procedures that prevent (or limit) the possibility of litigation related to disability and discrimination. Our attorneys have helped numerous schools draft and adopt policies that preempt litigation related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Business Law for Post-Secondary Institutions

Since our firm concentrates on post-secondary education law, our attorneys are equipped to resolve the business issues facing institutions of higher education while keeping an eye on the federal and state regulations that regulate post-secondary institutions.

Whether an educational institution is a not-for-profit or a for-profit institution, our post-secondary education lawyers can help ensure that the business underlying the institution is sound and legally secure. Like all other business in the Chicago area, institutions of higher education must deal with business issues including employment practices and collective bargaining, real estate and campus development, contracts, taxation issues, business and corporate governance.

Many educational institutions in the Chicago area, whether non-profit or for profit, have entities such as libraries or student unions that operate on a non-profit basis. Our attorneys can work with Chicago educational institutions on complex tax issues that can cost or save a school thousands to millions of dollars each year.

Contact Our Chicago Post-Secondary Education Law Attorneys

The attorneys at Ciesla & Ciesla represent post secondary institutions and businesses throughout the Chicago area and the United States, including Department of Education matters in Washington, D.C.  Please contact Ciesla & Ciesla to learn more about how our post-secondary education attorneys can represent the interests of your school. Our firm provides solutions that meet the legal needs of educational institutions, so they can go about the business of education.