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Cooley LLP

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Education

The education team at Cooley LLP is recommended for its ‘proactive focus on the digital education market’, with its education technology sector expertise praised for a ’rare combination of deep sector fluency and practical, business-oriented legal advice’. The team also handles a range of Title IV issues, accreditation appeals, and change in ownership transactions, and supports pioneering new models for for educational institutions. Jay Vaughan heads the practice from Washington DC, often advising colleges and alternative content providers on navigating regulatory change with strategic planning. In San Diego, Naomi May has expertise supporting clients from early education to EdTech companies and established universities, and Kate Lee Carey is ‘fantastic’.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Every interaction with the team at Cooley is guided by their expertise, their ability to listen and understand the nuances of any legal situation that is raised, their foresight when other specialists on their team are needed to weigh in for complete accuracy and the most effective guidance, and their ability to support us even if we have to make business decisions that may not fully align with their guidance.'

  • ‘There are very few firms which have such a proactive focus on the digital education market and such a global in-depth knowledge about compliance and regulatory issues within this space. Regardless of where the company is based, Cooley has been able to provide expertise and support.'

  • ‘I think Kate Lee Carey is far and away the best education education lawyer my team works with across any firm. I look forward to meeting with Kate, because I always know I will leave the meeting with new insights and a clear path forward.'
  • '‘Naomi May is incredibly knowledgeable and personable. She was truly a key asset as we worked with our counterparts to negotiate our transaction agreement and as we engaged various regulators on required approvals for our proposed merger.’
  • ‘Kate Lee Carey is fantastic. I cannot say enough good things about her, her expertise, and her approach to the work.'

  • ‘A stand out individual is Kate Lee Carey who works tirelessly and actively to support women in education technology fields, connecting and empowering them in their legal decision making and setting up their companies well. She truly cares about the sector and the people working within it and supports a number of initiatives for the good of the market and the companies. Rather than seeing a bottom line for a legal case, she sees the entire industry and the potential for actors within that to achieve their best and be safely prepared for any legal or compliance issue ahead.’

Key clients

  • Renaissance
  • MagicSchool, UniqLearn, DeweyLearn
  • Parallel
  • Level All, Beyond 12
  • Rize
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • Curriculum Associates
  • Guild and Instride
  • Open Classrooms

Work highlights

Providing regulatory counsel to Rize Education in connection with the company’s work supporting member institutions of The Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC).
Providing industry‑focused counseling to Curriculum Associates on a broad range of regulatory, commercial counseling, and public‑sector compliance matters.
Currently defending Renaissance Learning, Inc., a leading educational technology provider that services over 40 percent of US K-12 school districts, against an 11-count privacy class action.
Practice head

Jay Vaughn

Other key lawyers

Kate Lee Carey; Naomi May