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Overview

We understand schools and the school community. We understand the goals they seek to achieve, and the challenges they face. We know that to assist our school clients to provide quality educational programs for children, we have to understand the unique character of each school community and the complexity of the issues they face. We regularly travel to communities throughout British Columbia and other provinces and territories, to provide advice to public, independent, and First Nations school officials and boards.

As the recognized leader in school law in Western Canada, we understand the complexity of labour and employment law in the 21st century. We understand the importance of education. That’s why you’ll find our lawyers teaching school law in universities, publishing education law articles and books, and being leaders in national education organizations. That’s why each year Harris regularly hosts seminars and workshops for our school clients, to keep them up to date on new developments in education law. And that’s why Harris offers annual scholarships to students throughout the province to help them pursue their goals of a higher education.

Most importantly, we understand the importance of our relationships with our clients. We have an established tradition of working within the education community to find creative solutions to complex problems.

Services

Our Education Law lawyers Vancouver services include:

  • Rights and duties of school boards, school officials and school trustees;
  • Rights and duties of students and parents under the School Act and other governing legislation, including parent appeals, special needs student accommodation and student discipline;
  • Defamation issues including defamation on social media;
  • Trademark and copyright issues;
  • Current or historical sexual abuse claims;
  • Trustee elections;
  • Board governance;
  • Conflict of interest;
  • School District Business Corporations;
  • School budgets;
  • Bylaws and policy development;
  • Parliamentary procedure;
  • School fees;
  • Teacher Regulation Branch proceedings;
  • Procurement;
  • Special education;
  • Minority language rights;
  • Codes of conduct;
  • Custody and access issues;
  • Parental rights;
  • Student records;
  • Section 177 orders;
  • School closures; and
  • School calendars.

As the recognized leader in education law in Western Canada, we understand the importance of education. Harris regularly hosts seminars and workshops for our school clients to keep them up to date on new developments in education law. We also offer annual scholarships to students throughout the province to help them to pursue their goals of a higher education.

Harris & Company LLP
14th Floor, Bentall 5
550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5
Canada
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