Education Law

Keel Cottrelle LLP is a leader in the field of education law.  We provide a full range of services for our education clients, who include public school boards across the Province, numerous education associations and consortia, private and independent schools, post-secondary institutions and First Nations education organizations.

We provide advice with respect to:

  • the interpretation and application of the Education Act and Regulations and Ministry of Education policies and directives
  • governance matters
  • special education
  • human rights law
  • privacy issues
  • student discipline and safety issues
  • labour and employment matters
  • criminal law and the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as applied to the education sector
  • family law matters impacting on the education sector
  • litigation and risk management
  • advice and assistance with respect to drafting policies and procedures preparation, passage and appeals of Education Development Charges By-Laws

Our lawyers also provide advice and act in matters related to the business side of education, including procurement of goods and services, construction, real estate and land development and expropriations.

We also provide extensive training and professional development, both in person and via webinar in many areas in the education law sector, in topics such as: governance, human rights, privacy issues, school law and human resources.

Keel Cottrelle LLP publishes several newsletters for the Education Sector, including: the Keel Cottrelle LLP Education Law Newsletter, the Keel Cottrelle Human Resources Newsletter and the Keel Cottrelle Public Sector Procurement Newsletter. In addition, our lawyers have authored or co-authored several books covering Education Law issues and regularly provide a wide range of presentations on legal issues impacting on education at national and local conferences and to various associations.


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