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Professional Activities: Education

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Podcast on Contrapower Harassment, produced by United Educators

Contrapower harassment involves situations where there’s a shifted power dynamic. A person with less power attempts to exert control or influence over someone with more authority or status. This term is used to refer to situations where a student allegedly threatens or harasses a faculty member or administrator.

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Co-Author, Joint Guidance on 2024 Federal Title IX Regulations

Member of national team of attorneys which has drafted timely and high-quality guidance on the Title IX regulations issued in April 2024.  The Joint Guidance is a free resource widely available to institutions large and small, public and private, urban and rural, well-resourced, and budget challenged.  It is hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY) system.  Janet Faulkner also served on the 2020 Joint Guidance drafting team.

Co-Author, Accommodating Disabilities in the Title IX Grievance Process, NACUANOTE, 2021

peer-reviewed article published by the National Association of College & University Attorneys

Editorial Board, NACUANOTES

NACUANOTES are peer-reviewed articles on current legal developments which impact higher education.

Keynote Speaker, Title IX: Beyond the Trenches

Keynote Speaker, University of Maine system annual Title IX conference for full leadership and administrators, May 2019. Engagement also included leading a roundtable discussion for Title IX professionals in this university system.

Faculty, Education Law and Public Policy, Boston College

Faculty (Part-time) for Education Law and Public Policy, a graduate level course, dual-listed at Boston College Law School and Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development.  Fall 2021.

Transgender Issues in Higher Education

Discussion Group Co-Leader, Higher Education Discrimination Advanced CLE, National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), March 2023.  Interactive session exploring best practices for understanding how to serve transgender community members within the context of various higher education settings and to support all community members.

Author, Accommodating Disabilities in the Title IX Grievance Process

article published by United Educators on its EduRisk Blog


Janet Faulkner's work in this area was cited by the National Council on Disability in its 2018 report, Not on the Radar: Sexual Assault of College Students with Disabilities

University of Vermont Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference, 2018-2023

Advisory Board member; Speaker; Moderator

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Counsel's Involvement in Ongoing Discrimination Matters

Panelist, Higher Education Discrimination CLE, National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), April 2019.  Practical guidance for handling the ethical issues which arise for in-house and outside counsel in complex discrimination matters.

Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) & New England AHEAD, Member

Journal of College & University Law, past Editorial Board member

JCUL is a peer-refereed law journal dedicated to issues of college and university law.  JCUL is hosted by Rutgers University School of Law.  JCUL previously was hosted by the University of Notre Dame Law School.  Janet has served on the advisory board, and on the editorial board of JCUL when hosted by Notre Dame, since 2006.

Panelist, Addressing Sexual Assault Allegations in K-12 Schools, Colleges & Universities

Massachusetts Bar Association,​ Boston and North Adams, MA.. Panelists for these CLE programs also included a representative of OCR, U.S. Department of Education.  The North Adams CLE program was co-sponsored Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Definition of "Work" and What Puts Foreign National Students & Scholars At Risk

Boston Bar Association

2019 NAFSA Region XI Conference, Worcester, MA. 

Presenter, Disability in a College Setting: Legal Considerations

Presentation to Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents (NESCA)

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Panelist, Copyright / Fair Use Film Screening & Discussion

Framingham State University screening of film ​Other People's Footage: Copyright & Fair Use. Following the film, Janet Faulkner served on a panel answering audience questions about use of third party video footage, voice, media and music in creative works.

Co-presenter, Annual Employment Law Update, Boston Bar Association College and University Section

Past Board Member, Reading Education Foundation

Cornell University Alumni Admissions Ambassador, 1987-present

Speaker / Mentor, Boston area law schools

Past presentations include Boston College Law School Public Interest Law Foundation forum on careers in education law; Boston Law School Consortium panel on in-house counsel practice

Past School Council member at high school, middle school, and elementary levels; served on principal

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