Sarah Wake

Sarah, co-leader of the firm’s Higher Education Practice Group and Sports Industry Team, knows firsthand the complex legal and compliance challenges that corporations and educational institutions face, having served almost a decade as in-house counsel and a senior leader at top universities.

A skilled litigator, Sarah represents a wide range of higher education clients — including top research institutions, liberal arts colleges and institutions with Division I athletics programs  — on issues related to faculty tenure and promotion; student and employee unionization; discrimination and harassment policy, investigations and hearings; Title IX compliance; athletics (including coaching contracts, hazing, NCAA compliance and NIL); admissions; student conduct; diversity and inclusion; the Clery Act; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; and physical and digital accessibility.