Emily Mawer focuses her practice on higher education and child safety issues. She regularly advises colleges and universities on a variety of legal issues including Title IX, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, Clery, FERPA, the Fair Housing Act, child safety, and the ADA. Emily has extensive experience conducting sexual misconduct and discrimination investigations on behalf of institutions, businesses and other organizations. Emily is a also key member of the trainED team and regularly provides training and conducts compliance reviews and audits for higher education institutions.
Emily advises organizations on issues related to child safety, including abuse prevention and the response to child safety concerns. She has experience assisting organizations in updating child safety policies and trainings. Emily has worked with organizations as they respond to a report of child abuse, including assisting in making reports to appropriate government authorities, implementing immediate safety precautions, communicating with the impacted communities, and conducting investigations. Further, Emily’s child safety experience includes conducting external reviews of organizations’ past prevention and response efforts, providing recommendations for child safety improvements going forward.