Scott assists education entities with complex legal issues, including particularly sensitive matters like institutional response to sexual assault.
He is a prominent litigator, as well as a sought-after advisor on Title IX, training programs, faculty hiring, promotion and tenure, and risk management within student affairs. Scott also provides expert witness testimony on matters dealing with institutional response to allegations of sexual misconduct. He is nationally recognized for his contributions to news media, including NPR, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, CBS News and The Wall Street Journal.
Scott has provided training or delivered presentations for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the Association for Student Conduct Administration’s Gehring Academy, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, EDUCAUSE and various associations of independent schools. Additionally, Scott is an award-winning professor at Tulane University, where he teaches on higher education and labor and employment law. Scott has been retained by the National Center for Campus Public Safety to serve as a faculty member for its Trauma-Informed Sexual Assault Investigation and Adjudication training program for campus officials.
Scott is rated by Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent and has been selected for Best Lawyers in America in Education Law and Labor and Employment Law.