FEATURED PROGRAMS - NACUA 2025 Annual Conference

A Conversation with William Bay, President of the American Bar Association

Today, the intersection of the legal profession and higher education is challenging terrain. If you have recently felt rudderless in advising your client, have experienced a nagging tension between your professional responsibility and personal convictions, or have tried to make sense of events that seemingly undermine the law, the judiciary, and higher education, you're not alone. Yet, it's important to recognize that we possess the tools and training to plot a way forward through times precisely like these, when colleges and universities need our counsel most. As we gather for the 2025 Annual Conference, Traevena Byrd, the Chair of the NACUA Board of Directors, and William Bay, the President of the American Bar Association, will help us prepare for the road ahead by reflecting on the nature of our role as higher education attorneys and the value we offer our institutions in navigating uncertainty, the ethical imperatives that guide our work, and how to remain prepared, hopeful, and resilient to best serve our institutions through whatever may come our way.