Investigations are sometimes necessary to understand the root cause of legal issues on campus and to prevent their recurrence. However, threats of potential litigation often accompany such legal issues, so protecting the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine during a campus investigation is key. As waiver of those defenses can have numerous collateral consequences, consideration must be given for the best methods to protect them at the outset of an investigation. Consideration also must be given to campus culture, and how that culture might impact the investigation.
Join us for a discussion about best practices for internal investigations and how to avoid waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine during a campus investigation. During our discussion, we will examine potential waiver risks, how campus culture can impact an investigation, consequences of waiver and a few newsworthy case illustrations.