Curriculum Vitae

Nicholas Trott Long

101 Dyer Street,
Suite 400
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401-351-5070
fax 401-454-8755
nicholas@ntlong.com

Education

Columbia University, New York, New York

Juris Doctor, June 1972

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Bachelor of Arts, June 1968

Experience

Engaged in the private practice of law

November 1991 – Present

• Duties involve general counseling and litigating on behalf of schools, colleges and universities; conducting comprehensive and selective legal audits; conducting management training for faculty and administrators; performing background investigations on candidates for high-level administrative positions; negotiating collective bargaining agreements.

Representative engagements include:

• Conducting a comprehensive legal audit for a state university and developing an electronic policy manual; conducting impartial personnel fact-finding for a public community college system; representing a private university before the National Labor Relations Board; providing general counsel to a multi-institution public/private study abroad consortium; conducting a selective management audit for a private college; providing general counsel to a not-for-profit children's college scholarship program; acting as hearing officer for the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Counsel to the Commissioner of Higher Education, Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College

April 1992 – Present

• Part-time engagement involves general counseling and litigating on behalf of the Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island with occasional service to the University of Rhode Island and the Office of Higher Education.

Assistant Attorney General – Special Prosecutions Unit

Rhode Island Department of Attorney General

January 1991 – November 1991

• Duties involved the investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the collapse of certain Rhode Island credit unions and banks.

Chief Assistant Attorney General — Civil Division and Counsel to the Attorney General

January 1987 – January 1991

• Duties involved leading a staff of 35 in managing all the non-criminal legal responsibilities of the Department of Attorney General. These included most of the civil litigation involving the State of Rhode Island, Consumer Protection, Environmental Advocacy, and Public Advocacy before the Insurance Commissioner, the Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

• Representative activities included: providing legal counsel to the Governor and other state officers and directors; representing the state and its employees before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals; drafting Official Opinions of the Attorney General; drafting legislation and lobbying for its passage; providing legal counsel to state boards and commissions; drafting administrative agency rules; drafting and negotiating state leases and other contracts; representing the Attorney General before citizens' groups; enforcing the Access to Public Records and Open Meetings Acts and assisting in the internal management of the Department of Attorney General. As Acting Chief of the Appellate Unit, from May 1988 until March 1989, directed the four lawyer group responsible for arguing all criminal appeals before the Rhode Island Supreme Court and habeas corpus petitions before the Rhode Island Federal District Court.

General Counsel — The University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island

June 1979 – December 1986

• Duties involved directing all the legal affairs of the institutions.

• Representative activities included: developing, refining and overseeing practices and procedures related to affirmative action and non-discrimination, student discipline, intellectual property, industry-institutional cooperation, purchasing and insurance; representing the institutions before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals; supervising the conduct of litigation assigned to outside counsel; participating in all phases of University policy making as a member of the president's staff.

Hearing Officer, Office of Higher Education, State of Rhode Island,

July 1981 – July 1983

Assistant Public Defender, State of Rhode Island,

November 1977 – June 1979

Engaged in the general practice of law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

September 1973 – November 1977

Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

June 1972 – September 1973

Aide, Office of New York Mayor John V. Lindsay

June 1968 – April 1970

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Higher Education Law, Department of Human Development, Counseling & Family Studies, University of Rhode Island, 1990

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island, 1980 – 1986

Instructor of Business Law, College of Business, University of Rhode Island, 1981 – 1986

Adjunct Professor of Political Geography, Salve Regina University, in conjunction with the Naval War College 1984 – 1986

Lecturer, American Council on Education, Leadership Seminars, 1981 – Present

• Duties involve lecturing and conducting workshops on such topics as student academic and disciplinary proceedings, sexual harassment, faculty tenure and financial exigency, institutional liability for negligence, emotionally disturbed students, and the "Buckley Amendment."

Publications

• Author, I've Been Sued, What Happens Now?, a monograph published by the National Association of College and University Attorneys, 2002.
• Contributing author, Managing Overseas Programs and Liability, published by College Legal Information, Inc., Nashville, 1999.
• Author, Strategic Legal Planning Through Preventive Law: Managing the College and University Legal Audit, published by College Legal Information, Inc., Nashville, 1998.
• Author, sections on affirmative action and non-discrimination, Legal Deskbook For Administrators of Independent Colleges and Universities, published by Baylor University, 1993, updated, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, and second edition, 2000, updated 2001, 2002.
• Author, "The Standard of Proof in Student Disciplinary Cases," 12 Journal of College and University Law 71 (1985).

Professional Activities

• Participant, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education Professional Development Program, Summer 1994
• Member of Governor Bruce Sundlun's Ethics Task Force, 1990 – 1991
• Book reviewer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1976 – 1985
• President, Sakonnet Preservation Association, a Little Compton, Rhode Island land trust, 1994 – 1997; member of Board of Directors since 1985
• Member, Planning Board, Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Chair, 1984 – 1985
• Director, International Institute of Rhode Island, since 1990
• Arbitrator and Mediator, variously with the American Arbitration Association, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and the District and Superior Courts of Rhode Island, since 1972

Representative Schools, Colleges, Universities and Organizations at which Nicholas Trott Long has consulted or lectured

Adachi Gakuen Intelligence Network
American Samoa Community College
American Council on Education
Bayview Glen School
Barrington, Rhode Island School Department
Brown University
Cabrini College
California University of Pennsylvania
Clarkson University
Community College of Rhode Island
Cumberland, Rhode Island School Department
The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (at Northern Kentucky University)
East Providence School Department
Eastern Kentucky University
Franklin County, Virginia School Division
Guam Community College
Hampton University
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Longwood College
Madison Community College
Mount Mary College
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Northeast Missouri State University
Providence School Department
Providence College
Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Prestonsburg Community College
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
St. Francis University
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Southwestern University
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Susquehanna University
University of Colorado
University of Dubuque
University of Guam
University of Great Falls
University of the Incarnate Word
University of Kentucky
University of the Pacific
University of Puerto Rico
University of Rhode Island
University of Vermont
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Warwick, Rhode Island School Department