Peter Lake is a professor of law, Charles A. Dana Chair, and the Director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law. He has spent 30 years in the classroom teaching law students and served as Stetson’s interim director of Title IX compliance in 2015. He is an internationally-recognized expert on higher education law and policy. He has been quoted or referred to in hundreds of newspapers and court opinions throughout the United States, including the Supreme Courts of California and Massachusetts in 2018. Professor Lake, an award-winning academic, has authored numerous law review articles, books, and other publications. Professor Lake is a highly sought-after speaker, and he has served as a presenter or keynote speaker at several hundred international, national, regional, and local meetings. He has trained thousands of campus personnel on student safety and other issues, including student mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, Title IX and sex discrimination, and First Amendment issues. Professor Lake is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and serves as a Senior Higher Education Consulting Attorney at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC.

Kristine Goodwin has worked in higher education administration for over thirty years—twenty as a senior executive (dean and vice president).  She has supervised hundreds of employees in more than fourteen departments (e.g. public safety and emergency management; personal counseling; health services; career education and professional development; residence life and housing; community standards; and Title IX). Kristine has significant experience adjudicating complaints and policy violations as well as mediating disputes between and among employees (e.g. administrators, staff, and faculty), students, parents, legal representatives, and community organizations.   Kristine recently earned a Juris Doctorate at the University of Massachusetts School of Law and holds a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Kristine also studied political science and public administration as an undergraduate and worked as a mayoral aide and campaign assistant for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  Most recently Kristine co-taught a mediation and alternative dispute resolution workshop at the Stetson Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference. She has conducted independent legal research and has written two 40-page papers on ADR in education, health, and corporate settings.  She has completed 40-hours of mediation training in accordance with M.G.L. ch.233 § 23C with Mediation and Negotiation Services, Consulting and Training (MWI) in Boston, MA; the Intensive Negotiation Workshop at Harvard Law School’s Executive Program on Negotiation (PON); the Massachusetts Center for Legal Education (MCLE) Court Conciliation Training; and CPR Pathways Arbitration Training.  Kristine is currently advancing her practice in collaborative lawyering.