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Jamie Lewis Keith
Distinguished Senior Law and Policy Fellow
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Washington, D.C., 20001
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Boston, MA 02111
Ms. Keith is an EducationCounsel consultant with a 38-year legal career as a policy and legal leader, including a focus on in higher education and academic research diversity, equity, inclusion, free expression, quality, research policy, compliance systems, and governance. She focuses on these issues within the context of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields.
Previously,...
Ms. Keith is an EducationCounsel consultant with a 38-year legal career as a policy and legal leader, including a focus on in higher education and academic research diversity, equity, inclusion, free expression, quality, research policy, compliance systems, and governance. She focuses on these issues within the context of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields.
Previously, she was a partner at EducationCounsel, the Vice President, General Counsel and University Secretary for the President and Board of Trustees at University of Florida, and Senior Counsel (first primary inside counsel) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was also responsible for enterprise risk management and oversaw environmental sustainability and safety functions. Earlier, she was in private practice and executive public service in Massachusetts.
Ms. Keith graduated from Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, with distinction in all subjects, and Boston University School of Law, magna cum laude, and was an outside article editor on the Boston University Law Review. She served as Law Clerk to the late Honorable Bailey Aldrich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and is admitted to the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Florida Bars (inactive status in Florida).
she was a partner at EducationCounsel, the Vice President, General Counsel and University Secretary for the President and Board of Trustees at University of Florida, and Senior Counsel (first primary inside counsel) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was also responsible for enterprise risk management and oversaw environmental sustainability and safety functions. Earlier, she was in private practice and executive public service in Massachusetts.
Ms. Keith graduated from Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, with distinction in all subjects, and Boston University School of Law, magna cum laude, and was an outside article editor on the Boston University Law Review. She served as Law Clerk to the late Honorable Bailey Aldrich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and is admitted to the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Florida Bars (inactive status in Florida).
Education
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Boston University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(1984)
- Boston University Law Review, Article Editor (1983-1984); Staff (1982-1983)
- Cornell University, AB, History of Art with Distinction in All Subjects (1979), concentration in Asian Art and Studies
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Massachusetts
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, the Honorable Bailey Aldrich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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Professional Activities
- Association of American Universities
- Member (only General Counsel), AAU Biomedical Research Policy & Strategy Task Force (2014–2017)
- Member, 11-General Counsel Legal Advisory Committee for the AAU (2007–2017)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Chief Law/Policy Advisor to the SEA Change Project for structural race and gender barrier removal in STEMM higher education (2018–present)
- Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity in STEM Fields (2004–present)
- Co-Director, AAAS Diversity and Law Project (2008–2013) (AAU, other organizations participated); Co-Legal Lead for Diversity and the Law, Part II (2019–present)
- AAAS, Association of American Medical Colleges, American Geophysical Union
- Co-Originator and Co-Law/Policy Lead and Chief Senior Administrator for 120+ member Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (2018–present)
- College Board
- Member, Advisory Council for the Access and Diversity Collaborative (2004–2017), Advisor (2018–present)
- Council on Governmental Relations
- Member, Board of Directors, Member, Research Compliance Administration Committee (2004–2010)
- Member, Biosecurity/Export Controls Task Force (2001; as needed)
- UF Representative (2010–2015)
- National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Member (1999–2017 while at MIT and UF; associate member at EducationCounsel)
- Editorial Board, The Journal of College and University Law (2010–2015)
- Member, Annual Program Committee, Co-Chair, Research & IP Working Group (2015–2017)
- Frequent presenter; author
- Association of Governing Boards
- Member, Advisory Group on Supplement to AGB Guidance on Board Conflicts of Interest (2012–2013)
Ms. Keith is an EducationCounsel consultant with a 38-year legal career as a policy and legal leader, including a focus on in higher education and academic research diversity, equity, inclusion, free expression, quality, research policy, compliance systems, and governance. She focuses on these issues within the context of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields.
Previously,...
she was a partner at EducationCounsel, the Vice President, General Counsel and University Secretary for the President and Board of Trustees at University of Florida, and Senior Counsel (first primary inside counsel) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was also responsible for enterprise risk management and oversaw environmental sustainability and safety functions. Earlier, she was in private practice and executive public service in Massachusetts.
Ms. Keith graduated from Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, with distinction in all subjects, and Boston University School of Law, magna cum laude, and was an outside article editor on the Boston University Law Review. She served as Law Clerk to the late Honorable Bailey Aldrich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and is admitted to the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Florida Bars (inactive status in Florida).
Education
-
Boston University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(1984)
- Boston University Law Review, Article Editor (1983-1984); Staff (1982-1983)
- Cornell University, AB, History of Art with Distinction in All Subjects (1979), concentration in Asian Art and Studies
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Massachusetts
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, The Honorable Bailey Aldrich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Association of American Universities
- Member (only General Counsel), AAU Biomedical Research Policy & Strategy Task Force (2014–2017)
- Member, 11-General Counsel Legal Advisory Committee for the AAU (2007–2017)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Chief Law/Policy Advisor to the SEA Change Project for structural race and gender barrier removal in STEMM higher education (2018–present)
- Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity in STEM Fields (2004–present)
- Co-Director, AAAS Diversity and Law Project (2008–2013) (AAU, other organizations participated); Co-Legal Lead for Diversity and the Law, Part II (2019–present)
- AAAS, Association of American Medical Colleges, American Geophysical Union
- Co-Originator and Co-Law/Policy Lead and Chief Senior Administrator for 120+ member Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (2018–present)
- College Board
- Member, Advisory Council for the Access and Diversity Collaborative (2004–2017), Advisor (2018–present)
- Council on Governmental Relations
- Member, Board of Directors, Member, Research Compliance Administration Committee (2004–2010)
- Member, Biosecurity/Export Controls Task Force (2001; as needed)
- UF Representative (2010–2015)
- National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Member (1999–2017 while at MIT and UF; associate member at EducationCounsel)
- Editorial Board, The Journal of College and University Law (2010–2015)
- Member, Annual Program Committee, Co-Chair, Research & IP Working Group (2015–2017)
- Frequent presenter; author
- Association of Governing Boards
- Member, Advisory Group on Supplement to AGB Guidance on Board Conflicts of Interest (2012–2013)