W. SCOTT LEWIS, J.D.

W. Scott Lewis, JD is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management and serves as Associate General Counsel for Saint Mary’s College in Indiana. He recently served as the Assistant Vice Provost at the University of South Carolina. 

Scott brings over fifteen years of experience as a student affairs administrator, faculty member, and consultant in higher education.  He is a frequent keynote and plenary speaker, nationally recognized for his work on Behavioral Intervention for students in crisis and distress.  He is noted as well for his work in the area of classroom management and dealing with disruptive students. He presents regularly throughout the country, assisting colleges and universities with legal, judicial, and risk management issues, as well as policy development and implementation.

He serves as an author and editor in a number of areas including legal issues in higher education, campus safety and student development, campus conduct board training, and other higher education issues. His recent works include Campus Safety 101,  The Returning Veterans (Magna Publications) and "College and University Liability for  Violent Campus Attacks" (Journal of College and University Law, April 2008).

Scott serves and has served as clinical and adjunct faculty, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Education, Political Science, Business, and Continuing Education courses in Executive Education. He is a member of NASPA, ACPA, CAI, served on the Executive Board for SCCPA, and serves on the Board of Directors for ASJA. He did his undergraduate work in Psychology and his graduate work in Higher Education Administration at Texas A&M University and received his Law degree and mediation training from the University of Houston.

He has served as clinical and adjunct faculty, teaching in the colleges of Education, Political Science, and Business.

Scott does educational training, speaking and consulting in the areas of:

• Behavioral Intervention Team Development
• Mental Health Disturbances and Intervention
• Classroom Disruption and Management
• Critical and Behavioral Incident Response
• Managing Millennials and Across Generational Lines
• Sexual Assault Case Management
• Conduct Board Training
  • Competency Based Models
  • Gestics/Kinesics
  • Questioning techniques
  • Procedures
• Conduct Program Development
• Academic Integrity
• Honor Code Development
• Communications Skills
  • Utilizing the Birkman© Tool
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution
• Confrontation Skills
• Compliance with Federal Laws in Higher Education
• Workplace Violence
• Negotiation Skills
• Assertiveness Skills
• Coaching Skills

Scott lives in Columbia, SC with his wife Kim, their daughter and son.

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