Ann D. Springer
Principal Campus Counsel
Bio
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, magna cum laude
- B.A., English and Psychology, Wellesley College, cum laude
- Admitted: California; C.D. Cal.; 9th Cir.; 10th Cir.; Supreme Court; District of Columbia
Ms. Springer is Principal Campus Counsel at UC Irvine, where she provides legal advice and counsel to UCI and UCI Health leadership on faculty and staff employment, disability, discrimination and other related issues.
Prior to joining UC Irvine, Ms. Springer served as Deputy General Counsel for the American Psychological Association and the affiliated APA Services, Inc., where she focused on employment issues, lobby and non-profit tax compliance, corporate governance, education, accreditation and ethics issues, along with general legal risk management. Prior to APA, she was General Counsel to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), where she presented, wrote, and advised college and university faculty, administrators, lawyers, and others on higher education legal issues, and authored a number of amicus briefs before federal and state courts. Previously, Ms. Springer was on the faculty of the Washington College of Law at American University, practiced employment law at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen in San Francisco, clerked with Judge Richard Cudahy of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and served as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Nancy Kassebaum.
Selected Speaking Engagements:
Non Profit Election and Campaign Rules, Assoc. of Corporate Counsel, 2019
Demystifying FERPA, SBCC 2019
The Impact of FERPA and HIPAA Regulations on Addressing Trainee Competence, Accreditation Assembly and APA Commission on Accreditation, multiple years 2012-2019
Board Governance and Fiduciary Duty, APA Board of Directors, APA Commission on Accreditation, APA Continuing Education Committee, 2016-2020.
Legal Issues for Academic Administrators, Stetson and University of Vermont Annual Higher Education Conferences multiple years 2008-2015.
“Achieving a Diverse Faculty: Law and Policy.” National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) Annual College and University Employment Law Seminar, San Francisco, C.A., March 2006.
“Faculty and Student Academic Freedom and the First Amendment.” Stetson University 27th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education, February 2006.
Other Activities and Interests:
Board of Directors, Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) Virginia 2017- 2021
Non Profit Election and Campaign Rules, Assoc. of Corporate Counsel, 2019
Demystifying FERPA, SBCC 2019
The Impact of FERPA and HIPAA Regulations on Addressing Trainee Competence, Accreditation Assembly and APA Commission on Accreditation, multiple years 2012-2019
Board Governance and Fiduciary Duty, APA Board of Directors, APA Commission on Accreditation, APA Continuing Education Committee, 2016-2020.
Legal Issues for Academic Administrators, Stetson and University of Vermont Annual Higher Education Conferences multiple years 2008-2015.
“Achieving a Diverse Faculty: Law and Policy.” National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) Annual College and University Employment Law Seminar, San Francisco, C.A., March 2006.
“Faculty and Student Academic Freedom and the First Amendment.” Stetson University 27th Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education, February 2006.
Other Activities and Interests:
Board of Directors, Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) Virginia 2017- 2021