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Jim Raup
Partner
Jim Raup has a varied practice in school law, representing Texas independent school districts, private schools, and community colleges. He also works with both private and public employers in many aspects of employment law. In addition to his legal career, Jim taught high school social studies, worked in school dropout prevention, and was a high school football and baseball coach. He is actively involved in the community through several volunteer organizations and is a frequent author and speaker on education and employment matters.
Representative Experience
- Handles litigation, including appeals, and counsels school administrators and governing bodies regarding civil rights claims brought by employees, parents, or students under the Constitution and state or federal statutes, including school desegregation and other educational issues.
- Represents schools in defense of claims in state and federal trial and appellate courts and before state and federal administrative agencies.
- Counsels and handles litigation of federal and state educational issues, including Section 504 and ADA, sexual harassment, special education (IDEA), student discipline, student rights (including Title IX), student records, and parent rights.
- Counsels clients and handles litigation concerning hiring, evaluations, discipline, RIF, nonrenewal, discharge, employee grievances, and Title VII issues.
- Counsels clients concerning employment contracts, severance agreements, personnel policies, and employee handbooks.
- Counsels clients and handles litigation concerning Texas Public Information Act and Texas Open Meetings Act issues.
- Counsels clients concerning purchasing and competitive bidding requirements.
- Counsels clients concerning election laws and United States Department of Justice preclearance requirements.
Activities
- Member, Educator Preparation Programs Joint Advisory Board, Huston-Tillotson University
- State Bar of Texas, School Law Section
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Council of School Attorneys, National School Boards Association
- Texas Council of School Attorneys, Texas Association of School Boards
- Foreman, Travis County Grand Jury, 147th District Court, October 2007 term
- The University of Texas T Association
- The University of Texas Longhorn Hall of Honor Council
- University United Methodist Church
- Leadership Austin
- Austin Independent School District Partners in Education
- Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Presentations & Publications
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Speaker, Student Records and Confidentiality, National Educators' Law Institute, Eight Annual Assessment Boot Camp Workshop for Educators, San Marcos, Texas, June 2009
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Speaker, Personal Liability of Principals, Immunity is an Effective Shield, 22nd Annual TASSP-Legal Digest Conference on Education Law for Principals, Austin, Texas, June 9, 2009
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Speaker, Avoidable Mistakes in the ARD Process, National Educators Law Institute, 16th Annual Disabilities Law Conference, Austin, Texas, December 2008
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Speaker, Coach, Did You Know? Liability Issues Concerning Athletes' Injuries, Use of Force, Prayers, Random Testing for Substances, Parent Complaints and Title IX, 3rd Annual Texas High School Coaches Association-Legal Digest Workshop for Texas High School Coaches, San Antonio, Texas, July 27, 2008
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Speaker, All You Ever Wanted to Know About Chapter 37 (and Then Some!) Student Discipline K-12, National Educators Law Institute 7th Annual Assessment Boot Camp, Austin, Texas, May 21, 2008
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Speaker, If I had a Hammer - Defensible Discipline from A - Z, Region Six Case, 10th Annual Legal Issues Conference for School Administrators, Huntsville, Texas, February 27, 2008
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Author, Tis the Season, Nonrenewal and Termination under Chapter 21, Texas School Administrators's Legal Digest, February 2008
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Author, Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child - the Use of Physical Force by Public School Employees, Texas School Administrators' Legal Digest, January 2008
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Speaker, Coach, Did you Know? Liability issues concerning athletes’ injuries, use of force, prayer, random testing for substances, parent complaints and Title IX, Second Annual Texas High School Coaches Association – Legal Digest, Legal Workshop for Texas High School Coaches, July 2007
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Author, The Common Sense Guide to Texas School Law for Coaches, published by Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest, July 2007
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Speaker, Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child: The Use of Physical Force by School Employees, 20th Annual TASSP-Legal Digest Conference, June 2007
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Speaker, Confidentiality and Public Information: How the Statutes Affect Records and Documentation Kept at School, National Educators Law Institute 6th Annual Assessment Boot Camp, May 2007
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Author, No "I" in Team, Your Coaches and the Law, Texas School Administrator's Legal Digest, March 2007
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Speaker, Coaches and the Law, Texas High School Coaches Association, July 2006
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Speaker, No “I” in Team, Your Coaches and the Law, 19th Annual Conference on School Law for Principals Texas School Administrators-Legal Digest, June 2006
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Speaker, Discipline in Elementary Schools, First Annual Conference on Education Law for Elementary School Administrators, Texas School Administrators-Legal Digest, November 2005
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Speaker, Discipline of Special Education Students IDEA 2004, National Educators’ Law Institute Fourth Annual Assessment Boot Camp Workshop for Educators, June 2005
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Panelist, Question and Answer Session with Public School Administrators, Texas School Administrators-Legal Digest, June 2005
Professional Background
- Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D. 1978 (with highest honors); Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers; Board of Barristers; Editor in Chief, Texas Tech Law Review; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. 1968
- Adjunct Professor, Concordia University Austin, College of Education Graduate School
- Law Clerk: Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1978-79)
- Admitted to Practice: Texas; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas
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