Episode 74: Summer Prep for Title IX: Legal Updates & the ICS Worksheet

Jun 5, 2025

It is hard to believe that we’re already zooming into summer! It’s been a wild few months, and this is an informational episode to recap some of what has happened. We start by giving you a peek behind the scenes at ICS, from training planned to a newly launched LinkedIn newsletter. Next, we touch on the May 22nd injunction, the events of May 23rd, and what the newly introduced Civil Rights Fraud Initiative stands to do. Our discussion also explores multiple new executive orders that have emerged recently and delves into Harvard’s fight and defense strategy with the administration and the timeline of events. Lastly, we unpack what you can gain from the ICS summer prep worksheets. Thanks for listening! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• In-person and live virtual trainings ICS is offering for K-12 and Higher Ed.
• The newly launched Tuesday Takeaways newsletter on LinkedIn.
• Unpacking the implications of the preliminary injunction of May 22nd on Title VII.
• The Supreme Court’s recent blocking of its first religious charter school. 
• Introduction of a new unit: The Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
• The new executive order banning disparate impact analysis in civil rights enforcement.
• Another new executive order focused on strengthening and investing in HBCUs.
• A timeline of what Harvard sees as the administration’s escalating retaliation campaign.
• What is covered in the 2025 summer prep worksheets from ICS.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

K-12 Worksheet
Higher Ed Worksheet
ICS Lawyer Blog
ICS on LinkedIn
Tuesday Takeaways LinkedIn Newsletter
Higher Ed Trainings and Webinars
'Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy'
Title IX, Mental Health and School Safety Symposium

ICS Lawyer

Higher Ed Community Access

K-12 Community Access

Higher Ed Virtual Certified IX Training

K-12 Virtual Certified Title IX Training

ICS Blog

Courtney Bullard on LinkedIn

Courtney Bullard on X 

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