Trusted.  Insightful.  Innovative.

Foresight Law + Policy is a national education law firm based in Washington, D.C.  Our lawyers and other professionals counsel education leaders, nonprofit organizations and companies working to strengthen public education and prepare all kids for success. 

Legal and Regulatory Counsel
Foresight's public and private sector clients take on complex education challenges and lead sophisticated organizations and enterprises. Their success requires legal know-how and insight and we help them understand the education, nonprofit, privacy, civil rights, and other laws and regulations that are central to achieving their goals.

Nonprofit Governance and Planning
Our nonprofit and public clients turn to us for help in improving their governance and other management structures. We help leadership teams define their vision and goals, craft  governance documents, and develop strategies and systems for making their visions a reality.  

​​Government Affairs and Coalition Building
Our  government affairs and coalition building work begins with  a deep commitment to promoting educational equity.  We use our knowledge of Congress, the Department of Education and other federal agencies to help our clients strengthen public education and give every student access to the learning opportunities they need and deserve.

​Strategic Policy Support and Planning
States and communities use us to plan and execute stakeholder engagement processes designed to turn broad policy goals into specific action plans. We help states and communities identify policy change levers and achieve support from key constituencies.

Practice Areas
Higher Education Accreditation
General Counsel Services
Early Learning                    
Nonprofit Governance
Education Policy 
Data Privacy
E-rate and Ed Tech       
Schools and Universities
General Counsel Services
State and Federal Advocacy                                 

News and Knowledge

• Foresight Law + Policy published a report by partner Elliot Regenstein titled “The Importance of Modernizing Technology in Developing Early Childhood Integrated Data Systems".
  
• Kirsten Taylor Carr joins Foresight Law + Policy.  Learn more about Kirsten here.
  
• As part of its ongoing work with the State of Wyoming on early childhood governance, Foresight Law + Policy has produced the Wyoming Early Childhood Governance Transition Report.
• Partner Elliot Regenstein joined Mike Petrilli and David Griffith on the Education Gadfly Show podcast to discuss how the Build Back Better plan would affect pre-k and child care.  In addition to the podcast, Elliot also authored two Fordham Institute Flypaper posts: “The Build Back Better plan would improve both pre-K and child care,” and “Build Back Better’s risks on early childhood education are manageable and outweighed by the benefits.”
• Foresight Law + Policy partnered with the Center for the Study of Education Policy, EducationCounsel, Erikson Institute, and Start Early to produce a new guide on how school districts can use ESSA funds – and ESSER funds – to support early learning.
• Foresight Law + Policy's Policy Advisor, Alex Perry,  published a blog post with Erica Cuevas from JFF describing ways in which the US Department of Education could place more of an emphasis on the importance of postsecondary transition programs such as dual enrollment and early college high school.
• Foresight Law + Policy released a new report, Building a Coherent P-12 Education System in California, based on interviews with dozens of education leaders in the Golden State.  The report makes recommendations for how the state can improve the integration of K-12 with early learning.  See the executive summary here.  The recording from the report launch and panel can be found here.
• Foresight Law + Policy Founding Partner, Reg Leichty, wrote a journal article "Online Learning for Rural Students", featured in the January 2021 Standard, The Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education.
• On October 28, 2020, we hosted a launch event for our joint report with Tom Gentzel, Gentzel Insights, LLC titled "Equipping School Boards to be Engines of Innovation in Education During the Pandemic and Beyond".   The presentation included insights from Tom Gentzel, former NSBA Executive Director alongside FLP Founding Partner Reg Leichty and Partner Elliot Regenstein and moderated by FLP Founding Partner Amy Starzynski.  The recording of the virtual event can be found here and the powerpoint presentation can be found here.
• Foresight and the National Council of State Education Attorneys published new privacy guidance for State Education Agencies.
• Partner Elliot Regenstein served as a guest author for the Education Commission of the States Ed Note Policy Blog with an article titled "Making Sense of Governance in Early Childhood".
• In the second of a three-part blog series, Stacie C. Goffin and Foresight Law + Policy Partner Elliot Regenstein address “The Practice of Leadership” and argue the importance of elevating leadership development as a field-wide priority in early childhood education.
• In the first of a three-part blog series, Stacie C Goffin and Foresight Law + Policy Partner Elliot Regenstein address “Early Childhood Education’s Leadership Capacity Gap” and explain how these limitations exacerbate fragmentation within the field.
• On July 1, 2020, we hosted a launch event for our report, Early Childhood Governance: Getting There from Here.  The presentation featured former Washington State Rep. Ruth Kagi, former Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White, Heising-Simons Foundation Program Officer Rebecca Gomez, and Foresight Law + Policy Partner Elliot Regenstein.  You can watch the recording here and view the presentation here.