Retains Burke, Williams & Sorensen for civil litigation and legal services, up to $150,000 a year
The district's General Counsel office may hire this law firm for civil litigation and other legal work as needed, under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and engagement policy. Spending is capped at $150,000 in each fiscal year from July 2025 through June 2028. A data-sharing agreement also sets the rules for sharing student data with the firm and protecting it.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. AI summary · amounts checked against official text
- Vendor / partner
- Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- Legal, compliance & risk
- Term
- Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
- This vote
- $150,000
- Presented by
- General Counsel
- File
25-1257· agendaL.-62- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 28, 2025
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy (MOUEP) & Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) by and between Oakland Unified School District and Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, authorizing the Office of the General Counsel to retain Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP to provide legal services to the District for civil litigation and other legal services on an as needed basis, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 in a fiscal year, and under the DSA, the terms and conditions of District's transmission of or sharing of student data with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP and the protection by Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, of such data, for the same term as the MOUEP, via the Office of the General Counsel.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report