Christopher Murray joined Dow Lohnes Government Strategies in 2010 after five years as an attorney in Dow Lohnes's higher education practice group. Christopher routinely addresses the political and regulatory issues confronting the education sector. In particular, Christopher focuses on government relations matters related to online learning, the enactment and promulgation of laws and regulations regarding Title IV program administration and corresponding program compliance, federal workforce and military education programs, accreditation, foreign sanctions, medical schools, and technology applications in education.
Christopher received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School where he was an editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and his B.A. in Government and Theology from Georgetown University. Christopher is Dow Lohnes's pro bono coordinator and sits on the Board of Directors of Groundswell, one of the nation's leading clean energy and workforce development nonprofits.
Affiliations
Bar Admissions – New York and District of Columbia
Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys
2007-2012 Editorial Board, Journal of College and University Law
Executive Committee, District of Columbia Republican Committee
Publications
Breaching the Digital Divide: Personal Experience Matters in Crafting Innovative Education Policy, UMUC Center for Intellectual Property Newsletter, January 2012
Technology and Privacy on the 21st Century Campus, ACUTA Journal of Information Communications Technology in Higher Education, Fall 2011, at 30
Online Learning Under Fire, UMUC Center for Intellectual Property Newsletter, June 2011
Representant Les Etats-Unis d'Amerique: Reforming the USOC Charter, 7 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 233 (2005)
Institutional Advancement: Tainted Gifts, Reneging Donors, and Donor Control, Lex Collegii, Winter 2005, at 1
Defamation in the University Setting: Evaluations and References, Lex Collegii, Spring 2005, at 1
Zoning and the University: The Academy Meets the Neighborhood, Summer 2005, at 1