W. Scott Lewis, J.D.

Managing Partner, TNG; Chair, NABITA Advisory Board

Areas of Expertise

Risk Management Solutions

Title IX

Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment

Expert Witness and External Third-Party Neutral Services

Athletics

Speaking and Writing

Published numerous books, and over 200 whitepapers and articles on student affairs, education law, behavior intervention, classroom management and various other topics.

Gave a TedTalk on managing victims of trauma for lay people.

Given thousands of presentations on campuses and at conferences.

Recognized for his expertise in campus conduct training and authoring codes of conduct. He has trained conduct administrators from over one thousand college campuses, and authored the Model Codes for students and student organizations.

Pioneered, with TNG Chair Brett Sokolow and Dr. Brian Van Brunt, the NABITA model for campus Behavioral Intervention Teams, and co-authored the validated NABITA Threat Assessment Tool, the most widely used campus risk assessment rubric.

Authored or revised the conduct codes of over 400 colleges.

Model policies authored by Lewis are in use by more than 1,000 colleges and schools.

Professional Organizations

ATIXA

NABITA

Student Affairs National Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA)

American College Personnel Administration (ACPA)

College Student Educators International (ASCA)

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University

Master’s work completed in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University

Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston

W. Scott Lewis, J.D.

Managing Partner, TNG; Chair, NABITA Advisory Board

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King, Jr.

W. Scott Lewis, J.D. is a Managing Partner with TNG, Chair of the NABITA Advisory Board, and a co-founder and advisory board member of ATIXA. In 2009, Scott co-founded NABITA and was president of ASCA.

Scott serves frequently as a third-party neutral hearing advisor and decision-maker for TNG clients for sexual misconduct, discrimination, and Title IX grievance proceedings. He works regularly with clients in the areas of harassment, discrimination, disability, and retaliation, as well as prevention and response to dangerous and disruptive behaviors. He has trained thousands of administrators and law enforcement officers to properly investigate matters of sexual harassment and other types of civil rights harassment and discrimination, as well as presented prevention education workshops in these areas and in threat assessment and harm prevention. He consults regularly on these issues as well, including assisting with oversight of these investigations. He gave a TED Talk® related to this subject for laypeople – including employees and supervisors – on how to properly respond to victims of trauma.

Scott has worked with the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women and the Department of Education’s Offices of Civil Rights as a trainer and consultant to train staff and investigators. He was a consultant to the Office of the Vice President and the White House Task Force on issues of Sexual Misconduct, as well as a core member of the United States Olympic Committee’s Task Force that proposed and created the United States Center for SafeSport, both of which he consults with and trains. He also consults with and trains numerous sports organizations and governing bodies at all levels from High Schools to Olympic-level athletes, trainers, coaches, and staff, including working with the NCAA and NJCAA.

He serves as a frequent keynote and plenary speaker at national and international conferences. He is nationally recognized for his work in the areas of: Student/Staff Conduct; Behavioral Intervention/Threat Assessment Teams for all ages of students in crisis and distress; Titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, IX, ADA, and other civil rights laws; and general risk management in education. He is noted as well for his work in the area of classroom management and dealing with dangerous and disruptive students (and parents) and co-authored a book on classroom management and The Book on BIT. He has been interviewed and/or featured by The Chronicle of Higher EducationStudent Affairs TodayInside Higher Education, ESPN, ESPN The MagazineTimeNewsweek, NPR, NBC, CBS, ABC, USA TodayToday’s Campus, as well as other publications and sources.

Scott holds his B.S. in psychology and master’s work completed in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University and his J.D. from the University of Houston.