Why Colleges and University Degree Programs should use a release

Ten Reasons Why Colleges and University Degree Programs should use a release

1. Students sue if they are over 18 and injured in a degree or non-degree program

2. Parents sue if their child is hurt in a program at school. Parents send their kids to be protected like they were at home.

3. Student health insurance companies sue to recover their costs under the subrogation clause in the policy

4. Students need to understand the risks of the sport; a release helps drive that issue home.

5. A release covers something you might have forgotten

6. A release helps keep your job if a student is injured

7. A release keeps “Risk Management” and “University Counsel” out of your hair.

8. A release allows you to expand your program by expanding the territory, the activities and/or the risk

9. A risk prevents you from taking a non-credit three year class called lawsuit defense

10. A release keeps me off your campus except to train rather than investigate and defend

11. A release keeps you from learning how nasty depositions really are.

12. Having students fill out a release and answering questions about the release is another class you don’t have to prepare a lesson plan for.