Krimbill Elected President of the Education Law Association
Dr. Elisabeth Krimbill has been named president of the Education Law Association (ELA), a nonprofit that promotes and improves education law. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based organization, founded in 1954, has hundreds of members worldwide, including professors, attorneys, and school and college administrators. Through its publishing house, online programs and annual conferences, the ELA informs policy and offers information about legal issues affecting education law.
“This is really exciting for me, both personally and professionally,” said Krimbill, associate professor in the Department of Educator and Leadership Preparation. “I am enriched by my connection with the ELA and its work. I'm also a better professor because I'm a member of the organization, and I think our students benefit from my national perspective as I get to work with the best in the field of education law.”
As president, Krimbill said one of her primary goals is to boost member engagement by increasing the nonprofit’s number of programs and professional development opportunities, including new AI training. She stresses that the AI training is a critical initiative that will help the organization navigate the evolving landscape of legal policy research, the practice of law, and the art and science of teaching and leading.
“The educational law field, once a bastion of tradition and meticulous analysis, is undergoing a digital revolution that is both exhilarating and daunting,” Krimbill said. “Technology has demonstrably altered the way we access, analyze, and interpret information.”
In addition to helping oversee the ELA’s annual conference in November, Krimbill is also spearheading a co-branding initiative to host a symposium this July at Oxford University in England. The international symposium connects directly with Krimbill’s research, she said, including public-school law and finance. Krimbill said she is currently working on an article about how educators and school leaders misunderstanding of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that protects the privacy of students' education records, impacts student support and safety.
“We are thrilled to have Dr. Krimbill as president. She offers a unique, holistic perspective on education law as an educator who understands both the school administration practice and the academic-scholar lens,” said Dr. Jeffrey C. Sun, the ELA president-elect and a distinguished university professor and associate dean for research and innovation at the University of Louisville. “The Education Law Association membership spoke loudly in selecting Dr. Krimbill as the leader of this 71-year-old organization.”