Contact Information

Credentials

Admissions & Legal Associations

  • Pennsylvania Bar - all courts
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • York County Bar Association

Education

  • Southern Arkansas University, B.A.
  • The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University, J.D.

Publications

“Religious Freedom and Parental Rights: Upcoming Title IX Battleground for Transgender Students,”

Legal Intelligencer (Oct. 2022)

Community Involvement

  • York County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, Member
  • York County Alliance for Learning, Board Member, Law Career Exploration Program Volunteer Instructor
  • York Business Improvement District Authority, Board Member
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of York and Adams Counties, Board Member, Vice President
  • DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, Board Member
  • York Young Professionals, Member
  • Leadership York, Leadership Training Program Graduate, Class of 2020

About Christopher L. Harris

Attorney Harris is a member of the firm’s School Law Group and concentrates his practice on all areas of public education, with a focus on labor and employment, Complex Student and Employee Investigations, School Safety and Security, Title IX – Sexual Harassment, First Amendment Free Speech, and Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure rights affecting students and employees.

Attorney Harris is experienced in providing structure and guidance to school administrators as they conduct investigations into student and employee issues, as well as stepping into the role of an outside investigator into complex allegations of student or employee issues. Attorney Harris is often asked to serve as the lead investigator, mediator, decision-maker, or appellate decision-maker in complex employee and student discrimination allegations.

Attorney Harris is a frequent guest lecturer at Central PA colleges and universities addressing school law topics such as: Professional Educator Laws and Dangers of Social Media, Legal Issues Every Teacher Should Know, Issues in Special Education Law, and Title IX – Sexual Harassment.

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