Husch Blackwell Launches Husch Blackwell Consulting

Am Law 100 firm Husch Blackwell launches consulting arm adding strategic, financial, and operations advisory services focused on higher education.

Michael Webb | May 12, 2025

Colleges and universities are facing a raft of challenges, including a shrinking student-age population, a reduction in government support, and a wholesale transformation of the college athletics system. To help its clients respond, Husch Blackwell, a national Am Law 100 law firm, has launched a consulting firm to work alongside its nationally recognized higher education legal practice.

Husch Blackwell Consulting (HBC), a non-legal subsidiary of the law firm, provides data-driven strategic, financial and operations advisory services to help institutions fulfill their missions sustainably over the long term. The team is led by a longtime college president and features advisors with more than 100 years of combined senior-level experience in higher education finance, athletics, education, enrollment management, and external relations.

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