On this inaugural episode of Gavels & Gowns, a Williams Mullen Education Law podcast, hosts Hal Johnson and Micah Schwartz welcome Chris Peace, president of the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia, Inc. (CICV). Chris assumed the role of president earlier this year and provides insight on topics ranging from the relationship between the Commonwealth and private institutions of higher education, regulations and legislation which could impact higher-ed and some of the goals which CICV will be focusing on in the short and long term.