Jason Lawrence Spangehl

Jason Spangehl is an Immigration Attorney at the Law Office of Jason Spangehl, and a Principal and Executive Consultant at Spangehl Higher Education Associates.

Since admission to the bar in 2010, Jason has combined and applied expertise in higher education, law, and advocacy in his consulting and legal practices. He has nineteen years of experience in education at every level from elementary through post-secondary. His immigration practice in Urbana-Champaign has addressed the needs of one of the fastest growing immigrant academic communities in the US for the last eight years.

Jason brings a unique perspective to his work: developed though his broad experience as an administrator for major for profit institutions, a language teacher for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students in South Korea, and Law School instructor, an and refined through the effective application of continous quality improvement principles and evidence-based argumentation.

The Law Office of Jason Spangehl ensures access to high quality immigration advocacy. As an Attorney, Jason focuses on cases demanding a strong narrative and persuasive evidence. This includes petitions based on marriage, ability, and national interest, visas and resident adjustment, and inadmissibility waivers. He is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Spangehl Higher Education Associates' mission is to enhance the foundations of quality for higher education - organization, policy, processes, and assessment - that enable success. As a Higher Education Executive Consultant Jason has advised leadership at diverse institutions to improve, assess, and  demonstrate educational quality. He provides management services to achieve initial accreditation, reaffirmation, and removal of sanctions. He provides expert guidance for board governance, policy and process design, KPI-based operational evaluation, and student learning assessment.