Foresight Law + Policy

What Foresight Law + Policy does

Foresight Law + Policy, PLLC is a boutique law and policy advisory firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois and Sheridan, Wyoming. The firm specializes in education law and policy, serving state education agencies, school districts, education nonprofits, philanthropic foundations, and cross-sector coalitions across the United States.

The firm's service portfolio spans legal and regulatory counsel, policy advisory and government affairs, nonprofit governance and planning, government affairs and coalition building, and strategic policy support and planning. Its proprietary subscription product, FLP State Monitor, monitors education-policy developments across up to 50 state legislatures and provides recurring intelligence to subscribers. The firm combines traditional project-based professional services with a subscription intelligence product, supported by an active thought-leadership practice that produces books, policy briefs, and a podcast.

Foresight Law + Policy is privately held with no external investors and employs approximately 9 people. Its team includes founders and partners with backgrounds in federal education law and state-level policy, former state education commissioners, congressional staff, and senior leaders from major education organizations including CCSSO and Advance CTE. Revenue is generated through a mix of project-based professional services fees and FLP State Monitor subscriptions; pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Foresight Law + Policy

Legal name

Foresight Law + Policy, PLLC

Website

https://flpadvisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Foresight Law + Policy is a boutique education law and policy advisory firm founded in 2014, serving state education agencies, school districts, and education nonprofits with legal counsel, policy advisory, and a subscription state-legislature monitoring product.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Law and Policy Advisory Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Policy, Regulatory & Public Affairs Research (BPAHALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Education law counsel
• Policy advisory services
• Nonprofit governance consulting
• Legislative tracking service
• Education policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal and Regulatory Counsel: Provides legal counsel services to public and private sector education clients on complex education challenges including education law, nonprofit law, privacy law, civil rights, and regulatory compliance.
2. Policy Advisory and Government Affairs: Offers policy planning, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, and strategic advisory services to states, communities, and education organizations.
3. FLP State Monitor Subscription Service: Provides customized legislative and regulatory tracking service covering up to 50 state legislatures and regulatory agencies, with expert analysis and strategic advice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Foresight Law + Policy is a boutique law and policy advisory firm that provides expert legal counsel and policy guidance to public and private sector education clients. The firm helps education leaders navigate complex challenges including education law, nonprofit governance, student data privacy, civil rights compliance, and federal regulations such as ESSA. It also offers a proprietary subscription-based tracking service (FLP State Monitor) covering up to 50 state legislatures and regulatory agencies.

Product overview

Foresight Law + Policy is a consulting firm offering legal counsel, policy guidance, and advisory services to education leaders. The firm provides a portfolio of service offerings including Legal and Regulatory Counsel, Nonprofit Governance and Planning, Government Affairs and Coalition Building, and Strategic Policy Support and Planning, supported by specialized practice areas covering Higher Education Accreditation, Workforce Systems, Early Learning, Education Policy, Data Privacy, E-rate and Ed Tech, and State and Federal Advocacy. The firm's flagship service product is FLP State Monitor, a customized legislative and regulatory tracking service. The firm also publishes thought leadership including the book Readiness and regular policy updates through its News and Resources section.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FLP State Monitor: Foresight's customized legislative and regulatory tracking service that monitors activity in up to 50 state legislatures and regulatory agencies.

Products and services

• FLP State Monitor

Quantifiable outcome

• Elliot Regenstein was chief architect of Illinois' 2006 Preschool for All program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Watershed AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP partnered with Watershed Advisors to develop the Rhode Island Early Childhood Governance Analysis and the Vermont Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis under the auspices of Building Bright Futures.
• Afton PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Afton Partners on Rhode Island Early Childhood Governance Analysis and developed recommendations on Early Childhood Special Education Evaluation and Financing for Wyoming.
• Third Sector IntelligencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP teamed up with Third Sector Intelligence to produce a report for the State of Oklahoma proposing a new Early Childhood Integrated Data System with a nimble governance structure.
• School Readiness ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP partnered with School Readiness Consulting to produce a report on Michigan's 'Listen and Learn Symposium' held as part of the state's Preschool Development Grant-Birth through Five.
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP worked closely with CCSSO to develop guidance and recommendations on leveraging ESSA plans in Preschool Development Grant implementation. CCSSO published a report written by FLP titled 'Imagining More: How State Education Agencies Can Modernize the K-12 Education System'.
• Data Quality CampaignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner Elliot Regenstein and the Data Quality Campaign published a paper about Early Childhood Data Systems and COVID-19.
• Center for Early Learning Finance EquityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElliot Regenstein collaborated with Theresa Hawley of the Center for Early Learning Finance Equity to author a blog post for the Fordham Institute on early childhood education in choice programs.
• American Enterprise InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner Elliot Regenstein partnered with American Enterprise Institute to publish a report titled 'How Early Childhood Education Uses Social and Emotional Learning' as part of an AEI series on SEL implementation.
• Fordham InstituteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFLP team members regularly author blog posts and commentary for the Fordham Institute on education policy topics including early childhood, ESSA, and pre-k.
• New AmericaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerElliot Regenstein writes blog posts for New America's Education Policy program on early childhood governance and state systems.
• National Council of State Education AttorneysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP and the National Council of State Education Attorneys published new privacy guidance for State Education Agencies.
• Advance CTEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteve Voytek serves as Federal Policy Advisor for Advance CTE, the national organization representing state and territory leaders for CTE.
• College in High School Alliance (CHSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlex Perry serves as Coordinator of the College in High School Alliance, a coalition of more than 80 national, state, and local organizations advocating for college in high school programs.
• Rodel Charitable Foundation of DelawareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP and the Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware are managing proposals for the Dual Enrollment Research Fund's $1 million call for proposals on behalf of national and regional foundations.
• Foundation for Excellence in EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLP team led by Amy Starzynski worked with the Foundation for Excellence in Education to publish a report about state innovation in personalized and mastery-based education.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HCM Strategists: Education-focused lobbying and advocacy firm representing education clients before federal and state policymakers; comparable in providing strategic policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement for education organizations.
• EducationCounsel, LLC: Boutique law and policy advisory firm focused on education; directly comparable to Foresight Law + Policy in offering legal counsel, policy guidance, and regulatory advisory to education leaders and organizations.
• Whiteboard Advisors: Communications and strategy firm specializing in education policy, closely aligned with Foresight's policy advisory and coalition building work in the education sector.
• Bellwether Education Partners: Education-focused research and policy consulting organization; provides strategic advice, research, and policy analysis to education leaders, serving a similar client base to Foresight.
• Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville: DC-based law firm specializing in education law with practice areas overlapping Foresight's (ESSA, FERPA, higher education, special education), serving similar education-sector clients.

Broad incumbents

• WestEd: Large, established non-profit education research and consulting organization; broader in scope and scale than Foresight but serves overlapping state education agencies and policymakers.
• Council of State Governments: Nonpartisan member organization serving state government officials across all policy domains; significantly broader than Foresight but engages with the same state-level policy ecosystem in education.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Education Practice): Global law firm with a well-known education practice; larger-scale, broader portfolio competitor that competes for higher education, regulatory, and policy advisory work Foresight serves.

Emerging players

• Chiefs for Change: Bipartisan network of state education leaders; not a consulting firm but works with the same state education chiefs that Foresight serves, providing thought leadership in state education policy.
• Results for America: Government performance and data-use advocacy organization; partial overlap with Foresight in advising state agencies on using data and evidence for policy decisions, particularly in early childhood contexts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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