Grounded in practice.
Every module, policy, and training product is built by people who have run academic integrity systems, argued cases, and advised institutions through real disputes.
AI didn’t create new rules.
It created new ways to violate the rules you already have.
TAAPD builds the training, policy, and compliance systems that hold up when those obligations get tested, across education, law, and research.
Built for the moment professional obligations get tested.
Rules first, then workflow.
Compliance content starts with the rules that already apply, then translates them into the decisions faculty, attorneys, and researchers make every day.
Built to hold up under scrutiny.
The test is not whether a policy sounds reasonable in a meeting. It is whether it holds up in front of a board, a court, or a regulator.
Who We Serve
Higher Education
Faculty training, academic integrity, AI policy, and student conduct support, built by people who have run these systems themselves.
Legal Professionals
AI training, CLE, and compliance consulting for attorneys, bar associations, and law firms.
Research Integrity
AI ethics education and compliance guidance for academic researchers, research institutions, and medical practitioners.
Where TAAPD works today
TAAPD’s faculty AI literacy module has been adopted by Point Park University as part of its institution-wide AI training.
The student AI literacy module is distributed nationally through VitalSource, including Barnes and Noble College campuses.
TAAPD’s CLE program is built by Paul Heddings, who has authored and presented CLE trainings accredited by the Missouri Bar and the Texas Bar. Additional courses are in development.
Institutional clients and bar associations across higher education, law, and research integrity are in active conversation with TAAPD about expanded work.
Built by people who have done the work
D. Paul Heddings II
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Director of Academic Integrity at West Virginia University. Former Chief Prosecutor for White Collar Crime and Public Corruption in Kansas City. Bar admissions: West Virginia, Missouri, District of Columbia.
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Steve Smith
Co-Founder & Director of Legal Strategy
Assistant Litigation Counsel at WVU Medicine Legal Services, with prior experience in the litigation division of Kay, Casto, and Chaney and as a Judicial Law Clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Six years as Assistant Director of Student Conduct at WVU. Bar admissions: West Virginia, Pennsylvania.
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TAAPD engages with institutions at the scale the problem requires, from a single training deployment to a multi-phase governance build.
Ready-Made Modules
Expert-built training for faculty, students, attorneys, and research staff. Deployable today, no IT integration required.
Rapid Review
Fixed-fee policy and workflow evaluation. Clear risks, gaps, and prioritized next steps in seven days.
Full Consulting
Multi-phase engagements for institutions building or rebuilding AI governance, policy, supervisory frameworks, and training infrastructure from the ground up.
CLE and Live Presentations
Live CLE presentations for bar associations, research conferences, academic institutions, professional associations, and private organizations. On-demand CLE courses coming as they are produced.
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