Burke calls someone called Priscilla after denying Maya a scholarship (which he was willing to give her until he found out that she had heard of the HOTs free tuition). No-one knows who she is but there are a few theories, some think it's Quinn, now there seems to be a theory that she's involved with the dorm girls. Personally I think she's going to be the Burke lawyer that Jill is setting up a meeting with Maya about her tuition.
I had a similar thought a long time ago, except that Priscilla belongs to a law firm that also owns Royce's attorney. The reason Stephen Burke is calling his attorney, Priscilla, will be to let her know so the rumors we read in the papers may still be circulating.
Why a law firm? A connection must be created. In a law firm, it is common practice for attorneys to discuss ongoing cases discreetly in meetings. This is how the Royce lawyer finds out about the Burke lawyer Priscilla, so that the rumors about B&R and their client are not yet settled. Maya's name will be mentioned. The Royce attorney will note that Jill Royce contacted him about Maya. Both do not violate the confidentiality obligation of a lawyer because Maya is not yet a client. But Maya has an advocate at this meeting. Who? Cathy. She has a new job. Cathy knows the realities at B&R, Stephen and Jade Burke, Maya, Derek and the MC.
It's also a way for DPC to keep Cathy in play.
But the most important point for the law firm is that the MC had the problem in high school at the age of 15. The MC and Neil don't know why Neil wasn't sued by the other student's parents. That sounds a lot like lawyers to me. If Cathy also brings up the MC's name at the law firm meeting, it could lead to an interesting development in the story if a lawyer from that firm handled the Neil and MC case 4 years ago.
But there is another way, that the Royce lawyer is not even used because Priscilla could have learned everything about Maya from Cathy beforehand. Lawyers use investigators and at the Halloween party there were many people we didn't know and people who weren't recognizable through masks. Perhaps, Maya's situation will be clarified in EP10.