The Office of the General Counsel, as a unit of the Chancellor’s Office, provides, manages, and coordinates all legal services for UNCW in a collegial, positive, and professional manner. The office provides these services on university matters to the chancellor, the Board of Trustees, the senior officers, and other university administrators. The attorneys and legal staff are committed to rendering high quality, cost effective, and responsive legal advice in a timely manner to facilitate the achievements of UNCW’s goals in teaching, research, scholarship, and service. As a premier higher education legal office, the goal of our office is to provide professional legal services that minimizes risk, reduces litigation, and identifies and responds to legal issues affecting the university.
The Office of the General Counsel researches the law and advises the university on compliance with applicable federal and state law and regulations and UNC policies, drafts and/or reviews contracts, grants, and license agreements, and advises on a wide variety of legal matters to include employment, student affairs, civil rights, public records, real property, risk management, facilities development, sponsored programs, and intellectual property matters. The office is responsible for selecting, engaging, and supervising any outside counsel engaged by the institution. We coordinate all litigation conducted by the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office on behalf of the university.
