Vice President for Legal Affairs

The Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs provides high quality service and leadership by proactively managing and coordinating University legal affairs to support and enhance the University's educational, research, and public service mission, core purpose, and core values.

This includes: bringing a legal affairs and ethical perspective and strategies into University decision-making and planning; strategizing and advising on creative ways to establish and advance University programs and collaborations on campus, in our state, nationally, and internationally; solving legal issues; providing training on legal issues; providing University-wide committee representation; providing other legal and ethics advice, guidance, and representation; managing litigation; managing the use of outside counsel; representing the University in state and national discussions on legal issues and policy; and, liaising with the UT System Office of General Counsel and the Office of the Attorney General.

The Office is guided by operating principles of: integrity and the highest ethical standards; a commitment to excellence; continuously updated legal expertise; professionalism; creativity; sound decision-making; prevention; effectiveness; risk management; teamwork; effective communication; courtesy and respect; consensus-building; timeliness; and professional growth.

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