Transcript LEGAL ISSUES-ADVICE AND RESOLUTION: WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN YOUR INBOX

NEW ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS
WORKSHOP
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
AUGUST 19, 2014
Legal Issues – Advice and Resolution:
What You Might Find in Your Inbox
Patti Ohlendorf
Vice President for Legal Affairs
FAC 438 (G4800)
Phone 471-1241
Fax 471-1255
[email protected]
http://www/utexas.edu/vp/irla/
Handout #1
Copy of Citation
and Plaintiff’s
First Amended Petition
Handout #2
Subpoena Duces Tecum
Handout #3
Tort Claim
Handout #4
Complaint from U. S.
Office for Civil Rights
Handout #5
Conflict of Interest,
Conflict of Commitment,
and
Outside Activities
Handout #6
Letter to Department Chair
Regarding Request under
Texas Public Information Act
Handout #7
Memo to Department Chair
Regarding Involvement in
Political Activities by
Faculty Member
Date: 7/22/14 Time: 11:25am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor John Doe
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
Was In
x Please Call
Returned Call
Important
MESSAGE:
Would like to review his promotion and
personnel files.
Date: 9/3/14 Time: 4:30 pm Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor John Help
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
Was In
x Please Call
Returned Call
Important
MESSAGE:
There is a student with a disability who needs
special accommodations.
Date: 8/5/14 Time: 8:30 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
John Doe – Elementary School Principal
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
Involves pornography on a student/employee
account (on a web page). Needs to discuss as
soon as possible.
Date: 8/6/14 Time: 9:30 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
President of
Of
Students to Promote Mandatory Studies
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
Would like to speak to you about designing
their web site, i.e. use of the UT seal,
pictures, etc.
Handout #8
Memo from Department Chair
Seeking Help on
Student Issues
Handout #9
Copy of Statement Regarding
Allegations Against
Faculty Member
Date: 6/11/14 Time: 8:40am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor Jane Doe
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned
x Please Call
Will Call Again
Was In
Returned Call
Important
MESSAGE:
Received a terrible score and a threatening
note (to kill her) on a student’s evaluation
form. What should she do?
Date: 10/6/14 Time: 11:15 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Lawyer John Doe
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
Trying to find out if Professor John Law was
given rights in all his inventions by the
University?
Date: 10/5/14 Time: 9:45 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Jane Doe --EMERGENCY
Of
xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
10 students in her class have fainted from a
noxious smell and others are becoming
nauseous. What should she do?
Date: 9/13/14 Time: 11:35 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Mrs. Jane Doe
Of
Phone
xxx/xxx-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
This parent is very upset. Her son is majoring
in your department. She has heard reports
that, “sex and drugs run rampant in the
dorms.” Please call her.
Date: 7/23/14 Time: 10:43am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor John Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned
x Please Call
Will Call Again
Was In
Returned Call
Important
MESSAGE:
He is not going to teach the additional course
that you assigned to him and a grievance has
been filed.
Date: 9/17/14 Time: 11:37am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Student John Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned
x Please Call
Will Call Again
Was In
Returned Call
Important
MESSAGE:
Professor Ima Faculty discriminated against
me based on my race. Possible to investigate
complaint and not tell professor who made
accusation?
Date: 4/19/14 Time: 10:29 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor Jane Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
Re: liability issue. She wants to have party at
restaurant for her class and restaurant wants UT to
assume liability for any damages to their property as a
result of this event. Will you sign the document?
Date: 5/15/14 Time: 11:31 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor Jane Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned
x Please Call
Will Call Again
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
She has been teaching one course in one three-hour
time slot per week and advising from home. You now
want her to teach two classes per week. You will need
to pay for her transportation from out of town for these
extra responsibilities.
Date: 7/16/14 Time: 8:41 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Office of Accounting
Of
Chair
Phone 1-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
Deceased faculty member’s family used Procard and
FedEx account for personal purchases. Card/FedEx
account cancelled. FedEx account used again Accounting has bill . Next step?
Date: 10/04/14 Time: 2:04 pm Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Anonymous
Of
Phone
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
A bomb is in the Department’s auditorium
where Mandatory Studies 301 just began
meeting.
Date: 11/24/14 Time: 8:45 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
Professor Taka Fieldtrip
Of
URGENT - EMERGENCY
Phone
xxx-xxx-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
One of the vehicles on departmental field trip involved
in accident. One student dead at scene and two taken to
hospital. Student driver is not physically harmed but
seems to be in shock. (We are about 30 minutes
outside Houston.) What should we do?
Date: 7/25/14 Time: 8:00 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From
UT Graduate of Mandatory Studies
Of
Living out of state
Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx
x Telephoned
Will Call Again
x Please Call
Returned Call
Was In
x Important
MESSAGE:
An alum of your department who just retired
from XXX State Prison system is moving
back to Austin. Request to wed his fiancée
during half-time at a UT home football game.
UT Austin Grievance Procedures
Faculty:
Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The
University of Texas System, Rule 31008, Sec. 6.1
HOP 2-2310, UT Austin Handbook of Operating
Procedures
Teaching Assistants and Assistant Instructors:
HOP 9-2050, UT Austin Handbook of Operating
Procedures
Non-Instructional Employees:
HOP 5-2430, UT Austin Handbook of Operating
Procedures
UT Austin Grievance Procedures
Students:
Academic Related/Graduate Students –
HOP 9-1240, UT Austin Handbook of Operating
Procedures
Academic Related/Undergraduate Students –
Student Services/Student Grievance Procedures,
2014-2015 General Information Catalog
Student Programs and Student Activity Related –
Appendix C, 2014-2015 General Information
Catalog
UT Austin Grievance Procedures
Students (cont’d):
Disability Related – Appendix I, 2014-2015 General
Information Catalog
Sexual Discrimination and Sexual Harassment, Student
Misconduct, and Sexual Assault – Appendices D, E,
and H, 2014-2015 General Information Catalog