University of Alberta

Office of the General Counsel

 

The Office of the General Counsel was established in May, 2004. It has the responsibility to manage the University's legal affairs.

 

The Office of General Counsel has various roles:

  • To identify and to recommend procedures and practices to protect the University from undue liability and to assist with risk assessment and control;
  • To provide strategic legal advice as well as a full-range of legal services directly to the University, its senior administration and the Board of Governors;
  • To provide legal advice and services directly to faculties and administrative units when requested by the deans or administrative heads of unit;
  • To retain, instruct and oversee external legal counsel on behalf of the University;
  • To manage the costs of legal services in an effective and cost efficient manner in order to maximize the value of the University’s expenditures and to minimize the University’s exposure to risk;
  • To provide seminars and other educational-oriented initiatives on legal issues affecting the University.

 

The Office of General Counsel does not administer legal matters arising from the commercialization of technology done through TEC Edmonton. Please refer to the TEC Edmonton website if you have legal questions related to such matters.