General Counsel

Welcome to the website for the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) at Roger Williams University. 

The OGC was established in 2003 as the in-house legal affairs division of the University. The OGC protects and advances the legal interests of the University by providing representation, advice, research, opinions, policy writing and training on behalf of the University, including the Board of Trustees, University administration, faculty, and staff (and occasionally others acting on their behalf) of the University.

The OGC does not provide legal advice or representation to individual members of the University community with respect to personal matters or personal legal issues.

Disclaimer

This site is intended for educational use only and does not constitute legal advice. Legal advice can be provided only in the course of an attorney-client relationship with reference to all facts of a specific situation. This information, therefore, must not be relied on as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a licensed attorney. Certain links on this site lead to servers maintained by individuals or organizations of whom Roger Williams University has no control. Those links, when provided, are available to help you identify and locate other internet resources that may be of interest to you. Roger Williams University makes no claim, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites.