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NEW ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS WORKSHOP
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINAUGUST 9, 2013
Legal Issues – Advice and Resolution:
What You Might Find in Your Inbox
Patti OhlendorfVice President for Legal Affairs
FAC 438 (G4800)Phone 471-1241
Fax [email protected]://www/utexas.edu/vp/irla/
Handout #1
Copy of Citationand 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
Financial Disclosure
and
Conflict of Interest Statement
Handout #6
Letter to Department ChairRegarding Request under
Texas Public Information Act
Handout #7
Memo to Department ChairRegarding Involvement in
Political Activities byFaculty Member
Date: 7/22/13 Time: 11:25am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor John Doe
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
Would like to review his promotion and personnel files.
x
x
Date: 9/3/13 Time: 4:30 pm Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor John Help
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
There is a student with a disability who needs special accommodations.
x
x
Date: 8/5/12 Time: 8:30 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From John Doe – Elementary School Principal
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
Involves pornography on a student/employee account (on a web page). Needs to discuss as soon as possible.
x x
x
Date: 8/6/13 Time: 9:30 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From President of
Of Students to Promote Mandatory Studies
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
Would like to speak to you about designing their web site, i.e. use of the UT seal, pictures, etc.
x x
x
Handout #8
Copy of Statement RegardingAllegations Against
Faculty Member
Date: 6/11/13 Time: 8:40am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor Jane Doe
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call 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?
x
Date: 10/6/13 Time: 11:15 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Lawyer John Doe
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
Trying to find out if Professor John Law was given rights in all his inventions by the University?
x x
x
Date: 10/5/13 Time: 9:45 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Jane Doe --EMERGENCY
Of xxxx
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
10 students in her class have fainted from a noxious smell and others are becoming nauseous. What should she do?
x x
x
Date: 9/13/13 Time: 11:35 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Mrs. Jane Doe
Of
Phone xxx/xxx-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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.
x x
x
Date: 7/23/13 Time: 10:43am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor John Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
He is not going to teach the additional course that you assigned to him and a grievance has been filed.
x
Date: 9/17/13 Time: 11:37am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Student John Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call 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?
x
Date: 4/19/13 Time: 10:29 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor Jane Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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?
x x
x
Date: 5/15/13 Time: 11:31 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor Jane Doe
Of
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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.
x x
Date: 7/16/13 Time: 8:41 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Office of Accounting
Of Chair
Phone 1-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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?
x x
x
Date: 10/04/13 Time: 2:04 pm Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Anonymous
Of
Phone
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call Important
MESSAGE:
A bomb is in the Department’s auditorium where Mandatory Studies 301 just began meeting.
x x
x
Date: 11/24/13 Time: 8:45 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From Professor Taka Fieldtrip
Of URGENT - EMERGENCY
Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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?
x x
x
Date: 7/25/13 Time: 8:00 am Voicemail:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
From UT Graduate of Mandatory Studies
Of Living out of state
Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx
Telephoned Will Call Again Was In
Please Call Returned Call 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.
x x
x
Faculty:Rules and Regulations of the UT System Board of
Regents, Series 31008, Section 6.1Section 2-2310, UT Austin Original Handbook of
Operating Procedures
Teaching Assistants and Assistant Instructors:Section 9-2050, UT Austin Original Handbook of
Operating Procedures
Non-Instructional Employees:Section 5-2430, UT Austin Original Handbook of
Operating Procedures
UT Austin Grievance Procedures
Academic Related/Graduate Students – Policy 1.C.2, UT Austin Revised Handbook of Operating ProceduresAcademic Related/Undergraduate Students – Student
Svcs., 2012-2013 General Information CatalogStudent Programs and Student Activity Related – Appendix
C, 2012-2013 General Information CatalogDisability Related – Appendix I, 2012-2013 General Information CatalogSexual Discrimination and Sexual Harassment, Student Misconduct, and Sexual Assault – Appendices D, E, and H, 2012-2013 General Information Catalog
UT Austin Grievance Procedures
Students