Services we provide
Our services include:
- providing legal advice;
- drafting and negotiating agreements for commercial and other transactions;
- establishing and maintaining standard agreements and other precedents to streamline processes;
- managing litigation on behalf of the University;
- instructing external lawyers and monitoring their performance;
- seminars and presentations about specific legal issues affecting the University.
Queries in the first instance about the matters below should be referred to the administrative unit listed opposite. Those units will, where appropriate, liaise with OULC.
| Audit and risk assessment (including fraud and corruption) | Audit & Risk Assessment (opens in a new window) |
| Complaints against the University | Complaints Management & Resolution Unit (opens in a new window) |
| Employment and workplace relations | Office of People and Culture (opens in a new window) |
| Insurance | Finance Office (opens in a new window) |
| Intellectual property rights (including registration of IP rights, confidentiality agreements, consulting) | UWS Innovation & Consulting (opens in a new window) |
| Research and development | Research Services Office (opens in a new window) |
| Security or safety issues | Campus Security & Safety (opens in a new window) |
| Student or staff equity | Equity and Diversity Unit (opens in a new window) |
Services we do not provide
Please note that staff members in OULC cannot provide legal advice or services of a personal nature to individual staff or students. If staff or students have a concern or a complaint involving the University, they should contact the University’s Complaints Management & Resolution Unit (opens in a new window).
Students can go to the ‘Getting Help’ page on the UWS website to find out where to obtain help for any matters affecting their studies. Staff or students may also be able to seek assistance from NSW Community Justice Centres (opens in a new window).
