The Office of the General Counsel cannot provide legal services to staff or students in their individual and personal capacity. The office provides legal advice on a variety of topics, including contracts, subpoenas, business matters, personnel matters, and student rights. In addition, the Office of the General Counsel administers the College`s litigation. The Office of the General Counsel was created to ensure that all legal rights and opportunities of Providence College are protected and that the College`s legal obligations are met. The Office of the General Counsel provides legal advice, guidance, preventive legal advice and services to the Board of Directors, the President, Vice-Presidents and other administrative officials, as well as faculty, on all legal matters affecting the College. The guidelines on this website are .pdf format. To play .pdf files, Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer. If you don`t have Acrobat Reader installed, you can download it for free from Adobe. This online guide to Providence College`s policies, procedures, forms and related documents is intended to serve as a useful information tool for members of the college community. Our goal is to include all campus-wide and major area policies and the most recent versions of those policies in this guide.
However, we cannot confirm that the manual achieves this goal at any given time. The College reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make changes of any kind to this manual, including, but not limited to, policies, procedures, forms and related documents. Questions and comments regarding the documents contained in this manual should be directed to the Office of the Advocate General. The Office of the General Counsel also develops, directs and oversees the College`s risk management function by identifying, assessing and protecting the College`s exposure to actual and potential risks and effectively planning and managing the College`s insurance programs.