General Counsel
About the Office of General Counsel
The Office of General Counsel manages the administrative and legal affairs of the Houston City College System.
The Office of the General Counsel includes the following department units: Legal Services, Compliance, Institutional Equity, Records Management, and Risk Management.
Our clients are the Board of Trustees, the Houston City College System, its campuses, and HCC employees acting in their official capacities.
Department Units of the Office of General Counsel
Legal Services
The Legal Services Unit manages the legal affairs of the Houston City College, which includes contract management, general legal advice to the College, litigation management, talent engagement support, instructional services support, student services support, intellectual property, TPIA responses, real estate matters, and other matters applicable to higher education law. The Legal Services Unit represents the Houston City College, not individual students, faculty or staff, except when legal issues arise as a result of actions taken during the course and scope of employment or while acting for the college.
Telephone: 713.718.7514
Email: general.counsel@hccs.edu
Compliance
The Compliance Unit enables the institution to fulfill its obligations under applicable laws, regulations, best practices and standards, contractual obligations, and policies. The Compliance Unit is responsible for monitoring and coordinating compliance efforts and periodically reviewing each identified key compliance area, oversees case management for a third party hotline; develops and/or approves mandatory training initiatives; reports overall activities and performance metrics quarterly to the Board, and promotes compliance awareness throughout the College.
Telephone: 713.718-.514
Email: hcc.compliance@hccs.edu
Equal Opportunity and Title IX
The Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX (EO/TIX) oversees HCC’s compliance with Title IX, equal opportunity, and other state and federal civil rights laws, by centralizing resources for education, reporting, and facilitating resolution procedures.
Telephone: 713.718.8271
Email: hcc.oeotix@hccs.edu
Records Management
The Office of Records Management (ORM) fully supports Houston City College in developing, organizing, and maintaining the institution’s records management program and the student learning environment. ORM assists departments in ensuring records are created, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. To effectively carry out ORM’s functions and business processes, Custodians of Records (CRs) and Records Management Coordinators (RMCs) are appointed within each department throughout the HCC system.
Telephone: 713.718.5245
Email: records.management@hccs.edu
Risk Management
The Risk Management department fully supports Houston City College by developing and maintaining a program of risk management that protects the personnel, students and assets of HCC. Risk management serves to reduce conditions or practices which may expose the institution to human, environmental, or financial loss in coordination with multiple departments including Internal Audit.
Additional information is available at the Emergency Management Website: https://www.hccs.edu/emergency/
Telephone: 713.718.5100
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