CSCU Assistant General Counsel

Details:

Posted:
November 3, 2025
Level:Management / Confidential (Manager
3)

Hours:

Full-time, 40 hours per week
Closing Date:

The committee will begin review of applications immediately. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Friday, November 21, 2025

CSCU System Office
61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105

** This position is not remote**
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The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) contribute to the creation of knowledge and the economic growth of the state of Connecticut by providing affordable, innovative, and rigorous programs. Our learning environments transform students and facilitate an ever-increasing number of individuals to achieve their personal and career goals.

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will build on its long and successful history by working collectively - within and across institutions - and by engaging external partners to increase the number of students pursuing and completing personally and professionally rewarding certificate and degree programs, improving their social mobility, and helping the state to meet its current and future workforce demands.

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

The Assistant General Counsel will provide legal support and guidance on a full range of higher education issues impacting the colleges and universities within the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR). This position provides legal support on a variety of matters including, but not limited to, the following: discrimination complaints from both students and employees; interprets statutes, regulations and policies;

addresses legal questions as they arise; provides training to assure legal compliance; and review and drafting of contracts and other agreements. The incumbent may also serve on task forces or working groups on behalf of OGC. This position is based at the CSCU System Office and reports to the CSCU General Counsel.

Under the direction of the Associate General Counsel
, the Assistant General Counsel is responsible for providing legal support and guidance through effective performance in these essential duties:

• Conduct legal research and analysis on complex issues relevant to higher education and public sector institutions.
• Supply legal guidance and training for faculty and staff in the form of written memoranda and oral presentations.
• Provide legal advice to academic and administrative leaders from all CSCU institutions on a variety of substantive issues.
• Represent senior CSCU executives and managers in administrative hearings. Serve as a point of contact for litigation matters, including serving as Attorney General designee for Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO).
• Develop training materials and other resources, coordinate training for institutions on legal issues, including Freedom of Information, copyright, intellectual property, and information technology.
• Draft and participate in the legal review of contracts, leases, licenses, royalty agreements, and other documents through which CSCU transacts business.
• Draft complex contracts, memoranda of understanding, and affiliation and collaborative agreements.
• Monitor and assist with litigation matters, including discovery requests.
• Support and provide legal advice to CSCU institutions and System Office departments on a variety of issues including financial aid, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and grading.
• Keep abreast of issues and developments…