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嘿嘿视频 Chancellor and UC General Counsel Select Mike Sweeney for Chief Campus Counsel

Following a nationwide search, 嘿嘿视频 Chancellor Gary S. May and University of California General Counsel Charles F. Robinson have selected Michael F. Sweeney to serve as chief campus counsel. University of California President Janet Napolitano approved the selection, which is effective as of April 1, 2018. 

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鈥淢ike鈥檚 history with 嘿嘿视频 is extensive and impressive,鈥 May said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 because of Mike鈥檚 efforts more than a decade ago that we centralized and enlarged our civil rights and whistleblower compliance programs. He is a strong advocate for students, faculty and staff, and he is frequently on the front lines for improving policy for modern needs. The university will benefit greatly from his dedication and leadership.鈥 

Sweeney has been interim chief campus counsel since June 8, 2017. Since joining 嘿嘿视频 in 2007 as senior campus counsel, he has provided advice and counsel on a wide range of complex legal matters related to employment, contracts and grants, academic freedom, student affairs, athletics, and research. He has drafted complicated policies regarding freedom of expression and Title IX compliance. More recently, he led two legislative initiatives to expand the California Dream Act for undocumented students and to create a domestic violence privilege for California higher education CARE counselors, both of which resulted in new California laws on Jan. 1, 2018.

鈥淢ike is a person of tremendous intellect and high integrity,鈥 Robinson said. 鈥淥ur attorneys throughout the UC system have benefited from his experience, and I value his wise counsel.鈥

鈥淚t is a great honor to work for this amazing institution, and to support all the members of this academic community,鈥 Sweeney said.  鈥淚 feel privileged to be a part of a campus that has made and will make such a positive difference in so many people鈥檚 lives.鈥

Prior to joining 嘿嘿视频, Sweeney was a civil rights attorney for the California Attorney General鈥檚 Office and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

Sweeney is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and he received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

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Dana Topousis, 嘿嘿视频 Strategic Communications, dtopousis@ucdavis.edu

Kimberly Hale, 嘿嘿视频 News and Media Relations, 530-752-9838, klhale@ucdavis.edu

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