Office of Legal Affairs

UC Riverside will be closed effective December 24, 2025 and will reopen January 2, 2026 for the winter holidays.  No personal service of process will be accepted during the business closure.  During the business closure, you may serve The Regents of the University of California by emailing all of the following to SOP@ucop.edu: A copy of the summons and complaint, and A properly executed notice and acknowledgment of receipt or a waiver of service of summons. Your email will be responded to after the office reopens in January.

The Office of Legal Affairs provides counsel and legal advice to the Chancellor and his cabinet as well as to the senior leadership at UCR. We do not represent individual faculty, staff or students.

The Office of Legal Affairs provides legal advice and assistance on a wide range of matters affecting faculty, students and staff. Such matters include labor and employment, educational affairs, research, health affairs, technology transfer, privacy and information practices, land use, procurement, dispute resolution, compliance and regulations and policies of The Regents. 

UC Legal Strategic Plan 

Legal Strategic Plan 

This strategic plan was developed to guide the UC Legal Division in focusing its energy and resources on actions that will best position the University of California's legal function to achieve its mission to serve the University.