Legal Services Offers Students and Employees
a Wealth of Legal Resources

The Legal Services Department has a variety of resources available to Maricopa students and employees on topics such as sexual harassment, employee rights, copyright issues, etc.

Brochures

The department has a library of free brochures on legal issues of special interest to the Maricopa community. Titles include Sexual Harassment At Work, Sexual Harassment On Campus, The Rights of Employees with Disabilities, and The Rights of Students with Disabilities. Copies of these brochures can be obtained from various locations at each college and center, or on request from the Legal Services Department.

Newsletter

Copies of previous issues of our in-house quarterly newsletter, In Brief (now in its second year of publication), are also available on request from the Legal Department; or, read the published articles online under Department Publications.

Web Site

Our web site provides visitors general information on legal-related services as well as other resources offered by the department, including minutes and motions from Governing Board meetings, review of contracts and clinical agreements, insurance, affirmative action and equal employment opportunity, and travel reduction.

On-Line Tutorial

What constitutes sexual harassment? What is quid pro quo harassment? Or, a hostile environment? What are employees' responsibilities when they witness peer sexual harassment? Both students and employees can test their knowledge of sexual harassment law on our interactive "Sexual Harassment On-Line Tutorial."

Audio Cassette Tape

At best, many legal topics can be mundane. At worst, they can be downright dull. So, in order to present legal information in an enlightening and pleasant way, the Legal Services Department, in partnership with radio stations KJZZ and KBAQ, has produced an audio cassette tape tutorial, "Basic Law In Brief."

Now, simply by listening to the tape (about a half-hour in length), a listener can acquire a basic understanding on five timely issues: the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), work-related liability, sexual harassment, copyright law, and the District's internal discrimination-complaint procedures.

Adding to the ease of listening to the instructional tape is the professional talent provided by KJZZ and KBAQ personalities Sterling Beeaff, Laura Carlson, Blaise Lantana, Jeff Parets and Bill Shedd, as well as the stations' general manager, Carl Matthusen.

"Basic Law In Brief" will be available at each of the college libraries. To find out other locations where it is available throughout the District, contact the Legal Services Department.

We are constantly developing new methods to deliver informative updates and information to the Maricopa family. If you have any questions or input regarding any of the above items, please call us at 480.731.8876.

Published in the Summer 1997 Edition of In Brief