Deutsch Intern
Legal Department and Electoral Office

Team

Ltd. RD Klaus Baumann

Lawyer, Head of Legal Affairs
Official Data Protection Officer
Permanent Representative of the Chancellor
Phone: +49 931 31-82786
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Focus:

  • Legal issues relating to academic self-governance, in particular rules for higher education institutions and basic regulations
     
  • Legal disputes in labor and civil service law, disciplinary proceedings, including legal representation
     
  • Criminal law matters and property rights, including legal representation
     
  • Legal issues relating to elections
     
  • Legal issues relating to data protection

Klaus Baumann, born in 1968 and a lawyer, has been employed at the university since 1996. He initially worked as a personnel lawyer for 10 years, most recently from 2004 to 2006 as head of the Legal and Policy Affairs Unit in the Human Resources Department. In 2006, he moved within the administration to the Legal and Elections Office, which he has headed since 2013.

In addition to these activities, Klaus Baumann was a part-time lecturer in law at the vocational school for nursing for 14 years and was responsible for organizing the Children's University between 2004 and 2012. Until his appointment as Vice Chancellor, he was a long-standing member of the Senate and the University Council as well as the University Election Committee.

RD René Demling

Lawyer, Deputy Head of Legal Affairs
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-82199
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Areas:

  • Legal issues relating to research contracts and research collaborations for the humanities and life sciences
     
  • Civil law matters, in particular contract law
     
  • Legal advice to Department 3 – Financial Services Center of the Central Administration

Christina Hellbach

Lawyer
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-83971
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Focus:

  • Legal issues relating to copyright, IT and media law, press law

  • Legal advice for press and public relations and Department 1.5 (Service Center for Research and Technology Transfer, SFT) of the Central Administration

Kristina Buchmiller

Lawyer
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-88567
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Focus:

  • Legal issues relating to liability, damages, and insurance law
     
  • Legal issues relating to traffic accident law in the event of accidents involving university vehicles
     
  • Legal advice for departments 5 (Service Center for Construction, Real Estate, and Corporate Assets) and 6 (Service Center for Technical Services) of the central administration
     
  • Legal advice for family matters

RDin Heidi Pabst

Lawyer
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-82785
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Focus:

  • Legal disputes in the areas of study and examination law, including appeal proceedings and legal representation
     
  • Legal disputes relating to admission and capacity law
     
  • Legal advice for Unit A 1 (Planning and Reporting), Department 2 (Student Service Center), and special functions and services (in particular the Office of the Women's Representative, Family Services, KIS, etc.)
     
  • Support for the “audit familiengerechte hochschule” (family-friendly university audit) project

Anne Niederlöhner

Lawyer
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-86442
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Focus:

  • Legal matters relating to research contracts and research collaborations for the natural sciences

  • Reviewing contracts for speakers, events, and sponsorships

  • Providing legal advice to departments 1.1 to 1.4 (International Service Center) of the central administration

ROI Stefan Wettengel

Elections Office, Deputy Data Protection Officer
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-82545
Fax: +49 931 31-86880

Email:         datenschutz@uni-wuerzburg.de

Focus:

  • Organization and planning of university elections and other university elections
     
  • Data protection office
     
  • Maintenance of official publications on the university network

VAe Heike Dünfelder

Secretary's office
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-88131
Fax: +49 931 31-86880
  • Receiving and forwarding accident reports from students to the state accident insurance fund

VAe Julia Wichmann

Secretary's office
Legal department and election office
Phone: +49 931 31-86790
Fax: +49 931 31-86880
  • Receiving and forwarding accident reports from students to the state accident insurance fund