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:

  • Election Director

  • Head of the Legal Counsel and Election Office

  • Legal issues related to academic self-governance, particularly regulations governing higher education institutions and basic regulations

  • Legal issues related to elections

  • Legal disputes involving labor and civil service law, disciplinary proceedings, including legal representation

  • Criminal law matters and campus regulations, including legal representation

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:
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  • Legal issues related to research contracts and research collaborations in the humanities and life sciences
     
  • Civil law matters, particularly contract law, in the fields of the humanities and life sciences
     
  • Legal Issues Related to Loan Agreements
     
  • Legal advice for Department 3—Financial Services Center of the Central Administration, including procurement and public procurement law

Christina Hellbach

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

Focus:

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

  • IT Law

  • Legal counsel for the Press and Public Relations Office, press law

  • Legal counsel for Department 1.5 (Service Center for Research and Technology Transfer, SFT) of the Central Administration (IP law)

  • Agreements on the transfer of rights, Including contracts for work and services

Kristina Kunz

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

Focus:

  • Legal issues regarding liability, damages, and insurance law
     
  • Legal issues regarding traffic accident law in cases involving university vehicles
     
  • Legal advice for Departments 5 (Service Center for Construction, Real Estate, and University Assets) and 6 (Service Center for Technical Services) of the Central Administration
     
  • Legal issues related to donations
     
  • Review of contracts for lecturers, consultants, and scholarship recipients
    AGG Complaint Office

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 academic and examination law, including appeals proceedings and legal representation

  • Legal disputes in the area of admissions and enrollment capacity law

  • Legal counsel to Unit A 1 (Planning and Reporting) and Division 2 (Student Service Center)

  • Legal advice for special functions and services (in particular, the Office of the Women’s Affairs Officer, Family Services, KIS, contact persons, etc.)

  • Coordination of 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 related to research contracts and research collaborations in the natural sciences

  • Civil law matters, particularly contract law, in the field of the natural sciences and in connection with IT procurement

  • Review of contracts for speakers, events, and sponsorships

  • Legal advice to Divisions 1.1 through 1.4 (International Service Center) of the Central Administration

RA 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 Ingrid Schumacher

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