Administration
Christine Helwick
Christine Helwick
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Christine Helwick

General Counsel

Professional Experience

California State University: General Counsel, serving as chief executive of systemwide legal office; and Secretary for the institution (1994- )

University of California, Office of the General Counsel: Managing University Counsel - Litigation (1984-94); Berkeley Campus Counsel (1989-94); Assistant Counsel - Litigation (1978-84)

Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (now Reed Smith, LLP): Associate - business litigation (1973-78)

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Colleges and University Attorneys (2007)

Fulbright Award International Education Administrators Program, Germany (2006)

Professional and Community Activities

NACUA (1978- ): President (2002-03); Board of Directors (1995-98; 2000-04)

National Association of College and University Business Officers; Board of Directors (2001-07)

Oxford Roundtable, Sir William Blackstone Colloquium on Higher Education Law, Oxford University (July 2000)

NACUA Professional Development Institute, Harvard University (July 1998)

Executive Committee, State Bar of California (1980-83)

Alameda County Bar Association: Executive Committee, Trial Practice Section (1994); Delegate, State Bar Conference (1978-92); Alternative Dispute Resolution Referral Program Committee (1994); Minority Access Program Committee (1989); Board of Directors (1977)

Alameda County Bar Foundation: Board of Directors (1991); Advisory Trustee (1988-90)

Alameda County Arbitration Panel (1977-94)

Participant, Leadership California (training and dialogue on significant public policy issues for selected women leaders) -- (1998)

Rider, California AIDS Ride (San Francisco to Los Angeles on bicycle) - (June 1997)

Recent Publications

"Get Your E-information House in Order," Business Officer Magazine, November 2007

"Whistleblowers on Campus Must Have Protection," Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2002 (With Jackie McClain)

"Joint Stadium Venture," Urban Land Institute Magazine, August 2002

Education

B.A., History, Stanford University (1968)

M.A., Education, Northwestern University (1969)

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1973)

Personal

Born: January 6, 1947

Ms. Helwick has been admitted to the State Bar of California, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California. She has lectured on a wide variety of legal issues facing American universities.