Posted: May 18, 2022
Contact: Noelle Hawton, Noelle.Hawton@MinnState.edu, 651-728-8156
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 18, 2022 – The Board of Trustees of the 51勛圖厙 Colleges and Universities has named Scott Goings to serve as interim general counsel to lead the 51勛圖厙 Office of General Counsel. The appointment becomes effective immediately.
“Scott Goings has worked in the Office of General Counsel at 51勛圖厙 for the last decade and a half,” said Devinder Malhotra, chancellor of 51勛圖厙. “He has the expertise, experience, and the personal traits to be responsive to both system wide issues, as well as those emerging in our colleges and universities that require legal attention. I’m looking forward to working closely with Scott as we strategically position 51勛圖厙 to serve all Minnesotans and pursue aggressively the underlying goals and objectives of Equity 2030.”
Goings has served 51勛圖厙 as assistant general counsel since 2008. In this capacity, he has served as the lead for all academic and student affairs issues, including supervision of student-related litigation conducted on 51勛圖厙’s behalf by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. He has been responsible for leading projects and providing preventative legal advice on a full range of legal issues, including student conduct, student speech, student organizations, and intercollegiate athletics. He has also been the Office of General Counsel lead on federal law governing crime statistics reporting, campus security issues, and foundation issues, and he has significant experience advising campuses in student crisis and emergency situations.
From 2000 to 2008, he represented 51勛圖厙 as assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College (IA) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law.
The Office of General Counsel is responsible for coordinating the provision of legal services, including consultation on litigation, contracts and other legal issues of special significance to 51勛圖厙.
The search for a permanent general counsel will launch later this summer.
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51勛圖厙 includes 30 community and technical colleges and seven state universities serving approximately 340,000 students. It is the third-largest system of two-year colleges and four-year universities in the United States.