According to Taylor, the University will not defend employees from any action which was not a part of their official duties or which showed gross negligence.
She notes, for example, the University would not defend an individual who was genuinely guilty--in the University's eyes--of sexual harassment.
The Office
Taylor says that this system saves Harvard money.
"We're not staffed to [take cases to trial]," Taylor says. She notes that one case will typically occupy all of a lawyer's time for a period of four or five months, something that an office of ten lawyers cannot afford.
Casey says that such a strategy is not unusual for large institutions.
However, even in the cases where outside attorneys are used, they are still supervised by OGC.
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