What is the procedure for requesting leave under the Faculty Family Leave policy?
For childbearing and adoption leaves, the faculty member is expected to notify his or her school’s dean at least sixty days prior to the beginning of the leave (for eligible faculty members with a primary appointment in the law or medical school) or at least sixty days prior to the beginning of the academic term during which the leave will take place (for all other schools). In cases of adoption, a shorter notification period is sometimes necessary. For childrearing leave, eligible faculty members are expected to submit a request for leave to the school dean at least sixty days prior to the beginning of the leave period (for eligible faculty members with a primary appointment in the law or medical school) or at least sixty days prior to the beginning of the academic term requested as the leave period (for all other schools). These notice requirements are designed to balance the faculty member’s interest in taking leave with the University’s need to make appropriate contingency plans to
