Faculty Support and Adjunct Resources

• Shared offices in Jerome L. Greene Hall are available for adjunct instructors to use on the days they are teaching. Offices are equipped with desktop computers, telephones, Ethernet plugs, and a printer, and do not need to be reserved in advance. Please contact Caitlin Lewis to obtain access to an office.

Additional workspace, as well as coffee, tea, other refreshments, and newspapers, is available in the Faculty Lounge, Room 746 in Jerome L. Greene Hall. Adjunct instructors may obtain keys to the faculty lounge from Caitlin Lewis. Please note, however, that the lounge is for faculty use only and should not be used for meetings with students.

If you need office space at the Law School to hold student conferences, a limited number of rooms can be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis; please check with Caitlin Lewis for availability. You are also welcome to hold conferences off-site at your own office if this is convenient for you and for the students.

This memo highlights key points for audio/visual and classroom technology support at the Law School.

• Convenient printing is available on Ricoh machines located in JGH on floors 5-9. Please contact the IT Helpdesk for guided assistance to connect to a printer.
• For assistance with larger print requests that need to be submitted to Columbia University Print Services, please reach out to Caitlin Lewis.
• The copiers in the Diamond Law Library require a copy card. The Business Office can provide you with a credit slip that the library circulation desk will accept in lieu of a copy card. 

• The Information Center is located behind the elevator bank on the first floor of Jerome L. Greene Hall. It is staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and can be accessed via the west corridor near Room 103.
• Instructors who have received mail addressed to the Law School are notified by the Info Center via email.
• FedEx packages and forms are available at the Info Center. You can either leave your package with the Info Center or, on weekends and evenings, bring it to any Federal Express office (A FedEx office is located on the southwest corner of 116th Street and Broadway). You can also leave it at a FedEx drop box with one located just down the block on West 116 Street. (toward Morningside Drive) outside the Wien courtyard.
• For United States Postal Service mail drop, there are boxes at various locations near the Law School. There is also a post office on 112th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As a member of the adjunct faculty, you have a faculty profile on Columbia Law School’s Faculty Directory website. Faculty profiles include a short biography, picture, and a snapshot of academic work and credentials. Please reach out to Caitlin Lewis for assistance with populating and updating your profile.

• The decision whether to renew an adjunct instructional appointment is made annually after the end of each academic year, based on enrollment, student and committee evaluations, and prospective curricular need. It is presumed that initial appointments will be renewed for a second term, assuming acceptable enrollment and evaluations and no significant change in curricular need. After an offering has been taught twice, there will be a presumption in favor of renewal for two additional terms. This is, again, assuming acceptable enrollment and evaluations and no significant change in curricular need.
• After four successive terms of teaching, instructors will be invited to take a year away from the classroom and then, if they wish, to re-apply for appointment in the following academic year. The reason for this procedure is to ensure both that instructors and the curriculum remain fresh, and that we continue to have the capacity to consider promising new offerings. In cases of strong curricular need, an instructor may be invited to re-apply for appointment without the year off.
• Please direct any questions to the Adjunct Appointments Committee at [email protected].