FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
HANDBOOK FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY
Updated Fall, 2009
Important Contacts
Sheila Foster, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
212-636-7771
Email: sfoster@law.fordham.edu
Nicola Lee, Associate Dean, Administration
212-636-7692
Email: nplee@law.fordham.edu
Susan Santangelo, Director, Faculty Administration
212-636-6878
Email: ssantangelo@law.fordham.edu
Professor Howard Erichson, Director of the Adjunct Program
646-312-8233
Email: erichson@law.fordham.edu
Daniel Auld, Director, Technology Communications & Academic Support
212-636-6895
Email: dauld@law.fordham.edu
Robert J. Nissenbaum, Director, Leo T. Kissam Memorial Library
212-636-7609
Email: rnissenbaum@law.fordham.edu
Todd Melnick, Associate Law Librarian, Public Services
212-636-7677
Email: tmelnick@law.fordham.edu
Christian Steriti, Manager, Academic Support
212-636-6897
Email: csteriti@law.fordham.edu
Owen Grey, Receptionist, Academic Support
212-636-6890
Email: ogrey@law.fordham.edu
Alec Soto, Assistant to Dean
212-636-7992
Email: alsoto@law.fordham.edu
Audrey Glassman, Registrar’s Office
212-636-6803
Email: aglassman@law.fordham.edu
Mailing Address
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
Henry Brooks Adams
Welcome to the adjunct faculty of Fordham University School of Law. You play an
important role in the legal education of the student body, bringing substantive expertise,
enthusiasm, and a generous commitment of your time. The School=s adjunct professors help
enrich the breadth of courses we can offer our students and enhance the diversity of perspectives
to the School=s academic curricula and community.
This Handbook is designed to help acquaint you with the policies and procedures of
Fordham Law School, and to assist you as you prepare for and conduct class. If you have any
questions, please don=t hesitate to contact us or other members of the Fordham staff listed in the
Handbook=s directory.
The motto of Fordham Law School is AIn the Service of Others.@ Your participation in
the School=s faculty helps us fulfill this. We wish you a stimulating academic year and a
wonderful experience with us.
William M. Treanor, Dean
Sheila Foster, Associate Dean, Academics
Prof. Howard Erichson,
Director of the Adjunct Program
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Contents
I.
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6
A. About Fordham Law School .......................................................................................................................... 6
B. History of the School ...................................................................................................................................... 6
C. Law School Programs ...................................................................................................................................... 6
D. School Facilities ............................................................................................................................................... 6
E. Law School Curricula ...................................................................................................................................... 7
F. Law School Centers and Institutes .................................................................................................................. 8
G. The Clinical Program ....................................................................................................................................... 9
H. Student Publications....................................................................................................................................... 10
I. Moot Court Program...................................................................................................................................... 10
J. Student Activities. .......................................................................................................................................... 10
II. Preparation for the Semester .................................................................................................................... 12
A. Agreement with Fordham ............................................................................................................................ 12
B. Course Description ........................................................................................................................................ 12
C. Biographical Sketch ...................................................................................................................................... 13
D. Course Assignment and Schedule ................................................................................................................. 13
E. Text/Materials Selection................................................................................................................................ 13
F. Copyright Policy ............................................................................................................................................ 14
G. Book Order ................................................................................................................................................... 14
H. Syllabus ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
I. Faculty Intranet (FacNet)............................................................................................................................... 15
J. Syllabus and First Class Assignment Board .................................................................................................. 15
K. Web Courseware Options ............................................................................................................................. 16
L. Faculty Mailbox ........................................................................................................................................... 16
M. Faculty Identification Card ........................................................................................................................... 16
III. Course Requirements................................................................................................................................. 17
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Examinations................................................................................................................................................. 17
Papers ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Writing Requirement ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Law Journal Submissions.............................................................................................................................. 18
Independent Study ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Class Attendance ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Class Participation ........................................................................................................................................ 19
IV. Registration for the Course ....................................................................................................................... 20
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Registration ................................................................................................................................................... 20
Class Roster................................................................................................................................................... 20
Oversubscribed Classes ................................................................................................................................. 20
Requests to Audit Classes ............................................................................................................................. 20
V. Conducting Classes ...................................................................................................................................... 21
A. Seat Assignments .......................................................................................................................................... 21
B. Photos of Students ......................................................................................................................................... 21
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C. Audio Recording of Class ............................................................................................................................. 21
D. Accessibility to Students ............................................................................................................................... 21
VI. Exams and Grading.................................................................................................................................... 21
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Examinations................................................................................................................................................ 21
In-Class Exams............................................................................................................................................. 22
In Class with Laptops ................................................................................................................................... 22
Take Home Exams ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Online Take Home Exams............................................................................................................................ 23
Request for Postponements........................................................................................................................... 23
Grading ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Grading Examinations and Papers ................................................................................................................ 24
Scoring.......................................................................................................................................................... 24
VII. The Law School’s Grading System.......................................................................................................... 24
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J.D. Grading ................................................................................................................................................ 24
LLM. Grading .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Class Standing .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Submission of Grades .................................................................................................................................. 27
Academic Integrity ....................................................................................................................................... 28
VIII. Resources for Faculty.............................................................................................................................. 28
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Fordham Law E-mail .................................................................................................................................... 28
Adjunct Faculty Web Page ............................................................................................................................ 28
Adjunct Faculty Office .................................................................................................................................. 28
Special Equipment Needs ............................................................................................................................. 28
Media Services .............................................................................................................................................. 29
Assisting Students with Legal Research ........................................................................................................ 29
Faculty Research Endeavors ......................................................................................................................... 30
IX. Class Cancellations ..................................................................................................................................... 30
A. Cancellations by Fordham ............................................................................................................................. 30
B. Cancellations by Faculty Members ................................................................................................................ 30
X. Feedback and Evaluations........................................................................................................................... 31
A. Student Evaluations ....................................................................................................................................... 31
B. Faculty Committee Review ............................................................................................................................ 31
C. CLE Credits.................................................................................................................................................... 31
XI. Special Student Needs ................................................................................................................................ 31
A. Fordham Counseling Services ....................................................................................................................... 31
B. Student Employment and Career Advice ....................................................................................................... 32
C. Accommodating Students with Disabilities ................................................................................................... 32
XII. Checklist of Tasks ..................................................................................................................................... 32
XIII. Directory .................................................................................................................................................. 34
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. About Fordham Law School
The Law School is located at 140 West 62 Street, New York, NY 10023. William M. Treanor is the Dean of
the School.
More than 14,000 alumni of the School of Law practice in all 50 states and in 35 countries around the world.
B. History of the Law School
Fordham Law School was founded in 1905, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students in the day
and evening divisions and the masters (L.L.M.) program. The School opened in what is now known as Collins
Hall on Fordham University=s Rose Hill Campus in Bronx, New York, and shortly thereafter moved to a
location in downtown Manhattan. By 1912, a separate evening division was established, which remains a vital
component of the Law School today. From 1915 to 1943, the Law School was located in the Woolworth
Building, and then, until 1961, the Law School joined other parts of Fordham University in a building at the
corner of Broadway and Duane Streets in Manhattan. The Law School=s permanent home in the Lincoln
Center section of Manhattan was established in 1961, and in 1984, its building was enlarged to accommodate
an atrium, amphitheatre, additional classrooms, and an expanded library.
C. Law School Programs
The Law School includes a day and an evening program. Students may be candidates for a Juris Doctor (J.D.)
degree or a graduate masters (L.L.M.) degree. In addition, students may be enrolled in joint degree programs.
The School of Law and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offer a combined program of studies in law
and graduate-level International Political Economy and Development. The School of Law and the Martino
Graduate School of Business Administration have established a combined program of studies in law and
graduate level business administration, leading to a J.D./M.B.A. degree. The School of Law and the Graduate
School of Social Service offer a combined program of study in law and graduate level social work.
D. School Facilities
Additional and updated information about the School may be found on its web-site, located at
http://law.fordham.edu.
The Law School building is wired so that students can access the School=s network, Internet access, and all
programs available in the Computer Lab from either plug-in or wireless locations throughout the school. Plugin locations include the Classrooms 203 and 205 and in the library; the Main Reading Room, which has 125
jacks; the Upper Reading Room, which has 100 jacks; and several reading rooms with a total of 16 jacks. All
six floors of the Law Library are wireless. Assisted learning software is available in the Library for use by
students and faculty with disabilities. Please contact the Director of Student Affairs (see Directory) for more
information and to arrange for access.
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Web-based services include the following:
1. Faculty Intranet: http://law.fordham.edu/facnet is a section of the law school’s
website that allows faculty to view course rosters, email students, and post syllabi
and first class assignments on what is called the Syllabi and First Class Assignment
Board.
2. The School encourages adjunct faculty to post biographical information on their
Fordham webpages in order to assist students in selecting courses. Fordham
webpages are to be used for activities that relate to the teaching activity of adjunct
faculty, and are not a general purpose personal website. You may include, however,
a link to your professional practice website. Please contact the Manager of
Academic support (see directory) if you would like updates made to your web page.
3. My Fordham: this is a new site that will house individual protected accounts
containing valuable information relating to courses, schedules, rosters, as well as
personal HR and payroll information. The link for the site is http://my.fordham.edu.
First time users will have to claim their ID by clicking on the “First Time Users” link
once they’ve arrived at the My Fordham site. For more information, select “Please
Click Here For a Step By Step Tutorial on How to Claim Your Account.” PLEASE
NOTE: you are not to share you’re My Fordham login information with anyone as
the account will contain personal HR and payroll information.
4. Student Life, http://law.fordham.edu/currentstudents.htm: this site includes
information pertaining to student groups, journals, housing availability, athletic
facilities, and the like.
5. Law School=s Web-Site Calendar (http://law.fordham.edu/calendar.htm): this site
enables on-line event registration.
6. Law Help Desk: If you have any questions about Law School technology Contact:
Law Help Desk, Fordham University School of Law, 140 West 62nd Street, New
York, NY 10023 Tel. (212) 636-6786 Email: helpdesk@law.fordham.edu. Normal
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 10 PM; Weekends and Holidays: 10 a.m. to 6
p.m.
E. Law School Curricula
Candidates for a Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree must complete 83 credit units. The required program in the day
division extends over three academic years; in the evening division, it extends over four academic years. The
School=s requirements are designed to meet or exceed the requirements of the New York Court of Appeals, the
American Bar Association, and the Association of American Law Schools.
First Year Day students are required to take the following courses: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law,
Contracts, Criminal Law, Legal Process, Legal Research & Writing, Property, and Torts. First Year Evening
students are required to take the following courses: Contracts, Criminal Law, Legal Process, Legal Research
& Writing, Property, and Torts. Second Year Evening students are required to take the following courses:
Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law. Upper-class students are required to take Corporations and
Professional Responsibility, and to fulfill a writing requirement.
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F. Law School Centers and Institutes
In addition to its course curriculum, Fordham Law School includes a number of Centers and Institutes, each of
which organizes conferences and hosts programs. These activities, which afford a multi-dimensional approach
to the legal training of law students and enhances their preparation for professional careers, may be related
thematically to your course.
1. The Center for Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law serves as a focal point for
the School=s business law programs. Capitalizing on the Law School=s strong
academic reputation, its alumni network of prominent corporate and business leaders,
and its location in the financial capital of the world, the Center provides a forum in
which attorneys and policy makers can address issues of importance to the business
community. The Center=s programs include roundtable discussions, in which leaders
in the business community are invited to debate financial issues and consider
business challenges to formulate policy in an academic environment that is
independent of partisanship or client influence. The Center also enjoys the support
of a specialized scholarly journal, the Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, which
has published reports of many of the Center=s programs. The Center also runs an
Advanced Business Law Seminar in which students are introduced to leading
business law academicians.
2. The Center on European Union Law was established in 1984. The Center provides a
teaching and resource facility devoted to European Union law, as well as European
Union and international antitrust. The Center holds lectures at Fordham and
elsewhere on current European Union law topics by Court of Justice judges, officials
of the European Commission and Council, members of the European Parliament, and
European scholars; develops of curricula and teaching materials to be used at
Fordham and other law schools throughout the United States and Europe; and
facilitates an exchange of ideas and information amongst scholars, governmental
officials, lawyers, business executives, and students. The Center assists in the
arrangements for such courses as European Union Law, EC Business and Trade Law,
EC Competition Law, EC Intellectual Property Law, EC Intellectual Property
Licensing, EC-US Constitutional Law Comparisons, and European Monetary Union
and Banking Law.
3. The Conflict Resolution and ADR Program offers a unique opportunity to study
conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution. The Program encompasses an
integrated agenda of teaching, scholarship, and practice in conflict resolution within
the national and international communities. Courses and clinics are offered in
negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and international conflict resolution. The
Fordham Belfast/Dublin Summer Study Abroad Program and the Fordham-Ulster
Conflict Resolution Program comprise part of the Program=s international activities.
4. The Competition Law Institute offers annual conferences and training in the general
areas of private international law and public regulation of competitive international
trade and investment. The Institute=s programs bring together governmental officials,
attorneys, and academicians from around the world and its proceedings are then
published.
5. September 2007 marked the launch of the Leitner Center for International Law and
Justice as well as the 10th anniversary of the Crowley Program in International
Human Rights. Professors Martin Flaherty and Tracy Higgins founded the program
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in 1997, creating what remains a unique fieldwork-centered model of human rights
scholarship and education. Since that time, the program has trained scores of
students, sponsored well over one hundred events, including many panels, film
screenings, conferences, and symposia, and greatly expanding opportunities for
students to work in the field of human rights.
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6. The Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy provides a forum within
Fordham University for the development of initiatives that promote interdisciplinary
cooperation amongst professionals serving families and at-risk children in urban
communities. The Center is a joint undertaking of the School of Law, the Graduate
School of Social Service, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Department
of Psychology). Initiatives include consideration of issues raised by family violence,
including the abuse and neglect of children and intimate partner violence, and the
impact of the child protective system on children and their families.
7. The Brendan Moore Advocacy Center and the Brendan Moore Advocates Program
fosters the teaching and study of lawyers as advocates, with special emphasis on
client representation at the trial level. Moore Advocates are selected from amongst
first-year day and second-year Evening students and participate in a two-year
program of sequenced class offerings, externships, and special programs.
8. The Public Interest Resource Center acts as a clearinghouse for student-initiated pro
bono and community service projects, serving the poor and those of limited means in
such areas as domestic violence, unemployment, housing, death penalty advocacy,
family court mediation, immigration, police misconduct, environmental advocacy,
and community service.
9. The Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics reflects the Law School=s commitment to
teaching, legal scholarship, and professional service to promote the integration of
ethical perspectives in legal practice, legal institutions, and the development of law
generally. The Center sponsors programs, develops publications, and supports
scholarship on contemporary issues of law and ethics, and encourages professional
and public institutions to integrate moral perspectives into their work. The Center
also offers programs for practicing lawyers in fulfillment of New York=s CLE
requirements. The Center oversees the Stein Scholars Program, a three-year program
for selected Law School students who work in public interest settings and undertake
specialized academic coursework in legal ethics.
G. The Clinical Program
Fordham Law School=s Clinical program helps bridge students= academic and professional life. In addition to
the Externship Program, the Law Clinic offers opportunities for students to integrate legal analysis with
lawyering theory and skills. By assuming lawyering roles or performing lawyering functions in problemsolving settings, students begin the process of experimental and reflective learning. For more information you
may contact the Director of Clinical Education (see Directory). Clinics include the following:
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Community Economic Development
Criminal Defense
Federal Litigation
Housing Rights
Immigrants’ Rights and Access to Justice
Intellectual Property
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International Justice
Mediation
Securities Arbitration
Social Justice
Tax & Consumer Litigation
Walter Leitner International Human Rights
H. Student Publications
Fordham Law School has several student publications that enrich students= academic experience and help
students continue to master legal writing techniques. These journals include:
Fordham Law Review
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Fordham International Law Journal
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Fordham Environmental Law Journal
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
The Common Good
I. Moot Court Program
Fordham Law School also helps students master advocacy skills through the Moot Court Board, consistently
fielding championship competition teams. All first year students are introduced to skills relating to the crafting
of appellate briefs and arguments as part of their Legal Writing course. Thereafter, students may choose to
continue to develop these skills by participating in the Moot Court Program.
J. Student Activities
Fordham Law School offers a number of athletic, political, and social activities for students, including the
following.
The Advocate
American Bar Association/Law Student Division
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
American Law Student Association
Amnesty International
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Board of Student Advisors
Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center
Catholic Law Students
Change for Change
Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO)
Community Service Project
Death Penalty Awareness Project
Domestic Violence Awareness Center
Environmental Law Advocates
Fordham Disaster Relief Network
Fordham Dispute Resolution Society
Fordham Environmental Law Review
Fordham Health, Education, Advocacy and Law Society
Fordham Information Law Society
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Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
Fordham International Law Journal
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
Fordham Law Advocates for Voters Rights
Fordham Law Democrats
Fordham Law Follies
Fordham Law Republicans
Fordham Law Review
Fordham Law Softball
Fordham Law Tortfeasors
Fordham Law Women
Fordham Media and Entertainment Law Society
Fordham National Security and Law Society
Fordham OUTlaws – Fordham’s LGBT Law Student Association
Fordham Parents Attending Law School
Fordham Sports Law Forum
Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship, Inc.
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Gavel and Shield Society
Global Law Society
Habitat for Humanity at Fordham Law School
Housing Advocacy Project
I Prep Program
Immigration Advocacy Project
Irish Law Students Association
Italian American Law Students Association
Jewish Law Students Association
Junta, The
Latin American Law Students Association
Latin Students Against Trafficking
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
Law Students Supporting Science
Legal Education and Advocacy Project
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Children’s Law Project
Media and Entertainment Law Society
Moot Court Program
Muslim Law Students Association
National Lawyers Guild
Older and Wiser Law Students
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Prisoner’s Rights Advocates
Research, Education and Advocacy to Combat Homelessness
South Asian Law Students Association
Sports Lawyers Society
Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law & Ethics
Students Animal Legal Defense Fund of Fordham Law School
Student Bar Association
Student Hurricane Network
The Common Good
Unemployment Action Center
United for Liberty
Universal Jurisdiction
Yearbook
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Student Bar Association also sponsors intramural softball, tennis, and basketball games.
Fordham Law School recognizes that significant learning and experience are gained outside the classroom. If
you are involved in a symposium, bar association or continuing legal education program, or the like that you
feel may benefit the Law School community, please contact Helen Herman at 212-636-6885 to coordinate
arrangements to post information or distribute brochures.
II. PREPARATION FOR THE SEMESTER
There are a number of tasks you will need to undertake before the semester even begins. The following is a
description of those tasks, and, to further assist you, a checklist is included in this Handbook so that you can
confirm you have completed all necessary items.
A. Agreement with Fordham
Prior to the semester, you should receive a proposed agreement with Fordham. If the agreement is acceptable
to you, please sign and return it to Fordham. Executed agreements should be directed to the Director of
Faculty Administration (see Directory).
It is important that all paper work pertaining to your appointment to the adjunct faculty be returned to Director
of Faculty Administration as quickly as possible. Some services are not available to you until your paperwork
is processed by the University. Processing takes approximately two weeks.
B. Course Description
Students select courses from the Registrar=s Course Bulletin online, which sets forth the following:
A brief description of each course=s subject matter
The number of available credits
The course requirements (such as a paper and/or a final examination, take home examination)
Prerequisites, if any
Enrollment limitations if any
Whether or not the course will satisfy the upper-class writing requirement.
An example of a course description follows:
Professional Responsibility: Criminal Advocacy (3 credits)
This course focuses on the ethical responsibilities of prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers. Topics
include the allocation of decision-making authority, the duty of confidentiality and its limits, conflicts
of interests, and ethical responsibilities in the investigation and trial of criminal cases. While focusing
on the codified standards of professional responsibility, the course will also explore the relationship
between the Constitution and ethical rules as well as how problems left unresolved by those rules
ought to be addressed. A paper is required. Enrollment is limited to 25.
Each adjunct professor should prepare a course description and send it electronically to the Registrar=s Office
(see Directory) no later than two months before the professor=s class is scheduled to begin.
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C. Biographical Sketch
Along with the course description, each adjunct professor should send a brief electronic biographical sketch,
which the school may use for such purposes as informing students of the professor=s background and
qualifications. The biographical sketch should include the professor=s educational background, professional
experience, and publications. You should provide this sketch even though much of the information will have
been provided to the School in your Adjunct Faculty Application. Biographical sketches will be posted on the
Law School’s web page. Please, be sure to provide contact information that you would like posted on the web.
D. Course Assignment and Schedule
The Registrar=s Office will endeavor to accommodate your preferences regarding the time and day your class
will meet. Please note your preferences on the Course Schedule Request form. For returning faculty, the form
is available online through Regnet. Your efforts to be flexible are much appreciated, as the Registrar must
coordinate a considerable number of courses and professors= preferences, while working with such constraints
as classroom size and availability. If there are particular times and days that you cannot teach, please indicate
that in your report. Please note that there are certain periods (e.g., Tuesdays 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm;
Wednesdays 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm; and Thursdays 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm) during which classes are not scheduled
in order to facilitate faculty meetings, lectures, and the like.
The class schedule for the Fall semester is made available to students the preceding March. The schedule for
the Spring is published at the end of September. The Registrar’s Office begins working on the Fall schedule in
January.
Once your class has been assigned, please carefully check the academic calendar for the semester. The
academic calendar can be accessed from the Registrar’s Homepage at
http://law.fordham.edu/registrar/registrar.htm. Please note that even though your class has been assigned for a
particular day, it may be scheduled to meet occasionally on an alternative day to accommodate holiday breaks.
For example, your class may be assigned to meet on Mondays, but because classes are not held on the Monday
on which Martin Luther King Day falls, your class may meet on a Wednesday one week during the course of
the semester.
E. Text/Materials Selection
Each adjunct professor selects the text and/or other materials to be assigned to students. Legal publishers often
accommodate professors by making a courtesy copy of texts available. You may wish to browse publishers=
web-sites or contact such publishers to inquire about texts suitable for your class. You also may want to
request any supplements to the texts you review and any accompanying teachers= manuals.
Prominent legal publishers include the following:
Aspen Law & Business
Aspen Publishers, Inc.
512 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
tel: (800) 234-1660
web-site: http://www.aspenpublishers.com
Carolina Academic Press
700 Kent Street
Durham, NC 27707
tel: (919) 489-7486
web-site:www.cap-press.com
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Foundation Press
359 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
tel: (212) 760-8700
web-site: http://www.westacademic.com
West Group Publishers
530 5th Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
tel: (212) 922-1920
web-site: www.westlthompson.com
If you assign (or supplement your reading assignments with) references to web-sites, you should ensure
throughout the semester that such sites remain available, as sometimes material is withdrawn or sites are delisted.
The Law School can assist you with the duplication of hand-outs and course packs, which are anthologies of
material you select. To make such arrangements, please contact Academic Support (see Directory). In
addition, the West Group Publishers can work with you to custom publish a coursepack, downloading court
decisions and statutory provisions from WESTLAW, for example, binding them in the order you determine,
and offering them for sale to students.
When duplication of material (such as audio and videotape material) is cumbersome, you may wish to make
material available to your students through the Library, as a faculty loan. To make such arrangements, please
contact the Circulation Desk at 212 636-7820.
Of course, as is the case with students, the faculty is expected to respect the intellectual property rights of
others, and you must ensure that you have secured all necessary permissions to reproduce and distribute the
materials, submit materials to the School for duplication, and hand out the materials during your classes.
F. Fordham Copyright Policy
Please be advised that Fordham has a strict copyright policy that must be adhered to with respect to the
distribution of course materials. Generally, the best solution for gaining copyright clearance for protected
materials is to have the bookstore make up a coursepack for the semester’s readings as they will seek
appropriate permission where needed at the expense of the students. Please contact the Manager of Academic
Support (see directory) for a more detailed description of Fordham’s Copyright Policy.
G. Book Order
Prior to the start of each semester, a Course Book Information Request form will be emailed to you. You
should complete the Course Book Information Request form, which alerts the Fordham Bookstore which text
you have chosen and allows the store time to order the book in sufficient quantities to meet the demands of
your class enrollment. All materials that are to be ordered for purchase by students enrolled in the class should
be listed (e.g., any supplements to assigned texts). You should also note on the form whether the materials are
required or recommended. Please send the completed form to:
Fordham University Bookstore (Barnes & Noble)
113 West 60 Street
New York, NY 10023
Tel. 212-636-6079 or 212-636-6080
Fax. 212-636-7857
http://fordham-lc.bncollege.com
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PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT A BOOK ORDER FORM EACH TIME YOU ARE TEACHING
THE COURSE.
H. Syllabus
Prior to the commencement of the semester, you should prepare a course syllabus. Each syllabus should
include the following (at a minimum):
Your name and the name of the course you will be teaching
A reference to the semester (e.g., ASpring Semester 2009@)
The text and/or other materials assigned
The reading assignments for each class session.
As you prepare your syllabus, it is important to be mindful of the prerequisite classes your students likely will
have attended prior to your class so that you can address their level accordingly. Please also bear in mind that
law school courses are meant to be academically rigorous. As a general guideline, students are expected to
spend at least one to two hours preparing for each class hour.
As you design your syllabus, you may wish to confer with other professors at Fordham and elsewhere who
have taught similar courses to review their approaches. You also may want to look at web-sites hosted by law
schools and by individual professors where syllabi frequently are posted.
Before the semester begins, you should send the syllabus to the Director of Adjuncts, as well as the Manager
of Academic Support (see Directory for contact information).
If you prefer, you may furnish just the reading assignment for the first class session to the Manager of
Academic Support before the semester begins. In either event, copies of syllabi should be distributed to
students during the first class session.
I. Faculty Intranet (FacNet)
FacNet is a section of the law school’s website that allows faculty to view course rosters, email students, and
post syllabi and first class assignments. The following link will bring you to the FacNet login page:
http://law.fordham.edu/facnet. Please contact the Manager of Academic Support (see directory) in order to
obtain your login information.
J. Syllabus and First Class Assignment Board
It is customary to post information about the class including a syllabus and the first assignment prior to the
first class meeting. In order for you to communicate with students prior to the first class session, the Law
School developed the Syllabus and First Class Assignment Board that allows you to post introductory
messages, first class assignments, required textbooks, recommended textbooks and syllabi in the form of file
attachments under your course heading. Instructions are emailed to you prior to the start of the semester to let
you know when the Syllabus and First Assignment Board will be “open” for posting for that semester. Faculty
can access the Syllabus and First Assignment Board through FacNet (please see the previous section on
FacNet.)
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K. Web Courseware Options
The Law School offers three password-protected options that allow you to post files of cases and readings,
create discussion boards for asynchronous communication with students between class sessions, and much
more. The options are listed below along with a brief mention of how each option differs from one another.
Note: Web courseware options are not mandatory, however, any one of these options is available to you. You
must contact the appropriate person for the option you prefer to establish a companion web platform for your
course(s).
1. Twen
Westlaw offers a web courseware product, TWEN (The West Education Network), through our subscription
service. The advantage to using TWEN is that if you post a link to a case in Westlaw, students do not need to
log in to a second system to access the case file as they would have to do in Blackboard.com. For more
information about TWEN, please contact the law libraries Associate Director of Public Services (see
Directory).
2. LexisNexis
LexisNexis also offers a web courseware product through our subscription service. Like, TWEN, the
advantage to using LexisNexis is that if you post a link to a case in LexisNexis, students do not need to log in
to a second system to access the case file as they would have to do in Blackboard. For more information
about LexisNexis, please contact the law libraries Director of Public Services (see Directory).
3. Blackboard
Blackboard Link: http://fordham.blackboard.com Fordham has a University-wide contract with
Blackboard.com, a web courseware product utilized in colleges and universities throughout the country.
Because it is tied to our Student Information System, the University can import your class rosters into your
Blackboard course prior to the start of the semester. For more information about Blackboard.com, please
contact the Director of Technology Communications & Academic Support (see Directory). Faculty login
information for Blackboard will be the same login information used for My Fordham. Please review the My
Fordham section on Page 7.
L. Faculty Mailbox
From time to time, Fordham will contact you about schedules, class rosters, upcoming programs that may be of
interest, and the like. Memos and other information will be left for you in your faculty mailbox, which is
located on the garden level of the Law School. You should try to check your mailbox at least once each week
during the semester in which you=re teaching. It is no longer necessary to have a key to the Faculty Mailbox
room.
M. Faculty Identification Card
One of the ways Fordham Law School promotes a secure environment is by issuing and checking
identification cards to students and faculty. Entrance to the School may be denied if a valid ID is not presented
to the security guard. ID cards are issued by the ID Photo and Duplicating Center which is located in Room
128A in the Lowenstein Building. The Director of Faculty Administration will advise you of the ID Office
schedule at the beginning of the semester.
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III. Course Requirements
Course requirements include one or more of the following: a midterm and final examination or a final
examination; a paper; presentation of a paper; class attendance; and/or class participation. It=s important to
explicitly advise students of the course requirements during the first session of the class.
A. Examinations
Law school final exams sometimes consist, at least in part, of multiple choice or short-answer questions. At
least a significant portion of the exam should consist of essay questions. Certain courses may be more
conducive to an exam that consists exclusively of essay questions. Final exams generally are three hours for a
three or more credit course. If you want your exam to be of a different duration, please notify the Registrar
prior to the beginning of the semester.
Faculty are given the choice to participate in a program where students are given the option of taking their inclass final examinations using their laptop computers. Please move ahead to part C of Section VI.
B. Papers
Requirements for papers likely will vary, and you should clarify whether you prefer a particular structure,
whether legal research should be conducted (as opposed to reliance exclusively on the assigned reading), and
other requirements. It=s often helpful to suggest a page limit as a guideline. Of course, papers submitted in
satisfaction of the course=s requirement should be original work that has not been previously submitted to
another course, journal, or the like; nor may the paper be submitted to satisfy requirements of a course the
student is taking contemporaneously. Graduate students are required to write a thesis that is distinguishable
from other writings by the student; thus, neither a thesis nor portions of its contents may be used to satisfy a
writing requirement of any other course.
Papers are due on the date you require, but not later than the last day of class. You may, however, extend the
due date, so long as the paper is handed in no later than the last day of examinations for the semester.
Thereafter, the Associate Dean must approve extensions. (Please note that extending the due date will afford
you less time to grade the papers.)
If a paper is assigned, rather than a uniform final examination hypothetical or series of hypotheticals, the
professor likely will be asked to suggest paper topics, and should advise the class members whether they are
required to have their topics approved. Professors may wish to consult, and contribute possible topics and
refer students to, Lawtopic.org, located at http://www.lawtopic.org, which is a site described as AA
Clearinghouse for Legal Paper Topics@ and categorically lists topics for legal papers according to subject
matter.
C. Writing Requirement
The professor who assigns a paper as either a course requirement or as an optional submission (e.g., in lieu of a
final exam at the student=s election) likely will be asked by students whether the paper may be used to satisfy
the School=s writing requirement. As a prerequisite to graduation, every student must participate in a program
of supervised analytic writing after he completes the first year curriculum. Unless the Associate Dean
approves otherwise, the student must complete this requirement by the end of his first semester of his
graduating year. The writing project involves significant research and writing under faculty supervision, based
on a topic approved by a faculty member after the latter=s review, of an outline and rough draft for faculty
comment. The final paper must demonstrate significant research and original analysis and be well-organized,
carefully presented, and clearly written. The final paper must be at least 25 double-spaced typewritten pages
(including footnotes), or, at the discretion of the supervising faculty member, another single work of equivalent
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magnitude in an electronic medium. The research and writing project may be completed in connection with a
course or seminar that has a paper requirement or paper option that is offered by a member of the full-time
faculty or by an adjunct professor who has been approved to supervise writing projects for that academic year,
or as an independent study with a member of the full-time faculty. Eligibility for writing credit is contingent
upon the supervising faculty member=s certification to the Registrar that the student (1) presented a topic
proposal and received comments on interim work, including an outline and rough draft; and (2) submitted a
final paper that in the faculty member=s independent judgment satisfies the standards of the writing
requirement.
If you would like to be considered for approval for writing projects supervision, please contact the Director of
the Adjunct Program (see Directory).
D. Law Journal Submissions
Fordham Law School Students also may inquire whether it is permissible for them to use the paper as the
basis for publication in one of the Law School=s publications. At the discretion of the faculty member, a
student may submit a paper to a student law journal for publication. Such a submission may receive student
editorial input concurrently with faculty supervision and satisfy the student=s writing requirement, provided
that all other aspects of the upper-class writing requirement are met.
E. Independent Study
Students who have completed their first year of law school may earn up to two credits per semester for
independent academic work under the supervision of a member of the full-time faculty or an adjunct professor
who has been approved to supervise writing projects during the academic year. To be considered for approval
for writing projects supervision, please contact the Director of the Adjunct Program (see Directory).
The norm for two credits for independent study shall be the completion of a significant research and writing
project in accordance with the upper-class writing requirement.
With the approval of the Associate Dean, a student may undertake a three credit independent study which must
involve a more substantial project than would be undertaken to satisfy the upper-class writing requirement. A
copy of the completed paper must be submitted to the Associate Dean at the end of the semester.
Independent study projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the individual faculty
member. A student enrolled in a two credit seminar may, with the faculty member=s permission, receive one
credit (in addition to the credits for the seminar) for submitting a paper that the faculty member certifies has
satisfied the writing requirement, and involved substantially more work than was required to satisfy the course.
F. Class Attendance
Under the rules governing admission to the bar in the State of New York, the Law School must certify that bar
applicants were in Agood and regular attendance,@ and took and successfully completed the prescribed course
of instruction required at the School for the law degree. A student may be subject to dismissal whenever
attendance becomes so irregular that the faculty deems it a bar to certification of the required Agood and regular
attendance@ standard or considers it otherwise unwise to permit the student to continue.
Factoring in class attendance helps motivate students to attend class, which in turn provides a larger pool of
students to stimulate dialogue, respond to questions posed by the professor, and ask questions from which the
professor may draw meaningful inferences about the students= level of comprehension of the material covered.
When questions are asked of the professor, there is an opportunity to identify areas that may generate some
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class confusion. As well, questions and class discussion reveal areas of particular interest to students which,
within logical parameters, may help the professor shape the course by emphasizing matters of special interest.
Professors may find it especially helpful to emphasize the importance of attendance in classes that require
papers so that students are not tempted to choose a topic and then absent themselves from the class. Of course,
no penalty should be imposed on any student who is absent from class because of his religious beliefs.
If a student has not been attending class regularly, please contact the Dean of Student Affairs, Nitza Milagros
Escalera (telephone number 212-636-6818).
G. Class Participation
For similar reasons, taking into account class participation encourages students to engage in class discussion.
In addition, when students meaningfully participate, they may have a greater incentive to prepare for class.
Some have opined that A[l]earning is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Y. Sharing
one=s own ideas and responding to others= reactions sharpen thinking and deepen understanding.@1
Students who are a bit reserved may find the classroom a more comfortable forum in which to risk making
verbal contributions than they find other situations, such as when as practitioners they will be asked to conduct
meetings or argue in court. Assessment of a student=s contributions should consider the degree to which the
statements reflect a working knowledge of the assigned reading, whether the student listened attentively to his
classmates or was merely reiterating previous contributions, and the degree to which the student=s expression
of his views evinces respect for classmates with whom he disagrees.
Of course, some students still are more inclined to volunteer than others. Sometimes a member of the class
may, despite the professor=s best efforts to stimulate a comprehensive dialogue, monopolize the discourse a bit
or may inadvertently intimidate other students to feel that their contributions may not be as meaningful. One
technique to promote parity amongst students, and to try to encourage students who might be a bit more
reticent, is a Adiscussion leader@ requirement. Under this approach, the entire class is encouraged to
participate, but each student is assigned a particular day on which he, perhaps along with a few of his
classmates, is designated a Adiscussion leader.@ On that day, the student is expected to attend the class, to have
completed all of the reading assignments, and to make it a point to meaningfully contribute to the class
dialogue. Discussion leaders might, for example, have read a concurring or dissenting opinion that was not
assigned with one of the case excerpts, investigated the subsequent history of a case, or researched a related or
contrary decision. Students may be more willing to volunteer to speak during the particular class session in
which they are designated as discussion leaders, which helps ensure that they choose a date that suits their
schedules.
Further, making the students= grade dependent in part on class attendance, and possibly also on class
participation and as a discussion leader, rewards the student who has demonstrated a diligent commitment to
the course throughout the semester. In addition, it helps alleviate the pressure students may feel to perform on
the day of a final exam, and avoids a potentially distorted perception of a grade based solely on a final
examination.
1 Gerald F. Hess and Steven Friedland, Techniques for Teaching Law at 15 (Carolina Academic Press 1999)
(quoting Arthur W. Chickering & Zelda F. Gamson, Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate
Education, 39(7) AAHE Bulletin 3-7 (1987)).
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IV. REGISTRATION FOR THE COURSE
A. Registration
As a general matter, class sizes are limited only by the professor and by room capacity. Advanced
Writing/Research and Trial Advocacy sections with a single instructor are limited to 12 students, and clinical
courses may have other limitations. Professors who supervise students preparing papers in satisfaction of the
upper-class writing requirement should confine their classes to no more than 25 students. Courses with a paper
option similarly should be restricted so that no more than 25 students elect that option.
B. Class Roster
To obtain a class roster, please log into FacNet and print your list of students. You may also request a printed
copy from the Manager of Academic Support (see directory).
C. Oversubscribed Classes
There is NO Wait-List for all upper level electives, with the exception of Drafting/Research (Advanced
Writing Courses), Trial Advocacy, & Introduction to the Deal Courses. After a specified date, students are
responsible for checking the status of courses and registering themselves for any available seats. If a course is
closed, the courses will reopen for registration on My Fordham as seats become available. Once the open seats
are filled, the course will close again, unless additional seats open up.
Closed Drafting/Research, Intro to the Deal & Trial Advocacy Courses
If a Drafting, Research, Introduction to the Deal, or Trial Advocacy course becomes closed, students may
place their name on a wait list. Wait lists can be accessed from the Registrar’s web page. The wait lists are
managed only by the Registrar’s Office and any other list such as one kept by the professor will not be
honored. Students are not to approach a professor to attempt to get into a wait-listed class. The faculty cannot
override the wait list process. Selection from a wait list will be based on class priority, but within each class
will be done randomly, NOT on a “first come, first serve” basis. The selection process will be ongoing until
two weeks prior to the start of a semester. As spots become available, the Registrar’s office will notify students
by Fordham email only if they have been selected for a seat. Once the wait-list has been terminated, as seats
become available in closed Drafting, Research, Introduction to the Deal & Trial Advocacy courses, the courses
will reopen for student registration on My Fordham as they normally do for all other courses.
Selection from a wait list is by class priority, meaning that preference is given to students in the following
hierarchy for Day courses: L.L.M. students, 3-D and 4-E students, 2-D students, 3-E students, and 2-E
students; and the following hierarchy for Evening courses: L.L.M. students, 4-E students, 3-D students, 3-E
students, 2-E students, and 2-D students. Within each class, selection from wait list is done randomly, rather
than on a Afirst come, first served@ basis. If there are more students in the priority class than open places in the
course, a random selection of students is made by computer. If there are additional open places in the course
after the highest class priority is considered, then students in the next class priority are considered.
Students are permitted to add and drop classes until the end of the first week of the semester.
D. Requests to Audit Classes
From time to time, you may receive a request from a student on behalf of a friend or from a colleague to audit
your class. Assuming that there is adequate classroom space, you may exercise your discretion to
accommodate a request to attend a particular lecture. Requests to audit an entire (or substantially all of a)
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semester should be referred to the Registrar. Under no circumstances should a student enrolled in your class
be displaced by an auditor.
V. CONDUCTING CLASSES
A. Seat Assignments
Faculty/Professor may assign seats to students.
B. Photos of Students
The Academic Support department will arrange for the printing of class rosters with student pictures upon
request. Please contact the Manager of Academic Support (see directory) if you are interested in obtaining
photos of your students.
C. Audio Recording of Class
Students are not permitted to record lectures except with the permission of the professor. During special
circumstances, i.e., religious holidays when classes are still in session, the school offers assistance to faculty to
record lectures so that students who cannot attend can obtain copies of the lecture electronically. Devices for
recording lectures, other media equipment, and special Audio Visual assistance require coordination with our
staff at least two business days in advance. For any assistance with our smart rooms, recording of lectures, or
any other Audio Visual requests, please contact Law School /Media Services (telephone # 212 636-7324;
email address mediaservices@law.fordham.edu).
D. Accessibility to Students
Unlike full-time faculty, adjunct professors are not expected to hold specified office hours for student
consultations. The School recognizes that many, if not most, adjunct professors are engaged in other pursuits
and have limited time. To the extent you can feasibly arrange to meet with students outside of class to review
material about which they have questions and the like, it is much appreciated. You may wish to arrive for
class a bit early or wait a bit before leaving at the conclusion of class sessions in order to afford some informal
time for students to ask a few questions. In addition, please consider providing a telephone number, e-mail
address, or both to enable students to reach you.
VI. EXAMS AND GRADING
A. Examinations
Written examinations are an essential part of many courses. They are conducted after the class concludes at
the end of every semester. Examinations for both the day and evening divisions usually are held on weekdays
during the regular examination period. (Examinations given on weekdays in evening division courses
generally begin at 5:30 pm.)
You should not re-use old exams or even include particular questions from prior exams, as some students may
be aware of previous tests. Please submit your examination to the Registrar prior to the end of the semester so
that he can arrange to duplicate, or if appropriate, post the exam.
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Written examinations are handwritten by students. They are not permitted to bring computers into the
examination room unless you specifically authorize them to do so. If you decide to permit computers, please
notify both the students and the Registrar in advance.
B. In-Class Exams
If you choose to have your students take a final exam (rather than a take-home exam, the Registrar=s Office
will schedule the exam. All such exams are held during the 10-20 day period following the end of classes.
Individual professors are not authorized to change the time or place of a final examination or to administer an
exam on the last day of class or otherwise while classes are in session.
C. In-Class Examinations with Laptops
Faculty have the option to participate in this program where students are given the option of taking their inclass final examinations using their personal laptop computers. Participating students will be using software
designed specifically for exam taking. The program creates a protected test environment by locking down the
system, allowing students only to access a basic word processing application. If you DO NOT want to make
this option available to your students you should contact the Registrar (see Directory) no later than one
month after the start of the semester.
The Registrar=s Office will arrange to have an exam proctor, so you need not attend on the day the exam is
administered. There is, however, an exception to this: if your exam is not designed to be either completely
closed-book or completely open-book, you should attend the administration of the exam to ensure that your
restrictions are followed. Thus, for instance, if you permit Aa reasonably annotated Code only,@ you should
attend the exam to confirm compliance with your instructions, as proctors are not charged with the
interpretation of instructions. Faculty should leave contact information with the Registrar’s office on the day
of the final exam for possible exam questions.
Students must be prepared to present their Law School identification cards during the exam period and when
requested to do so by any proctor, faculty member, or security guard.
D. Take-Home Exams
The professor may elect to allow students to do a take-home exam, affording students a maximum of 48 hours
to take the exam. If you would like students to take home and complete the exam during a specified period,
please contact the Registrar, who will coordinate the scheduling. You may instead wish to afford students a
Arolling exam period@ during which they may choose the period. In the latter case, the professor may allow the
student to obtain the exam any time during the final exam period, provided the student takes no more than the
prescribed period (typically 24 or 48 hours) to complete the exam.
The earliest date on which you may make a take-home exam available to students is the first day of the reading
period. This helps accord respect to classes conducted by other professors, by ensuring that students don=t
miss classes in order to write their take-home exams. Take-home exams should not be due before the third day
of the exam period.
Students may retrieve a take-home exam in only one of two ways: either by retrieving a hard copy of the exam
from, and turning in the completed exam to, the Registrar=s Office; or by utilizing a software program which
allows students to download and electronically submit their exams. If interested contact The Registrar’s
Office. In the first situation, when the Registrar=s Office is utilized, you should remind students that it is their
responsibility to confirm the hours during which the Registrar=s Office is open. Please note that these hours
may be abbreviated during summer sessions.
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E. ONLINE Take-Home Examinations
Students will have the option of downloading take-home examinations and uploading their answers. Students
who opt to download take-home exams will be required to register their intention of downloading and
uploading the exam. On the first day that the exam is available, students will be able to log in and download
exam files posted to the secure server, take the exam and upload the results back to the secure server. Special
software is not required for downloading/uploading take-home examinations. Interested faculty should contact
the Registrar (see Directory) no later than one month after the start of the semester.
It=s important that, prior to the end of your last class session, you advise students about the requirements for
and any restrictions on the take-home exam. For example, students will need to know whether they may
consult their text and other materials, whether they are expected to engage in external legal research, a
suggested page guideline or page limitation, and the like. Briefly reviewing these requirements during a class
session allows an opportunity for students to ask questions about your expectations. Including this information
in a cover sheet for your exam is a helpful way to reiterate your requirements. As well, it promotes parity
amongst students by ensuring that students are uniformly apprised of requirements.
You should also remind students that they are prohibited from discussing the exam with anyone until after the
examination period concludes. In addition, it usually is a good idea for you to refrain from taking calls from or
meeting with students once they are eligible to retrieve the exam. Questions pertaining to the exam=s
procedural aspects, such as due dates and page limitations, presumably will have been addressed by you during
your last class session and reiterated on your exam cover sheet. You should carefully consider whether efforts
to clarify substantive aspects of the course material might imbue the process with a lack of parity amongst
class members, by tending, however inadvertently, to emphasize a particular point covered on the exam for one
student to the exclusion of others.
Student requests for extensions of time, Aincomplete@ notations in the class, and the like should be referred to
the Dean or the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. This not only helps ensure that the student comports with
the School=s policies and procedures, but also precludes the disclosure of the student=s identity to the professor
who is to engage in blind grading.
F. Requests for Postponements
From time to time, professors receive requests from students to be excused from regularly scheduled exams or
to arrange to take such exams at on an alternative date and time. Only the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
may grant permission to the students to do so. The school’s rules for rescheduling exams are strict and are
rigidly adhered to.
It is the responsibility of the student to timely notify the Registrar of exam conflicts. In the event permission is
granted to the student to postpone a particular exam because two examinations are scheduled to start within 16
hours of each other, the Registrar will decide which of the exams will be postponed and will notify the student
of the decision prior to the last day of class.
Students also may seek permission from the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs to postpone an exam because of
a medical incapacity, religious observance, or the death or documented serious medical emergency of a close
family member. It is the student=s responsibility to notify the Registrar prior to the exam, and, in the case of
the student=s medical incapacity, to submit a doctor=s letter stating that the student was unable to take the exam
for medical reasons.
G. Grading
You should contact the Registrar=s Office to coordinate arrangements to timely obtain completed exams and
any papers that are not handed into you directly.
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H. Grading Examinations and Papers
In-class and take-home exams are graded by the professor on a Ablind@ basis, which means that the students
indicate their Fordham student identification numbers on the exams but not their names. This helps promote
objective and non-biased evaluation of the students= work.
In advocacy and paper courses, grades are returned by the professor according to students= names.
I. Scoring
The professor determines how the students= grades for exams and/or papers, and for the course generally, are
determined. Thus, for example, you should decide the extent to which class participation, a mid-term paper,
and the course final examination each will count towards the students= overall course grades. Students should
be generally apprised at the outset of the semester as to how each component will be weighted.
You will be provided with a Grade Roster by the Registrar=s Office, which will identify your class= students by
their student identification number. Graduating students will be identified on your Grade Roster as A3R@ or
A4T;= L.L.M. students will be listed on a separate Grade Roster indicated by ALLM.@
When you submit the grades for your class at the conclusion of the semester, you must advise the Registrar
whether computation and weighting is appropriate. For example, if you have decided that class participation
and class attendance comprises 20 percent of the students= grades, and the take-home final examination
comprises 80 percent of the students= grades, you should so state in a cover letter to the Registrar, specifying
the class participation and class attendance scores for each student by name, and the final examination scores
for each student by student number.
Alternatively, you may wish to score class participation by indicating to the Registrar how students= scores
should be adjusted for their final grades. For example, you could submit a list of the students= names with
indications as to whether their grades should be raised or lowered and to what degree.
A grade of Aincomplete,@ noted as AINC@ on the student=s transcript, indicates that the student has not
completed the course=s requirements. A grade of Aincomplete@ must have the approval of the Dean or the
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.
VII. THE LAW SCHOOL=S GRADING SYSTEM
A. J.D. Grading
The Law School follows a grading curve that is mandatory for first year students. The curve applies to the
final course grades (i.e. after adjustments for class attendance and participation are taken into account.
10 to 20 percent of the class may receive a grade of A- to A+ (with no more than 10 percent receiving a grade
of A and with A+ grades reserved for exceptional circumstances; and no more than an aggregate 10 percent
may receive grades of A and A+); 40 to 50 percent may receive grades of B+ to A+; the ratio of B- to B
grades must be one sixth to one half; and 3 to 10 percent must receive a grade of C- to C+. There is no
specified standard of the percentage of students who may receive grades of D and F.
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The grading curve is not mandatory for upper-class courses, but the School has a policy that the curve is The
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The grading curve is not mandatory for upper-class courses, but the school has a policy that the curve is
followed absent an exceptional reason for doing so. The policy is intended to promote uniformity and a
consistent approach from which prospective employers may draw reasonable inferences about students’
relative performance. As well, such an approach discourages students from selecting courses based on the
grades or who choose courses with more rigorous grading.
In addition to submitting your course grades, you will furnish the Registrar with a completed Grading Report,
which specifies the percentage of the class that received each grade.
B. LL.M Grading
LLM Curve for Examination-Only and Drafting Courses
LLM (and international exchange) students shall be graded on a separate curve from JD students. This curve is
mandatory for examination-only and drafting courses in which 10 or more LLM students are enrolled. Even if
the curve is not mandatory, professors should differentiate LLM students’ performance rather than giving them
all P (Pass) or H (Honors). Accordingly, the curve is recommended for: (1) all examination-only or drafting
courses in which fewer than 10 LLM students are enrolled; and (2) all courses in which students may choose
an examination or a paper option.
In evaluating LLM student performance, particularly in courses where the curve is not mandatory, it is within
the professor’s discretion how to grade international LLM students relative to JD students. A professor may
want to account for an international LLM student’s English proficiency in determining whether an examination
score or submitted work accurately reflects the student’s mastery of the material. For example, if an
examination raw score of 25 would constitute a B+ for a JD student, then a professor may, if the professor
feels the score was handicapped by language issues, decide to give a non-native English-speaking LLM
student with the same raw score an H grade, which is the rough equivalent of a JD A-grade. Similarly, a
professor leading a seminar evaluated by papers and in-class discussion may want to give a VG grade to a nonnative English-speaking LLM student whose contributions indicated a commensurate degree of understanding,
notwithstanding the more technically correct submissions of a JD student whose performance would merit a
grade of B. The underlying principle is that professors have the liberty to factor in language and cultural
issues for international LLM students, who, unlike JD students (including those from other countries), are not
enrolled in an academic-degree program to prepare them for legal practice in the United States.
% of Students
top 10-20%
top 40-50%
top 80-90%
bottom 10-20%
no standard
Grades
Honors (H) (roughly equivalent to JD A+, A, A-)
H or Very Good (VG) grades (roughly equivalent to JD As or B+)
H, VG, or G grades (roughly equivalent to JD As, B+, or B)
P (Pass) grade (roughly equivalent to JD B- or any C grade).
F (Fail) (up to 10% of LLM students may be awarded F).
Thus, the most generous manifestation of the curve would result in:
20% H, 30% VG, 40% G, and 10%P, 0% F.
And the strictest application of the curve would result in:
10% H, 30% VG, 40% G, 10%P, 10%F.
This curve is also the prescribed guidance for evaluating LLM theses and independent-study paper projects.
LLM Grading in Legal Writing and Introduction to US Legal System Classes
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LLM students enrolled in legal writing and the Introduction to the US Legal System shall be evaluated under
the followi ng curve.
% of Students
up to top 25%
remainder
no standard
Grades
Honors (H) (outstanding performance)
CR (Credit) (good or acceptable performance)
F (Fail) (professor’s discretion)
Legal-writing and Introduction to the US Legal System grades will not be factored into
Honors determinations.
C. Class Standing
Grade point averages (GPAs) are not calculated for LL.M students.
Class standing is calculated and distributed to LL.M graduates in the top 50% of the class. LL.M student
standing will be calculated as being in the top 10%, 20%, 33% or 50%. The Assistant Dean for Master of
Laws Program will send a letter to each LL.M graduate in the top 50% of the class to indicate his or her
placement in the class.
In addition, Latin Honors will be awarded to LL.M graduates in May of each year as follows:
Magna Cum Laude - Top 10% of the graduating class
Cum Laude Next 15% of the graduating class
Students who graduate in September or February of the prior year will be included in honors calculations made
each June.
D. Submission of Grades
It is critical that you timely submit your grades to the Registrar. Meeting the deadlines enables the Registrar to
verify that graduating students have satisfied their requirements in order to receive their degrees, to determine
eligibility for students= receipt of academic honors and prizes, and to allow students to timely furnish
transcripts to prospective employers.
At the conclusion of each semester, the Registrar must compute, compile, and note grades for the entire student
body, each member of which is taking multiple classes. It is never a problem for the Registrar=s Office to
receive your class= grades before the deadline to submit them, but please ensure that you submit your grades no
later than the specified deadlines.
Grades are posted electronically ONLY by the Registrar for access by students. Professors should not post any
grades.
Once you have submitted a grade to the Registrar=s Office, the grade may not be changed except in the case of
a mathematical error. All grade changes must be submitted to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. The
School has implemented this policy in order to avoid unfairness amongst students. The School therefore asks
that you read papers and exams carefully and deliberate thoughtfully about grades before you submit them.
You should retain exams for one year.
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E. Academic Integrity
All students enrolled in the School of Law are governed by the applicable provisions of both the University
Code of Conduct and the Code of Academic Responsibility adopted by the faculty. Students suspected of
violating the Code are subject to an investigation; if a finding of probable cause is entered, a preliminary
hearing is held by the Dean. If the student does not accept the finding of probable cause and proposed
sanctions, he is entitled to a trial on the merits, including a right to counsel.
Faculty occasionally refers cases of cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as the taking of written
work of another, passing it off as one=s own without appropriate attribution, and reaping from its use any
benefit from an academic institution.
If in the course of reviewing a student=s written work, you suspect that the student may have engaged in
plagiarism, you may find it helpful to search for repeated, extensive, and non-attributed phraseology from
another by searching LEXIS/NEXIS, WESTLAW, or other databases.
Because graduate students have special requirements relating to their required theses, if you believe that work
submitted to you is also being used for another course by the graduate student or as part of his graduate thesis,
please discuss this with the student, and if appropriate, contact the Office of Student Affairs.
VIII. RESOURCES FOR FACULTY
A. Fordham Law E-mail
Adjunct faculty are assigned Fordham Law School E-mail accounts. If you do not plan to check this account
regularly, please set it to forward to an email account that you do use regularly. If you need assistance please
contact the Help Desk or refer to page 42 for instructions on how to forward Groupwise email. In an effort to
limit SPAM, we have set your SPAM filtering to “Extreme”. If you wish to change this setting, please contact
the Help Desk (see directory).
B. Adjunct Faculty Web Page
All adjunct professors are provided a page on the law school’s web site. Please take a moment to visit your
page at http://law.fordham.edu/faculty/777.htm. We ask that you provide contact information and that you
keep the contents of your page updated by submitting any requests for edits to the Manager of Academic
Support (see directory).
C. Adjunct Faculty Office
The School=s Adjunct Faculty Office is located on the fourth floor, Room 442 offering faculty computers (with
Internet connections), telephones, a duplicating machine, and a computer printer. A password and user name
will be required to access the law school=s computer system. Please contact the Manager of Academic Support
or the Administration Office (see Directory) for use of these services and a key to the Adjunct Faculty Office.
D. Special Equipment Needs
We are very happy to inform you that as of Fall, 2006, all of our classrooms are “smart” classrooms, meaning
that they are equipped with a computer, internet access, network access, all law school supported software
including Power Point, a projector, a screen, a DVD player, and a VCR. Note that during special
circumstances, i.e., religious holidays when classes are still in session, the school offers assistance to faculty to
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record lectures so that students who cannot attend can obtain copies of the lecture electronically or via cassette.
Devices for recording lectures, other media equipment, and special Audio Visual assistance require
coordination with our staff at least two business days in advance. For any assistance with our smart rooms,
recording of lectures, or any other Audio Visual requests, please contact Law School /Media Services
(telephone # 212 636-7324; email address mediaservices@law.fordham.edu).
E. Media Services
A MESSAGE FROM MEDIA SERVICES
We at Media Services wanted to drop a quick note for the new incoming semester. We encourage you to
contact us and let us know what days you will be needing assistance with our classrooms and equipment. If
you are already familiar with our classrooms then you should be fine. If you are new and desire to take a quick
tutorial in its use, please let us know. We will be available before the beginning of the semester to help you test
out and use our equipment. If you have any questions you can contact us at:mediaservices@law.fordham.edu
or call 212-636-7324.
To access our podiums the computer username for all classroom PCs is: lawpublic
The password is: facsec
All our classrooms are smart. This means that all rooms are equipped with a PC (internet ready), Monitor,
LCD Projector, DVD/VHS player with Sound System capability and a Screen.
Classrooms 203, 204, 205, 302, 311 and 312 have wireless lavalier microphones in a lockbox within the room.
All that is needed to access the microphone is the faculty room key. If you do not have one of these keys,
please let us know and we will request one for you.
We also have video cameras if you need to record a particular class. We can then convert the video to a DVD
or post it to Classcaster. Please note that one camera is a DVD Recorder so once the media used to record is
finalized you can take the mini DVD and use it on any DVD player. We only have three cameras so please
give at least one week notice if you want to borrow a camera to record a class. Also, video conversions can
take up to five days after we receive the camera back with the footage.
A quick note concerning room 203 and 206: Those two rooms have a hybrid board to write on. They look
similar to a blackboard that uses chalk but these can actually use Dry Erase Markers. These classrooms will not
have chalk and we will not be stocking them any more due to the fact that chalk dust can get into our
equipment and damage them. There will be dry erase markers put in these rooms for you to use.
We look forward to working with you in making this semester run smoothly.
-Media Services-
F. Assisting Students with Legal Research
You may feel that your class may benefit from some specialized research instruction. The Associate Law
Librarian for Public Service can help coordinate seminars by librarians for paper and paper-optional courses in
a variety of formats. These range from a visit to the classroom to sessions in the computer training room to
review Internet and other electronic resources. The Library also offers regularly scheduled LEXIS/NEXIS and
WESTLAW training classes at basic and advanced levels.
To discuss arrangements for a research instruction session for your class, contact the Library or the
LEXIS/NEXIS or WESTLAW representatives (see Directory).
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G. Faculty Research Endeavors
You may take advantage of library privileges at the Fordham Law School Leo T. Kissam Memorial Law
Library. The library is situated on seven floors (denoted as S1 through S7), housing more than 560,000
volumes. The Library contains all federal and state reporters and statutes, many English and Canadian primary
sources, an extensive collection of Anglo-American and international legal periodicals, and comparative
international legal materials. The Library also has developed a substantial collection of materials on the
European Economic Community, in conjunction with the Fordham Center on European Community Law and
International Antitrust.
Adjunct professors may coordinate with the Associate Law Librarians to arrange for LEXIS/NEXIS and
WESTLAW accounts for use by faculty members in the pursuit of their academic and academic-related
research. If you would like to arrange for access to such databases, contact the Associate Law Librarian for
Public Service (see Directory).
Both LEXIS/NEXIS and WESTLAW computerized research systems are available on computers in the
Library, as well as in the Adjunct Faculty Office. Lab computers also provide access to the Internet, Computer
Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) exercises; the library catalog. The libraries of other schools of Fordham
University also are accessible.
IX. CLASS CANCELLATIONS
A. Cancellations by Fordham
Fordham Law School occasionally cancels class sessions due to inclement weather. The University=s Office of
the Executive Vice President determines if weather conditions require cancellation of class. Announcements
are made on radio stations WFUV-90 FM, WINS-1010 AM, and WNBC-660 AM. To find out about weather
closings, you may also call telephone number 1-800-280-SNOW or 212-636-7777 for recorded messages.
B. Cancellations by Faculty Members
Adjunct faculty are committed to fulfilling their academic duties throughout the semester, but occasionally a
professor must cancel class due to illness, an unavoidable scheduling conflict, or the like. You may consider
coordinating with another qualified instructor to guest lecture. You also may inquire about holding a make-up
class session, but please remember to canvass your students about an alternative time, so that you do not
interfere with other classes or similar commitments. In addition, if a make-up class seems feasible for you and
your students, please remember to check with the Registrar to confirm that a classroom of appropriate size is
available on the date and time you propose to hold the make-up session and to ensure that you do not encroach
on windows during which classes are not scheduled.
If you must cancel a class on short notice, please contact the Registrar=s Office using the following numbers
(212-636-6803 or 7888 or 7025) until you reach a liver person to inform of the cancellation so that notices can
be posted on-line and via voicemail. Recorded announcements about class cancellations may be accessed by
calling telephone number 212-636-6801 and touching 2.
If you anticipate that you will miss more than one or two class sessions during the course of the semester,
please contact the Associate Dean and the Registrar (see directory) to discuss the matter.
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X. FEEDBACK AND EVALUATIONS
A. Student Evaluations
For each course taught, the students are given the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the instructor.
We ask that you not only announce to your students to evaluate your course, but that you also take out five (5)
minutes of class time for students to do so. Our practice and the practice of other schools using online course
evaluation systems has demonstrated that allowing students time to complete the evaluations in class yields
higher completed evaluation results.
More information will be emailed to you once the evaluation process begins.
B. Faculty Committee Review
Courses taught by adjunct faculty are evaluated by a Faculty Committee. If your class is selected for
evaluation, you will be given advance notice regarding the process and the date(s) on which faculty will visit
your class.
C. CLE Credit
You are eligible to receive credit for Continuing Legal Education. To request a certificate of credit, contact the
Director of the Office of Public Programming and CLE (see Directory), specifying the course and semester
you taught.
XI. SPECIAL STUDENT NEEDS
A. Fordham Counseling Services
From time to time, students inquire about available counseling services on campus. Occasionally, professors
may sense that a student might benefit from some additional support; sometimes this sense comes from a
discussion with a student who has missed a number of classes, requests an extension of time on a paper or
other course requirement, or has expressed feelings of stress or other difficulty, including personal, familial,
vocational, and other difficulties. Fordham=s Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) are available to
students on a free and confidential basis. You should feel free to refer students to the Director of Counseling
and Psychological Services (see Directory).
CPS is staffed by licensed clinical psychologists, a consulting psychiatrist, and doctoral candidates in clinical
and counseling psychology. CPS offers both individual and group counseling. Day and evening appointments
are available. In addition, small group workshops covering a wide range of topics are offered each semester.
Examples include Study Skills, Stress Management, Interpersonal Skills, and Time Management. CPS also
offers a program tailored to the needs of students who may need academic assistance, providing a combination
of individual and group sessions designed to foster academic goal-setting and improvement in a structured and
supportive environment. CPS also maintains an extensive list of private practitioners and agencies offering
affordable mental health and counseling services for students and their families who may wish to seek services
outside the university.
In addition, the Campus Ministry Office serves the entire community at Lincoln Center, including students,
faculty, staff, and administration. The chapel, located in room 221 of Lowenstein, is open daily from 8:00 am
to 10:00 pm, welcoming people of all faiths.
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If you feel that a particular student may need some special support, it may be advisable to suggest that the
student consult with the Dean of Student Affairs, the Director of Student Affairs, the Assistant Director of
Student Affairs, or Student Counselor.
B. Student Employment and Career Advice
Fordham restricts students to no more than 20 hours per week of employment in any semester in which the
student is enrolled in more than 12 class hours.
Many of the Law School=s adjunct professors are or were practitioners or have current or recent ties to the
practitioner community. Students frequently benefit from discussions with adjunct professors about career
options. This is one of the many ways in which the School=s adjunct faculty serves a valuable function to the
student body. If you consult with students, particularly to the extent you are in a position to guide or
recommend for employment only certain members of your class, please consider whether it may be appropriate
to wait until the semester concludes and grades for the class have been submitted so as to ensure parity
amongst all students.
If you become aware of employment opportunities or are yourself in a position to offer employment to a
Fordham Law student, please contact the School=s Career Planning Center, Fordham University School of
Law, 140 West 62 Street, New York, NY 10023 (telephone number (212) 636-7796; fax number 212-6367275). The Center can assist you by posting information about the position, thereby alerting prospective
candidates of the opening. As well, information about the position is of enormous benefit to students seeking
employment.
C. Accommodating Students with Disabilities
Fordham University School of Law ensures access to qualified students with disabilities in the belief that the
legal profession will benefit from the skills and talents of these individuals. The School complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 which
prohibits organizations from preventing an otherwise qualified individual with a disability access to or
participation in their services, programs and activities.
The Law School takes seriously its responsibility to afford students with disabilities equal opportunities and
full access to its programs and services in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of the individual
to the extent required by law.
Fordham Law students seeking accommodations for disabilities should be referred to the Director of Student
Affairs (see Directory).
XII. CHECKLIST OF TASKS
Prior to the beginning of the semester
 adjunct faculty application and agreement with Fordham
 course description
brief description of the course=s subject matter
number of available credits
course requirements
prerequisites, if any
enrollment limitations, if any
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 biographical sketch
educational background
professional experience
publications
 course schedule request form
 text/materials selection
 Course Book Information Request form
 choose web courseware option (if any)
 syllabus
first class reading assignments
syllabus
name of professor
course
reading assignments according to date/class session
post syllabus and first assignment to E Board via faculty
intranet(http://law.fordham.edu/facnet)
 course requirements
 computer password and user name
 faculty mailbox
 key requests
 photo ID card
During the first class
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obtain class roster
advise students of course requirements and components of course grade
distribute syllabus to class
confirm accuracy of class roster
arrange seating chart, if desired
During the semester
 furnish a copy of your final exam, if any, to the Registrar
 coordinate with the Registrar=s Office to obtain completed exams and papers
that are not handed into you directly
At the conclusion of the semester
 submit grades for graduating students
 submit grades for non-graduating students
 submit completed Grading Report
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XIII. DIRECTORY
Campus Security
Law School: 212-636-6975
Lowenstein: 212-636-6075
Dean
William Michael Treanor
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street B Room 110
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6875
Email: wtreanor@law.fordham.edu
Marilyn Force, Director of Faculty and Internal Events
Room 110
212-636-6874
Email: mforce@law.fordham.edu
Mary Hannigan, Secretary
Room 110
212-636-6875
Email: mhannigan@law.fordham.edu
Alec Soto, Assistant to the Dean
Room 110
212-636-7992
Email: alsoto@law.fordham.edu
The Dean is responsible for all matters involving the Law School, including academic, administrative, and financial
issues.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Sheila Foster
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street B Room 110
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7771
Email: sfoster@law.fordham.edu
Associate Dean for Administration
Nicola Lee
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street B Room 103D
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7692
Email: nplee@law.fordham.edu
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Director of Faculty Administration
Susan Santangelo
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street B Room 126
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6878
Email: ssantangelo@law.fordham.edu
The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and The Director of Faculty Administration assists the dean in
academic, administrative, and faculty affairs.
Director of the Adjunct Program
Howard Erichson, Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 338
New York, NY 10023
646-312-8233
Email: erichson@law.fordham.edu
The Director of Adjuncts assists with the coordination and evaluation of adjunct faculty and academic affairs
pertaining to courses taught by adjunct professors.
Student Affairs Office
Nitza Milagros Escalera, Assistant Dean
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street B Room 06
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6818
Email: nescalera@law.fordham.edu
Abel P. Montez, Director
Room 06
212-636-7955
Email: amontez@law.fordham.edu
Carmen Morales, Assistant Director
Room 05D
212-636-7321
Email: cmorales@law.fordham.edu
Cynthia Juco, Student Counselor
Room 01
212-636-7696
Email: cjuco@law.fordham.edu
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Technology Communications & Academic Support
Daniel Auld, Director
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 323D
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6895
Email: dauld@law.fordham.edu
Oversees Media Services, Web application, Academic Support and Instructional Technology.
Academic Support
Christian P. Steriti, Manager
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 119
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6897
Email: csteriti@law.fordham.edu
Provides assistance with book orders and course handouts.
Owen Grey, Evening Receptionist – Adjunct Support
Room 442
212-636-6890
Email: ogrey@law.fordham.edu
Adjunct liaison for course handouts and photocopies.
**Alphabetical by department beyond this point**
Academic Programs and Continuing Legal Education
Helen Herman, Director
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 05B
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6885
Email: hherman@law.fordham.edu
Alumni and External Relations
Michael Schiumo, Assistant Dean
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 123
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7293
Email: mschiumo@law.fordham.edu
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Career Planning Center
Suzanne Endrizzi, Assistant Dean
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 07
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7157
Email: sendrizzi@law.fordham.edu
Director of Clinical Program
Ian Weinstein, Director of Clinical Education
Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60 Street – Room 338
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7066
Email: iweinstein@law.fordham.edu
Counseling and Psychological Services
Dr. Jennifer Neuhof, Director
Lincoln Center Campus
Fordham University
33 West 60th Street – McMahon Hall 211
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6225
Fordham University
441 East Fordham Road – O’Hare Hall Basement
Bronx, NY 10458
718-817-3736/7325
Email: neuhof@fordham.edu
Enrollment Services
Stephen Brown, Assistant Dean
Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60 Street – Room 909
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7178
Email: sbrown@law.fordham.edu
Graduate L.L.M. Program & International Non-JD Program
Toni Fine, Assistant Dean
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 405
New York, NY 10023
212-636-7709
Email: tfine@law.fordham.edu
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Estelle Fabian, Assistant Dean
Room 408
212-636-6883
Email: efabian@law.fordham.edu
Information Systems & Planning
Bernard Matthews, Director
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 323B
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6916
Email: bmatthews@law.fordham.edu
Oversees user support, Help Desk, network issues, and other technological access issues.
Questions, Problems, Not sure where to turn for anything related to technology?
Law Help Desk
212-636-6786
Email: helpdesk@law.fordham.edu
ISP Homepage: http://law.fordham.edu/technology.htm
Lexis/Nexis Representative
Cheryl Manganella
212-309-8169
Email: cheryl.manganella@lexisnexis.com
Library
The Leo T. Kissam Memorial Library
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6908
Robert Nissenbaum, Director
Room 132A
212-636-7609
Email: rnissenbaum@law.fordham.edu
Mary Mckee, Deputy Director
Room 130
212-636-6903
Email: mmckee@law.fordham.edu
Todd Melnick, Associate Librarian for Public Services
Room 100B
212-636-7677
Email: tmelnick@law.fordham.edu
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Karin Johnsrud, Head of Reference
Room 129
212-636-7968
Email: johnsrud@law.fordham.edu
Laurence Abraham, Head of Instructional Services
Room 151
212-636-6909
Email: labraham@law.fordham.edu
Reference Librarians:
Alissa Black-Dorward
Room 153
212-636-7694
Victor Essien, Foreign & International Law Librarian
Room 200
212-636-6913
Janice Greer, Government Documents Librarian
Room 150
212-636-6915
Jorene Robbie
Room 152
212-636-7005
Alison Shea
Room 135
212-636-6751
Library Public Service:
David Goodwin, Circulation Librarian
Circ. Desk
212-636-6901
dgoodwin@law.fordham.edu
Juan Fernandez, Document Delivery & Interlibrary Loan
Room 100C
212-636-6768
jfernandez@law.fordham.edu
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Public Programming & CLE
Helen Hermann, Director
Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62 Street – Room 05B
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6885
Email: hherman@law.fordham.edu
Registrar=s Office
Ken Pokrowski, Assistant Dean and Registrar
Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60 Street – Room 907
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6804
Email: kpokrowski@law.fordham.edu
Audrey Glassman
Email: aglassman@law.fordham.edu
Westlaw Representative
Estee Waxman
212-548-7431
Email: estee.waxman@thomson.com
Centers and Institutes
Brendan Moore Advocacy Center
212-636-6964
Email: mooreadvocates@law.fordham.edu
James Cohen, Director
The Center on Law and Information Policy ("CLIP")
646-312-8819
Fax: 212-636-6899
Joel Reidenberg, Director
clip@law.fordham.edu
Jamela Debelak, Inaugural CLIP Leitner Fellow
Room 05A
212-930-8878
Email: debelak@law.fordham.edu
Competition Law Institute
Barry E. Hawk, Director
Andreas Reindl, Executive Director
212-636-7751
Email: areindl@law.fordham.edu
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Conflict Resolution & ADR Program
212-636-6849
Email: adr@law.fordham.edu
Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Director
Fordham Corporate Law Center
212-636-7898
Email: corporatecenter@law.fordham.edu
Ann Rakoff, Director
Center on European Union Law
212-636-6844
Email: rgoebel@law.fordham.edu
Roger Goebel, Director
The Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution
212-636-6807
Fax: 212-636-6775
Email: rreilly@law.fordham.edu
Robert J. Reilly, Assistant Dean for the Feerick Center
Forum on Law, Culture and Society
212-636-6722
Email: trosenbaum@law.fordham.edu
Thane Rosenbaum, Forum Director
The Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer's Work
212-636-7328
Fax: 212-636-6899
Email: lawreligion@law.fordham.edu
Amy Uelmen, Director
Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy
212-636-7787
Fax: 212-636-7349
Email: interdisciplinarycenter@law.fordham.edu
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
212-36-7533
Email: LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu
Jeanmarie Fenrich, Director
The Stein Center for Law and Ethics
212-636-6988
Fax. 212-636-6899
Email: jtamayo@law.fordham.edu
Jessi Tamayo, Associate Director
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How to Forward GroupWise Email
1- Start by going to the GroupWise email site at: http://mail.lawnet.fordham.edu
2- Log-In. (If you do not know your username and password, please contact the FLS Help
Desk.)
3- After you are signed in at the very top of the page in the center area there are three small
icons which are: Help, Options, and Exit. Click on Options.
4- A new browser window pops up that says Options on the upper left corner. Below that
will be some menu options. Seven in total. The fourth item is called Rules. Click on
Rules.
5- The window now highlights the Rules tab. Note the drop-down box on the left side of the
screen below the menu items that reads “Type:”Click on the drop-down box arrow to see
the selections. Choose the second selection: “Forward”. Then click on the “Create”
button to the right of “Forward”.
6- You’ll be given a new screen. The first part on top is Rule Name. You will use this area
to give a title to your rule.
Example, you can name it: Rule Name: Forward to my Hotmail Account.
7- You will SKIP the next part, which is titled “Define Optional Conditions”. Below that
you will use Define Action.
8- In the first part you will type your email.
So it will say for example: To: MyEmail@hotmail.com
9- Next is the Subject Line. Here you will type where the email is coming from or
something else that will alert you that this is coming from your Fordham Law School
Email.
Example: Subject: FLS Forwarded Email.
10- Next you have the option of putting in a message if you’d like, but this is not required.
11- Finally, click on “Save”. Note: Your rule is not saved yet. Instead this warning message
will appear: You have not defined a rule condition. If a condition is not defined, this rule will apply to
ALL new messages received. To continue, save this rule with or without a condition. Click on “Save”
to save the rule.
12- If you have any questions, please contact the FLS Help Desk ext. 6786.
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