Semester Information for Law Adjunct Faculty

  • The Adjunct Faculty Office is located in Room 7-174. It is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Owen Grey is the main office manager, and can provide you with computer and office equipment assistance.

    The office contains 8 cubicle-style workstations, fully equipped with computer/internet access and telephones. There is also a Canon copier available in the office for printing, copying, scanning, and faxing. The office also houses the Adjunct Faculty mail boxes.

    Calling/Faxing

    The campus phone lines are on an internal network. Please visit http://411.fordham.edu for the Fordham Directory. If you wish to call/fax:

    • another office at the Lincoln Center campus, simply dial a 2 plus the 4-digit extension
    • the Rose Hill campus uptown, dial 1 + 4-digit extension
    • an external line, dial 9 + (area code) phone number

  • College Bookstore at Lincoln Center

    All faculty members receive a 10% discount (except software titles) by presenting their I.D. card when visiting the campus bookstore.

    Submit your book orders early prior to the start of the semester.

    Fordham Store at Lincoln Center
    113 W 60th St
    Located in Lowenstein
    New York, NY 10023
    Phone: 212-636-6080
    LC Store Hours

    Questions? Please email [email protected].

    Bookstore Liaison for Faculty

    Alessandro Mazzotta
    Director, Strategic Sourcing and Office Services
    718-817-4914
    [email protected]
    Visit website.

  • A reminder to those of you who prefer assigning e-books that unless your e-book is downloadable, the only way to give students access to their books during exams is by selecting the open laptop & network mode (more about in-person exam modes here). Given the academic integrity concerns presented by generative AI, those of you giving a take-home exam might consider an in-person exam instead. Please contact Assistant Dean Vanessa Garcia, the Law School Registrar ([email protected]), with any questions. 

    The Fordham Bookstore has a simple tool for you to use this adoption season – Follett Discover. Adopting on time contributes to course materials affordability. By submitting adoptions on or before the due date, your campus store has time to source used and rental inventory which translates to savings for your students. If you consistently use the same book from term to term, partner with the campus store to let them know because this will translate into even larger savings for your students.

    Follett Discover allows you to easily discover, research, and adopt course materials all in one place. In addition to adopting traditional print materials, Follett Discover makes it easy to search and adopt non-traditional materials such as YouTube videos, open education resources, and MOOC content.

     

    How to Access Follett Discover

    1. Log into your LMS  (my.fordham.edu)
    2. Select Follett Discover or the Follett Discover icon
    3. Select the term
    4. Start discovering!

     

    Alternatively, you can email your adoptions to me at [email protected]. They will require the following information included in the email:

    1. Course information
    2. Title
    3. Author
    4. Edition


    Additional training resources:

    Guide To Follett Discover for Faculty 10.12.023

  • A QR code is posted on the third and fourth floor hall bulletin boards, where students and faculty may scan and access the "Class Schedule" on their phone. The academic schedules are posted on the Law School website.

  • Once you are set up as an active employee, you can print/copy/scan directly from any printers on campus using your Fordham ID and the attached instructions.  The instructions are affixed to all the copiers in the Law School.  Please limit copies only pertaining to course needs.

    Copy requests may be emailed to Owen Grey  providing copy specifications. Please keep in mind that most projects require at least a 48-hour turnaround. Once completed, Owen Grey will notify you and the project will be available for pickup in the Adjunct Faculty Office in Room 7-146.

  • Professor Olivier Sylvain is currently the Chair of the Adjunct Teaching Committee.  The Adjunct  Faculty Teaching Committee is available to provide curriculum and general academic guidance to the Adjunct Faculty, and also addresses any suggestions or concerns. The Adjunct Teaching Committee hosts an “Information/Meet and Greet” zoom session at the start of each semester.

    Olivier Sylvain
    Professor, Fordham Law School
    Room 7-108
    646-312-8222
    [email protected]

    Audrey Glassman
    917-576-4755
    [email protected]

  • Mail Room

    212-636-6805

    There is a mail slot for each adjunct faculty member located in the Adjunct Office, Room 7-174.

    United States Post Office

    The closest Post Office is located at 27 West 60th Street, between Columbus and Broadway. It is open Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m..

     

    FedEx Drop Box

    There is a full-service FedEx Office located at 240 Central Park South at Columbus Circle. It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last pickup for FedEx Ground is 6 p.m. Mon-Fri, and for FedEx Express is 9 p.m. Mon-Fri.

     

    UPS Drop Box

    There is a UPS Drop Box in the lobby of the undergraduate Lowenstein Building at Lincoln Center, next to the main escalators. Last pick-up is 7:30 p.m. Mon-Fri.

  • If you lose your I.D. card, please go to My-Pages, Employee section. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Photo ID Services. Click Report a lost or stolen ID Card Please note that co-teachers should have their own I.D. card, and guest lecturers can either be signed in by the primary instructor by Audrey Glassman, [email protected].

  • If you anticipate having one or more additional instructors co-teaching 25% or more of the class sessions for a particular course, you must obtain approval from Pam Bookman, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at [email protected] .

    If co-teacher names are not reflected on the Class Schedule, please contact Audrey Glassman at [email protected]. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring the accuracy of our official Class Schedule, which is a primary reference in managing electronic access, building security, teaching activity, and many other internal processes.

    Whether or not they are receiving compensation, all co-teachers must have a teaching contract, and must undergo the same employment process. If there is compensation, it is generally evenly split between all the instructors, or based on their credit-hour contribution to the course.

    Guest Lecturers:  A co-teacher is distinguished from a guest lecturer, in that the latter generally only teaches 1-2 class sessions, and has a specialization that supplements the course requirements.

    Guest lecturers may include a law librarian or a WestLaw/TWEN representative providing a refresher workshop on legal research for a course that requires a term paper. If the primary instructor is unexpectedly out 1-2 class sessions due to an illness or emergency, last-minute substitutes are generally considered guest lecturers as well.

    Guest lecturers do not have to submit employment forms, and can be signed in by the primary instructor at the Security Desk. Guest lecturers arriving at the building alone should coordinate with the Law Security Desk in advance at 212-636-6975.

  • We strongly encourage you to take attendance and alert Assistant Dean Kimathi Gordon-Somers ([email protected]) of any students with irregular attendance.

    Accommodations 
    A reminder that all matters involving accommodations for students with learning differences and disabilities should be referred to Abel Montez ([email protected]) in the Office of Student Affairs.

    Counseling for students in distress
    We offer several different services for students experiencing mental health challenges.  Contact the Office of Student Affairs if a student appears to be having problems, and Assistant Dean Gordon-Somers and his staff will follow up with the student.

    Class Recordings
    If you plan to record your in-person class(es) this fall, please email the Law Media Services team ([email protected]) asap with the following pieces of information: your Course ID; your classroom; the day(s) of the week you are teaching, with start and end times; and whether you would like the ability to pause your recording. Please note that if you opt to pause your recording, the room’s audiovisual system and lectern computer must be on so that video can be captured.

  • All faculty and students are encouraged to review the Law School Academic Regulations

  • The Law School Cafe is located on the second floor. As an alternative, Ram Cafe is located in the undergraduate Lowenstein Building. From the 60th Street entrance, take the escalators up one level. It is open Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., and Sun from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

  • If you need to cancel a class session due to illness or personal emergency, the registrar office must be notified. Please send a message to your class through LawNET immediately. For last-minute cancellations, contact the Registrar's Office at 212-636-7025 or 212-636-7888 to get a notification posted online or to send an automated voicemail to your students.

    In rare cases of emergencies or poor weather conditions, you can check for campus-wide closing notifications on the general website, in your email inbox, or using the hotlines below:

    Fordham University Emergency Hotline

    877-375-HELP (4357)

    Weather-Related Closings

    800-280-SNOW (7669) or 212-636-7777

    You may also tune into the radio stations WFUV-90 FM or WINS-1010 AM.

  • Before 5 p.m.: Aisha Harper, 212-636-6870, [email protected] (email preferred)
    After 5 p.m.: Security Desk in Law School Lobby at 212-636-6975
    Facilities cleanup and temperature control

  • If you wish to obtain a certificate of credit for Continuing Legal Education, please contact the Office of Public Programming.

    Visit website.

  • Estee Waxman, 212-548-7431, [email protected]
    WestLaw research
    TWEN administrative assistance

    Visit website.

    LexisNexis and LexisNexis Web Courses

    Jocelyn Kaufman, 347-735-2031, [email protected]
    LexisNexis research support
    Web Courses administrative assistance

    Visit website.

    Blackboard

    Blackboard Staff, 718-817-2289, [email protected]
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m. (Summer Hours 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
    Lincoln Center Customer Care satellite office:
    Lowenstein Student Lounge 19A, 10am-6pm
    Blackboard technical support

    Visit website.

    Law Library

    Alissa Black-Dorward, Head of Reference and Adjunct Research Liaison
    212-636-7968, [email protected]
    Room 129 in the Law Library
    Finding, obtaining, and reserving course materials
    WestLaw and LexisNexis research support

    Visit website.

  • Sample Fall Final Exam Template (modeled off of a typical In-Class exam)

    Final Exam Schedule

  • Map and directions for the Lincoln Center

  • Contact information for Fordham administrators and faculty members

    If you forget your Fordham username, you can also find it in your email listing

    https://411.fordham.edu

  • 800-761-2934 or 212-636-6786 [email protected]
    Lower Level Suite LL-125
    Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

    LawNET, email, network, and other technical assistance

    Visit the Information Technology website.

    Media Services

    Dial 1 from any classroom phone

    800-761-2934 or 212-636-7324 [email protected]
    Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.

    Class recordings
    Classroom technology

  • LawNET is the Law School Intranet where you can

    • Post course syllabi and first assignments
    • Post announcements
    • Retrieve class rosters
    • Email students in your class
    • Submit grades

    http://fordhamlaw.net

  • Fordham.edu is Fordham University's employee portal that allows you to:

    • View your Fordham I.D. number
    • View/Update your basic employee profile such as contact information and emergency contacts
    • View your pay stubs and tax forms

    Once your employment forms are completed and processed, you will receive an email from [email protected] that contains the AccessIT ID needed to login to my.Fordham.edu. Please note that New Adjuncts must activate their AccessIT ID following the instructions on the fordham.edu homepage the first time they login. Please review the Back-to-School Checklist for complete details.

    Visit the fordham.edu portal.

  • Fourth Floor of the Law School, room 4-102
    Tel: 212-636-6800
    Email: [email protected]  
    Webpage:  https://law.fordham.edu/registrar 
    Office Hours:  https://law.fordham.edu/hours

    Vanessa C. Garcia 212-636-7025
    [email protected]

    • Class Cancellations (if Ms. Garcia cannot be reached, please call the office at 212-636-6800)
    • Student requests to postpone an exam due to religious observance or Exam Schedule Conflict (exams scheduled within 16 hours of each other)

  • Office of Public Programs

    Tel: 212-636-6944

    Email: [email protected]

    To get a step-by-step walkthrough guide to basic 25Live functionality, please download and install the WALKME Browser.  

  • Classrooms are equipped with Smartboards.

  • Kimathi Gordon-Somers, 212-636-6818
    [email protected]

    Abel P. Montez, 212-636-7955
    [email protected]

    • Student attendance or other confidential issues
    • Accommodations for students with disabilities
    • Student requests to postpone an exam for any other reason besides those handled by the Registrar's Office

  • Many of the Law School's adjunct professors are 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 adjunct faculty serves as a valuable function to the student body. If you become aware of employment opportunities or are yourself in a position to offer employment to a Fordham Law student, please contact the Career Planning Center at [email protected] or post a job in the Online Job Bank. Each May, the adjunct faculty is also invited to volunteer to become an Adjunct Professor Advisor to a graduating JD student.

    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.

    Please keep in mind that a Day Division student may not be employed more than 20 hours per week in any semester in which the student in enrolled in more than 12 credits. Full-time students must sign a statement to this effect every time they register, and students who violate this regulation are subject to disciplinary action.

  • The main entrance to the Law School is located at 150 West 62nd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. An alternative entrance is through the Lowenstein Building entrance at the corner of 60th Street and Columbus Avenue.

    Map and Directions | Parking Lots

If you are an Adjunct teaching a Clinical, Legal Writing, or LLM course, please check with those departments for alternative resources or instructions.