NYU School of Law

Guide for Student Groups

Student Group General Info
This page contains information on how to reserve rooms, update your group's web site, contact other student groups, and more. If you have any suggestions for how to improve this site, or if you find anything that is not up-to-date, please email law.sba@nyu.edu with suggestions. Thank you!

Student Group Logistics
There are over 70 different student groups that make up our Student Bar Association. Most groups have or share offices in the basement of the Mercer Residence. Student Group Mailboxes can also be found in the basement of Mercer. Each Student Group usually has a bulletin board on their door also for posting announcements or leaving notes.

How to Reserve Meeting Space
All law school space for student events is controlled by the Special Events Office, located in Vanderbilt Hall, Room 109. How one goes about reserving space around campus is dependent upon what space is needed. For example, to reserve Tishman Auditorium, Lipton or Greenberg Halls it is necessary to go through the online Space Booking System.

Once in the Space Booking System, you can request space for an event. Be sure that you select that you are a student (do not select "Law School/Law Organization"), and you will not be required to enter an Account Number. Once your request is received, the people in Special Events check to see if that space is available for the date requested. If so, you will move on to the second phase of the process which is to offer the details of your event (i.e., security, layout, refreshments) so that the Special Events staff can set it up. Please note that the Special Events office will go to great lengths to help accommodate student group space requests, but they cannot reserve classrooms until after add/drop period for each semester ends and for all other requests, you should reserve space before the Tuesday of the week prior to your event, if at all possible.

To reserve classroom space, Golding Lounge, or any part thereof, it is necessary to contact someone from Special Events directly. The Director of Special Events is Ken Kidd, but he is often difficult to reach. Protocol dictates that you contact Zarah Guzman, either in person (she's in Vanderbilt Hall, Room 109) or via email at: zarah.guzman@nyu.edu. When requesting spaces from Zarah, be sure to include the date, time, size of crowd, space desired, and a phone number where you can be reached.

If you are planning an event that is either very large or very unconventional it also might be a good idea to run your plan by Frank Conti, Director of Facilities Security. He can be reached at: (212) 998-1113.

Updating Your Website

Communicating with Other Student Groups
All student group leaders are automatically subscribed to a student group leader list serve to facilitate communication between student groups. This list serve can be used to publicize events, seek co-sponsors, and communicate about other issues or matters of common interest to other
student groups. Anyone can send an email to this list serve, the address is sba-group-leaders@forums.nyu.edu.

Start a Group Listserve
Email is a powerful tool for communicating with people. Email Lists extend this power to groups. They can be used to keep people in touch, and only those interested get the mail on a regular basis. If you are interested in requesting a new List, you must fill out an online form found on the NYU website here. If you have questions, you can write to: admin@forums.nyu.edu. If you are a student, you will need an administrative or faculty sponsor for this List.

Other Tidbits
Here is also some information you might find helpful when planning your events. If you have any information you'd like to add to this list, please contact the SBA at: law.sba@nyu.edu.

Beverage Companies
B & E Quality Beverage (212) 243-6812

Sound Equipment Rental
American Video (speak to Jim) (212) 888-0888

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