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Self-Guided Tour

Watch: A virtual tour of our campus, located in Greenwich Village, one of New York City’s most historic neighborhoods

Welcome to New York University School of Law

We are delighted that you have decided to explore our law community. Please be sure that class is not in session or the private study rooms are not occupied before entering rooms.

Vanderbilt Hall

40 Washington Square South
Enter through the courtyard on West 4th Street/Washington Square South.

The law school's main building is named after Arthur T. Vanderbilt, former dean of the Law School. The first floor holds the auditorium, student lounges and event space. The second floor is mostly classrooms, while the third and fourth floors are mostly faculty and administrative offices. Part of the first floor as well as the underground floors host the library, which connects with Furman Hall.

First Floor 

  • Student Lounge. Located across from the entrance to Vanderbilt Hall, this lounge houses student lockers, mailboxes, and is a place for students to gather and study.
  • Greenberg Lounge. Located on the western side of Vanderbilt Hall in the Sudler Lobby, this lounge is used for special events and receptions. The walls are adorned with the portraits of the school’s past deans and other dignitaries. 
  • Tishman Auditorium. The newly renovated auditorium can accommodate up to 450 people for special events, conferences, and the annual Law Revue show (a musical parody of life at NYU Law.) 
  • Law Library. Please use your visitors pass to gain entry and temporary access to tour the Law Library. You may also access Furman Hall on the eastern side of the Library. The Library houses one of the most extensive collections in the country. As you enter, be sure to view Willem de Kooning’s painting “The Key and the Parade.”

Second Floor 

  • Classrooms. Classrooms of various sizes can be found on the second floor. All classrooms are fully wired with multimedia technology. Room 208 is an example of a smaller, seminar-style classroom. Room 210 is an example of a larger, lecture-style classroom.
  • Golding Lounge. A lounge and study space as well as a café that is open week-days during the academic year. The lounge terrace overlooks West Third Street and D’Agostino Hall (one of the Law School’s Residence Halls). 

Third and Fourth Floors 

  • Faculty and administrative offices are mostly located on these floors.

Furman Hall

Lester Pollack Colloquium Room

245 Sullivan Street

Furman Hall opened on January 22, 2004, and is named for alumnus and donor Jay Furman. It connects to Vanderbilt Hall through the law library, part of which is underneath Sullivan Street.

First Floor 

  • Wilf Lobby. Directly inside the main entrance. A staircase to the second and third floors is at the far right of the lobby. The hallway to the near right of the Welcome Desk leads to the elevators. 
  • Classrooms. Seminar-style classrooms can also be found on the first floor as well as the second and third floors. All classrooms in the building are fully wired with multimedia technology. Room 110 is an example of a small, seminar-style classroom.
  • Frank J. Guarini, Sr. and Caroline L. Guarini Study Lounge. A quiet student study lounge. Part of the site was once the home of Edgar Allan Poe during the time he published his famous poem "The Raven." 
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Student Café. A café, lounge, and study space. 

Second Floor 

  • Classrooms. There are three medium-sized classrooms and one large lecture hall on this floor. Room 214 has a seating capacity of 79 and Room 216 has a seating capacity of 146.
  • The John Sexton Student Forum. Informal student meeting place and lounge with computer, internet, and printing access for students. 

Third Floor 

  • Classrooms. There are several small and medium-sized classrooms on this floor. Room 326 is an example.
  • Group Study Rooms. Available for use by student study groups. Room 312 is an example. 
  • Flex Seminar/Court Rooms - Flexible seminar classrooms that can be reconfigured for Lawyering, Clinical, or Moot Court exercises; Room 328 is an example. 
  • Hauser Global Law School Program. Administrative office for NYU Law's global and international law programs.
  • The John Sexton Student Forum Balcony. Overlooks the Sexton Student Forum on the second floor. Informal student meeting place and lounge with computer terminals and printing access.

Fourth Floor 

  • Administrative Offices. Academic & Student Services (Room 474), Career Services (Room 440), Records & Registration, Student Affairs (Room 474), Student Financial Services (Suite 400), and the Public Interest Law Center (Room 430). 

Fifth Floor 

  • The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Clinical Law Center. Clinical faculty and administrative offices supporting NYU Law’s clinical education program.

Ninth Floor

  • Lester Pollack Colloquium. Named after Lester Pollack ’57, chairman emeritus of the NYU School of Law Foundation Board of Trustees. The Colloquium is a seminar and workshop space for faculty members and students to engage in the most rigorous intellectual experience available in legal education.

  • Classroom. Room 910 is one seminar-style classroom located on this floor.

Residence Halls

Students sitting at table on D'Agostino Hall terrace

D’Agostino Hall (110 W. 3rd Street) & Hayden Hall (240 Mercer Street)

Apartment style residence halls for both students and faculty. Also home to the Law School’s journal offices, student organizations, moot court board, and student bar association.

Access to the residence halls is restricted. Should you have any questions regarding law school housing, please feel free to contact the Office of Residential Life at law.reslife@nyu.edu.