Description of Student-Faculty Committees
STUDENT-FACULTY COMMITTEE OPTIONS
Admissions Committee (JD) — 2 Student Representatives (3Ls only)
Budget Advisory Committee — SBA Treasurer, 1 Student Representative
Career Services Committee — 2 Student Representatives
Clerkships Committee — 1 Student Representative
Convocation Committee — 2 Student Representatives (1 JD; 1 LLM)
Curriculum And Adjunct Appointments — 2 Student Representatives
Executive Committee — SBA President, 1 Student Representative
Externship Steering Committee — 1 Student Representative
Harassment / Bias Committee* — 2 Student Representatives
Inclusion And Diversity Committee* — SBA All-ALSA Representative, 2 Student Representatives
Library Committee — 1 Student Representative
Personnel Committee (Academic)* — 2 Student Representatives
Personnel Committee (Clinical)* — 2 Student Representatives
Personnel Committee (Lawyering)* — 2 Student Representatives
Preparation For Academic Careers — 2 Student Representatives
Student Intellectual Life — 2 Student Representatives
* Denotes committees where some appointments are made by are by SBA and others by the All-ALSA Selection Committee; see committee description for more information
COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS
Admissions Committee (JD)
This committee sets policy for law school admissions. The committee reviews
admission policy and recruitment particularly with respect to minority students.
The committee aids in the deliberative process on close cases and in considering
applicants who may bring unique talents to the community. The committee will
review many confidential documents that are part of the application process. It is
best that the students not be enrolled at the time of the admitted students’
entrance. Therefore, the two students on this committee can only be from the 3L
Class.
Budget Advisory Committee
This advisory committee reviews the proposed budget with the Dean
and the Law School Chief Financial Officer before the Dean and the CFO
present the budget to the Board of Trustees. The representatives will share the
student perspective on budgetary issues to the Law School CFO. To that end,
the representatives will meet with the CFO and communicate student budgetary
goals for the year in the Fall Semester. In the Spring, the students will review the
budget and gather information about the reasoning behind the budget allocations
to report back to the SBA and student body as a whole. Students on this committee
shall be appointed to a two-year term, so they can see two budget cycles and learn
from the comparison. Student representatives should also feel free to communicate
with the CFO in a more informal fashion, should any budgetary info arise.
Career Services Committee
The committee makes recommendations to the Office of Career Services
regarding job placement practices.
Clerkships Committee
The purpose of this committee is to assist students in obtaining judicial clerkships
and to promote the application for judicial clerkships. This committee also assists
in creating positive relationships between NYU School of Law and the judiciary.
Convocation Committee
The students sit on this committee to help plan the convocation and make
recommendations regarding the convocation speaker(s), setting the program, and
selecting a location. The committee is responsible for selecting the student
speaker(s).
Curriculum And Adjunct Appointments
The committee has three specific responsibilities: (1) approving proposed new
courses; (2) approving new adjunct faculty; and (3) promoting improvements in
the overall curriculum. Students will be involved in all parts of the application
process from screening resumes to asking questions of candidates during the
interview process
Executive Committee
This committee sets and amends academic regulations, subject to faculty review.
This includes issues such as the credits required or allowed in specific areas,
computer exam taking, etc. The committee also functions as the school’s formal
disciplinary committee for the student body with members sitting as arbitrators
for purposes requiring formal discipline. (See the Student Handbook for details).
Finally, the committee is responsible for selecting student honorees and
graduation awards. The SBA President shall be an ex officio voting member of the Executive Committee.
Externship Steering Committee
The Externship Steering Committee reviews, approves, and oversees the Law
School’s credit-bearing experiential learning opportunities.
Harassment / Bias Committee* This committee receives and mediates student bias or harassment complaints. In
addition, the committee has a duty to promote equal opportunity within the law
school community. For this committee, one student representative will be chosen
by the SBA and one student representative will be chosen by an all-ALSA
Selection Board comprised of at least one newly selected chair from each of APALSA, BALSA, CoLR,
DALSA, LaLSA, Law Women, MELSA, OUTLaw, SALSA, and WoCC. Candidates
interested in being considered by the all-ALSA Selection Board should indicate so
in their personal statement and rank this committee in their top two choices.
Inclusion And Diversity Committee*
The committee examines policy issues at the school and should create ways to
increase diversity at NYU Law. For this committee, one student will be the SBA All-ALSA Representative, one student representativewill be chosen by the SBA and one student representative will be chosen by an
all-ALSA Selection Board comprised of representatives from APALSA, BALSA,
CoLR, DALSA, LaLSA, Law Women, MELSA, OUTLaw, SALSA, and WoCC.
Candidates interested in being considered by the all-ALSA Selection Board
should indicate so in their application and rank this committee in their top
two choices.
Library Committee
The Library committee convenes on an as-needed basis to review the library’s
resources, space, budget, faculty, and other questions of resource allocation and
Strategy.
Personnel Committee (Academic)*
Students sit in advisory (non-voting) positions on this committee. The committee
is responsible for making recommendations for appointments, promotions, and
tenure of the academic faculty. Students on this committee will be a part of
screening possible new additions to the NYU Law faculty and will actively
participate in interviewing candidates for open positions. It is imperative that
students on this committee are enthusiastic about NYU Law as they are acting in
the double role of “selling” the school to the possible candidates, and “screening”
the new applicants. For this committee, one student representative will be chosen
by the SBA and one student representative will be chosen by an All-ALSA
Selection Board comprised of at least one newly selected chair from each of from APALSA, BALSA, CoLR,
DALSA, LaLSA, Law Women, MELSA, OUTLaw, SALSA, and WoCC. Candidates
interested in being considered by the all-ALSA Selection Board should indicate so
in their application and rank this committee in their top two choices.
Personnel Committee (Clinical)*
Students sit in advisory (non-voting) positions on this committee. The committee
is responsible for making recommendations for appointments of Clinical faculty.
Students on this committee have been invited to sit in on the presentations of
possible appointments in the past. One student representative will be chosen
by the SBA and one student representative will be chosen by an All-ALSA
Selection Board comprised of at least one newly selected chair from each of from APALSA, BALSA, CoLR, DALSA, LaLSA, Law Women, MELSA, OUTLaw, SALSA, and WoCC. Candidates interested in being considered by the all-ALSA Selection Board should indicate so in their application and rank this committee in their top two choices.
Personnel Committee (Lawyering)*
The committee makes recommendations with respect to the continuation of
current Lawyering faculty and makes suggestions for new hires. The committee is
responsible for reviewing the student evaluations. One student representative will be chosen
by the SBA and one student representative will be chosen by an All-ALSA
Selection Board comprised of at least one newly selected chair from each of from APALSA, BALSA, CoLR, DALSA, LaLSA, Law Women, MELSA, OUTLaw, SALSA, and WoCC. Candidates interested in being considered by the all-ALSA Selection Board should indicate so in their application and rank this committee in their top two choices.
Preparation For Academic Careers
The committee makes recommendations regarding the programming, counseling
and other services provided to NYU law students and alumni considering careers
in legal academia.
Student Intellectual Life
The Student Intellectual Life committee reviews, approves, and provides
oversight for student group-sponsored symposia and colloquia.